ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE'S. -SALOME" TONIGHT. A titanic achievement is ihc production of ,c Salomc." which opens to-nij»lil at the People's. It is -aid to have cost approximately -£2.30.000. It took an army of S0(l men m build the city of Jerusalem, More than 20 tons of paint were used on ilie -vis and .-icenery. One hundred sculptors worked for a month on the various sets. Ten thousand costumes were made for the players by the William Fox costume department at Hollywood. California. Old Biblical prints served as a scenic guide, and as to the story, the facts related by Joscphus, the great Jewish historian, are adhered to rather than any of 'the fanciful versions that have been based on the original account.. No feature has been dragged in merely for sensational purposes, bitf that every episode is treated strictly with a view to the dramatic development of the story. The unusual climax, wherein the piqued and passion-swayed siren dances madly before a bc.-'itted monarch to wrest from him revenge on John the Baptist for denying her. in the shape of his head on a platter, is presented in all its daring, but is softened by lighting effects that eliminate the harsh bluntness that brought such severe criticism on ..lie stage olfering. In the wider frame of a film production if is possible to present life in a manner entirely unbcholden to the stage. The booking of this superplay could not possibly be extended, and the New Plymouth season will be limited to two nights.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF "A EOMAXY LASS." Can there be any excuse for cowardice? Can a mental condition account for it, or ought a man he able to control il'; This is the engrossing problem of the Harma photoplay, '"A Romany Lass,'' an all British production with a gypsy atmosphere. A story dealing with the passionate Romany people could not lack vivid romance and swift fierce action. Photographed in the heart of the Scottish hills, when the heather was in bloom und vital with the atmosphere of (lie Romany eampfire, and the wanderlust and strong passions of the Romany, flic picture must appeal. The cast includes Charles Rock, 'Ole Bil' of "The Better 'Olc.'' Marjorie Villis, and James Knight. The linmranime also includes the "Sun•!iine" comedy scream ''My Husband's Wife." Montague Love stars in "A Broadway Saint." in the new programme showing to-morrow.