ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST 'NIGHT OF A LA MODE." "Happiness a la Mode," which is the latest delectable morsel from the astonishingly successful repertoire of Constance Talmadge, throws a lot of new light on the greatest of gambles, matrimony. It is a comedy of love and happiness, with some misunderstanding thrown in to make up good measure. The connubial complications are handled with the master touch that this delightfully piquant little star loves to exhibit, and rare and racy humor abounds in the many plausible situations, that are all the funnier because they might be pages from real life, especially the scene in which the corespondent plays a large part. The story is fast and furious, the husband being fa3t and the wife furious. The final screening takes place to-night. "IN THE GRIP OF THE PQEAR ICE." No drama of imagination was ever mole vivid than the wonderful motion pictures of the Shackleton Expedition, to lie screened by International Attractions at Everybody's Theatre to-morrow and Thursday. "In the Grip of Polar Ice," by Captain Frank Hurley, is a picture of national and historical interest, and after the. current season there will be no further opportunity of witnessing it, as the picture is booked outside of the Dominion. The Endurance, of 250 tons and a crew of 28 men, left Buenos ■ Aires early in October, 1914. "Ten days out," says the author, "we had our first glimpse of ice. South Georgia we sighted, and we skirted along the sea face of a great gkcier, reaching King Edward Cove, the great whaling station. Cape pigeons abounded in great numbers in these parts, also penguins of all sizes, from the mild and peaceful Gentoo to the beautiful Emperor and King penguins." Remarkable scenes are witnessed as the ship ploughs its way through the "leads," narrowly escaping being crushed by the pack ice, which soon asserted itself, and the ship was held up. Shackleton, however, decided to cut the ship out by means of an ice saw, but though some progress was made, the Endurance was soon hemmed in. After many months of suffering and privation the ship was abandoned, and a camp was made, called "Ocean Camp," where the party lived for months. The ship was gradually crushed to pieces, and eventually sank. After many attempt to cross the ice, the idea was given up, and Sir Ernest made a wonderful journey of 800 miles to the Fjilklands, where 'relief was obtained. This remarkable film is fully and graphically described in detail by Mr. George Dean, Captain Hurley's associate decturer. There will be & special school matinee each afternoon of the season. The box plans are now open at Collier's. THE PEOPLE'S. CLEMENOEAU'S "THE STRONGEST." "The Strongest," commencing at the People's to-night, is not a war story. It is the story of a woman's soul, with a plot built up by a mind so keen, so understanding, so unselfish and so forceful that it was able virtually to dictate

the terms wlik-li the Germans liad to *ccept. What is there, in life that Clemenccau has not lived? In (his youth there was the -desperate struggle to live. In his younger manhood the fight to support, and keep happy the wife of his heart awl his daughter.. In his primd the struggle against tremendous odds for political recognition. And in his old age acclaimed the greatest man of the war, "The Tiger of France" was fighting the most radical of radicals as well as the cruelest enemy that ever threatened -the pence of the world. Clemenceaii knows life from actual experience—and he has written it. He has told a'beautiful love story in an intensely human way. "'Does the soul of woman rule the world?" Georges Clemenceau answers that question in "The Strongest." The latest gazettes and Sunshine comedy are also on the bill.