ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1920, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF "A FORTUNE AT STAKE." 1 All true lovers of the sport of kings find in "A Fortune at Stake" ithe best of turf stories. It is an English production, and last night a crowded house at Everybody's acclaimed it as a release that has nothing but charm and distinction. It is a decided credit in photography and. settings. Gerald Ames, who has figured in many English stage film productions, is happily cast as Will Martindale (the embodiment of British sportsmanship), gentleman rider and lover of Lady Launcelot, wife of the peer 'whose sensational murder is the basis for the unusual plot. Nat Gould's famous story has been filmed with every in- ; cident correct in detail. There is an exciting race finish, wherein the win of Vendetta (ridden by Martindale, when the jockey is badly hurt) retrieves the fortune of the young hero. The story is 'well-knit, and provides a sensational climax in true sporting atmosphere. The final screening takes place to-night.

THE PEOPLE'S. WM. FARNUM IN "THE JUNGLE TRAIL." Great interest is centred in the appearance to-night at the People's of William Farnum in "The Jungle Trail," the latest Fox-Faraum super-de-luxe play of love and adventure. It is the strange and powerful tale of a young man lured into the African wildfi, and his escape by sheer brute strength from a tribe of idol-worshippers of the wilderness. Farnu'ii, as is usual, has several smashing fistic encounters. The bill includes the latest Sunshine comedy, entitled "Sheriff Nell's Come-back," and gazettes, and screens for two nights only. ; • i j EMPIRE THEATRE. "THE ROTTERS." The Allan Wilkie Special Comedy Company will present the famous play "The Rotters" next Saturday and Monday evenings at the Empire Theatre. This play, which achieved a phenomenal success when it was first produced in London four years ago, has been revived in that city three times, with similar results. "The Rotters," which is now touring New Zealand for the first time, is described in the Evening Post (Wellington) as "undoubtedly what it claims to be—an inexhaustible mine of hearty laughteT." Mr. Clugston, a self-made man, who has risen to the middle-class of provincial North of England, is the central figure of the play. He desires that everyone shall know how respectable hia family is, as he is anxious to gain honors in local politics. The members of his household utterly fail to live up to Clugston's pretensions, and most ludicrous situations result. The box plans open at Collier's at 9 a.m. tomorrow.