ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. JUNE ELVIDGE IN "THE SOCIAL PIRATE." "The Social Pirate," to be shown at Everybody's to-night and to-morrow, is a powerful story of a girl with great musical talent, who lias to fight to success against untold odds—the sneers of her home town, lack of money, and the plots of a jealous woman, who causes her to bo arrested for theft. June Elvidge does splendid work in the stellar role, and wins sympathy by her patient and womanly endurance of the harsh treatment of Fate. The story, fascinating in its varied scenes, changing from the slums of the poor lo the splendors of the rich, holds the interest without a break; photography and settings are flawless, and there i"s an exceptionally capable supporting cast. The third episode of "The Mystery of 13" also bliows on this programme.

THE PEOPLE'S. LAST NIGHT OF "THIEVES." The splendid double star Fox bill, concluding at the People's to-night, presents the popular emotional artiste, Gladys Brockwell, in "Thieves," a powerful dramatic production showing this gifted artist at her best, Albert Kay and Elinor Fair, in "Vagabond Luck," provide an abundance of fun and adventure, and the bill includes latest Fox gazettes.

"THE RED LANTERN" TO-MORROW. Nazimova, the Hviug masterpiece of dramatic art, commences to-morrow at the People's, in the triumph of her career, "The S.A Lantern," a story of the purple forbidden city, dazzling in its grandeur as the great mass of fact and fancy contained in Edith Wherry's famous novel reveals itself upon the screen. "The Red Lantevn" is a play of mysterious China that gives Nazimova, the star of unfathomable depths, a dual role, which reveals the .tremendous range of her rare artistry. It is a play of deep uiider-currents, telling the story of a Eurasian girl—the daughter of two races—who feels the-eternal conflict of the alien bloods forever raging within her soul. It is a theme to wake the pulses of the heart and till the imagination with the irresistible lure of secret Asia, with a splendor like the day and a mystery like the night, where the dancing shadows of the rod lantern light seem peopled with the thousand and one malignant devils which for ever haunt those mystic and enigmatical people of the East. "The Red Lantern" resounds with barbaric melody and ilows with the gorgeous and varying hues of the Orient. The local season is of two nights duration, and intending patrons should reserve seats at Hoffmann's.

THE EMPIRE. MOVING PICTURE AND THE PI WO RECORD BREAKING. As we go to press Albert Steele lias completed over 20 hours on the road to lower the world's record of 110 hours 20 minutes. To all appearance he is well and fit, but lie has a big task of 90 hours yet ahead without sleep or rest, which is an obstacle that would make the bravest flinch. The theatre is open all day, and interested people can gain admission by payment of sixpence at the. box any time during the (lav, with the exception of the evenings, when a full moving picture programms is being screened at the visual prices. Steele plays all day, and also perks up and does the necessary for the picturo programme at night. The programme showing for the last time to-night is headed by a World film feature, "The Pawns of Fate," a powerful drama that blends romance and pathos with laughtec and'tears. The star of the production is the beautiful Doris Kenyon. Tomorrow night there will be a complete change of programme, headed by the Metro feature "Betty, be Good," starring Jackie Saunders.