ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE'S. ; WILLIAM EARNUM IN "LAST OP DUANES." William Farnum scorod again, and scored big, when he appeared at the People's Theatre in "The Last of the Duanes," a picturisation of the novel by Zane Grey. This William Fox production is the best Western picture ever seen here. In addition to having a strongly ■sympathetic love story running throughout the drama, Mr. Farnum's impersonation of Buck Duane is peculiarly vivid. It is difficult to realise that any man could escape serious injury in the many things that the star has'to do in this picture. Briefly, the story tells of Buck Duane, who to save his own life has to kill a man who threatened him—after which he flees, from civilisation and gets in with outlaws. He rescues a girl from a bandit chief and after she is recaptured from liim she again rscapes and reaches his mother's home. While he is evading the officers of the law the girl bends every energy to free him from the stigma of murder, and eventually Buck Duane, the outlaw, -becomes Buck Duane, the Texas Ranger, and cleans up the worst of the border gangs. Being the sequel to "The Lone Star Ranger," this picture should not be missed. EVERYBODY'S. FLANEUR AND HIS DOGS. Flaneur and his clever dogs again drew a big audience last evening, and the intelligent • performance of these little! animals delighted and interested all those present. They appear again tonight with a complete change of the picture programme, headed by a Robert-son-Cole feature, "Poor Relations." This is thte first of the Brentwood releases to be shown in this country and is a delightful mingling of pathos, iove and humor, which contrasts the sham culture of the so-called aristocracy with the "common" class—the "Smythes" with the "Smiths." The excellent characterisation is due to the genius of the director, King Vidor, whpse fidelity in the drawing of real human characters has earned for himself the title of "the Dickens of photo-drama." Florence Vidor, in the stellar role, is supported by a strong cast, including Zasu Pitts, a new star with an original personality-