ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE'S. EUGENE O'BRIEN IN "THE BROKEN MELODY." "The Broken Melody," described as a perfect picture, is the first Selznick production to be screened in New Zealand. •It is a romantic story of two young artists, a painter and a singer, who attempt to climb the ladder of fame through the sacrifice of thsir love for one another, only to find that love is the force that drives all ambition to success. It is an emotional, sympathetic tale of bitter sacrifices and the unfaltering fidelity of two strong hearts who, faced with dishonor, yet win through to happiness. It is a finely conceived play, that will strike a responsive chord in the hearts of everyone, and the acting is of a verv high order indeed. The latest gazette, comedy and "The Great ('-iambic." No. 5, are also shown.

THEDA BARA IN "SALOME." At last New Plymouth is to see the celebrated Dance of the Seven Veils After years of unrequitted ci/riosity engendered by weird accounts of its performance and banishment in the East und nurtured by a searlet-hued picture of the virago heroine that is as wild as only Wilde can paint it, New Plymouthites are to gaze on the gyrating" Salome in a frame far more magnificent than afforded by the dramatic or operatic stage, where alone she has heretofore been personified. When the Dance of the Seven Veils was first presented to the public in the operatic, production of Salome," being the Oscar Wilde poem set to symphonic music by Richard Strauss, a sensation followed. Critics in New York, scene of the premiere heaped criticism on Mary Garden's interpretation of the dance, and the <]i rectors of the .Metropolitan Opera House decided that the first performance was also to be considered the last. It was forthwith banned. The season of two nights commences on Tuesday next at the People's. It is showing' to adult* only.

EVERYBODY'S. JIATINKE~TO-DAY. Admirers of the works of Gouvcrneur Moms, the popular writer of magazine stories and best selling action, will probably flock to Everybody's to-night to see '"The Fallen Angel," with Jewel Carmen as the star. "The Fallen Angel" is based on Morris' famous story, "Yon Can't «et Away With It," which caused a sensation a few years ago when it was published in a popular magazine in the screen production Miss Carmen portrays the role of Jill Cummings the girl who entered into &n unconventional domestic arrangement with her em ployer in order to obtain the luxuries Jier feminine heart craved. Miss Carmen is supported by an exceptionally capable cast. Ihe programme also includes *„, other five-reel feature, "Carolyn of the Corners," with charming Bessie Love in the title role. This is also an adaptation ot the famous novel by R U ( Q tndicott, and is a reallv delightful story of a city waif and her truly remarkable dog on a visit to the country. The prices of admission remain as usual