ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF "THE ROAD THROUGH THE DARK," Clara Kimball Young has been described as the Bernhardt of the screen, for she is mistress of all the arts that make a successful emotional actress. Added to a womanly charm of great beauty, she is a finished actress in the best sense of the word, and her name alone on the star line of .a now play is sufficient to guarantee an entertainment of high merit. Her latest big success, "The Road Through the Dark," is screening at Everybody's to-night. To-night's bill also includes a screamingly funny "Sunshine" comedy, "His Musical Sneeze," and a "Post nature" scenic. TO-MORROW—"THE FACE AT THE WINDOW." There will be a complete change tomorrow when the famous sensational melodrama, "The Face at the Window," will be the principal attraction. THE PEOPLE'S. W.VI. FARNUM—"MAN HUNTER." Do you love a Farnum fight? Did you see his screen battles in "When a Man Sees Red," "The Rainbow Trail," and other big pictures? The fights in those productions sink into insignificance when compared with the battles in his new de luxe production, "The Man Hunter," which will be ghown at the People's to-night. For Mr. Farnum shows you not only one fight, but three, in this picture, a>"l it is hard to say which one he does best. You will be interested in each of these fights because each has a big powerful reason behind it. Every one of them thrills, but in two Mr- Farnum comes ,off second best, because in the first the police get him and in the second the officers of n ship arrest him and chain him up in the hold of the ve='-cl. But the third battle is the one you will most heartily applaud: for on a desert island with only n pretty, wealthy girl as a witness, the villain meets his just end. Besides being a stirring story, the play has exceptional photography, exquisite scenes being shown on both land and sea. A big sunshine comedy and gazettes are on the bill.

EMPIRE THEATRE. NEW ENGLISH MUSICAL COMEDY CO. At last we arc tn have the real thin?! Old Bill. Alt. and 'Erb of "Better 'Olc - ' fame in the actual flesh at the Empire Theatre next Saturday. All cither ftumorists born of the war pale into comparative insignificance beside Captain Bruce BairnsfiUher. the creator of Old Bill, 'Erb, and All\. the three musketeers. who so typically represented types of British citizen soldiers who went forth to war with a son;x in their hearts and a joke on their lips. These supermen of the twentieth century have, been immortalised by Bainisfathcr in his play "The Better - 6le,"' which is to be played Ihroujihont New Zealand by the English Musical Comedy Company, headed by Mr. Lionel Walsh, who plays the of Old Bill to the life. Mr. Harry Younjr fErli) anil Mr Hubert Lee (Alf) and Miss June Young Addell (Yictoircl are all faces new to this country. Old Bill is pretty sure of a welcome wherever he exhibits liis dishevelled walrus moustache and nobby nose. The plav. which has just entered on a tour of New Zealand, is meeting with remarkable success. The piece enjoys all the elements that make for success—clean, genuinely humorous, comedy, catchy, music and alluring dances. The box plan opens at Collier's to-morroxv. Special stajrc improvements are" beins made to cope with tiic importance of the production. Prices of admission will bo ss, •Is, and 2s (plus tax).