ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1920, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. • LAST NIGHT OP BILL RUSSELL. A fortune lost at poker, an unexpected midnight marriage, and with it another fortune, are among the component parts of. the William Russell comedy, "All the World to Nothing," showing finally tonight at Everybody's. Big Bill Russell adds to his already great popularity by his portrayal of the wealthy young chap whose taste for gambling and adventure gets him into all sorts of difficulties. He is always natural, and can he depended on to give a good account of himself, especially when he is supported by such a charming young lady as Winifred Westover. The second episode of "The Mystery of Thirteen," and gazettes, are also on the hill.' "FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE j NEW:" | TO-MORROW, AT 3.30. Commencing its season to-morrow at the 3.30 matinee for the primary schools, the big 5000 ft film, "From the Oil World to the New," is offered to the New Plymouth public. "From the Old World,to the New," via the Panama Canal, made on the E.M.S. Tainui. is a wonderful film achievement, taking the spectator from England to New Zealand, after calling at Norfolk, U.S.A., and passing through that most marvellous engineering project in the world's history, the great artificial waterway that connects the .Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Panama Canal. Animitel scenes on leaving Plymouth and arriving in New Zealand, and some fine views of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A., make a comparison with board-ship life, and for die ilrst time the camera man was able to secure a remarkable series of pictures of the Gulf Stream flowing like a liver of hot water across the Atlantic. Over <lO degrees difference in the temperature between the water and the air causes great clouds of vapor to rise that obscure the horizon. The sight is jir.t only interesting, but also beautifn". and altogether a unique; achievement of the camera. The matinee to-morrow commences at 3.30, and Saturday, at 2 p.m., the film finally screening on Satur day evening. THE PEOPLE'S. "BOOTS AND SADDLES." To-night's new bill presents another' all-British film, "Boots \and Saddles." hung the picturisation of Eugene Walter's famous stage play, and featuring tho distinguished English iU'tor, It. Henry Grey. It is a fascinating story of love, and mines, and horses, anil should prove most entertaining. The bill includes latest gazette, comedy, and travelog. ' THE EMPIRE. "THE MAN TIIEY COULD NOT lIANG." The picture that stands out as the biggest success New Zealand lias se-'ii, "The Man They Could Not Hang," will be .screened at the Empire on Friday evening. The picture graphically portrays the life history of .John Lee. It is a simple story, detailing the various incidents in Lee's career, leading up t» the fateful night when his benefactress (Miss Keyse) was mysteriously murdered. When the police appear on the scene they find Lee bending over the dead body with a dagger in liis hand. Despite his protestations of innocence, Lee was convicted and condemned to death. The night before the execution, the condemned man had a strange dream in which the gallWs failed to work. In the morning his dream came true, foi the fatal trapdoor failed to move. Ba«s of sand were placed in position, and the trap door opened. A second and a third time Lee was placed on the scaffold, and each time it fails. Further interest and realism are added by the dramatic recital of Lee's, life by the eminent Engl'sli actor, Frederick Haldane. The lecturer's narrative naturally coincides with the screening, and is most interesting The box plan is now open at Collier's.