ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1921, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EDITH ROBERTS IN “THE ADORABLE SAVAGE.” All the romance of Robert Louis Stevenson and the adventure of a. Jack London story, yet entirely different in theme, are to be found in “The Adorable Savage," the latest feature starring Edith Roberts, which shows at Everybody’s to-night and to-morrow. It has been a long time since the screen has offered a story of the South Sea Islands, and it is doubtful if one has ever been produced with such accuracy and such painstaking attention to tietail-. In this photQdrama the delightful Edith Roberts is first shown as a happy student in a fashionable girls’ school, where she has been ever since she can remember. She has a faint recollection of a home in the Fiji Islands, where her father' lives and owns a plantation. Her studies "completed, she is sent for by her father, and arriving on the island is horrified to discover that her sister, born of the saihe parents, is as dark as any of the natives. She realises that her mother hatte been an islancler and that an inseparable gulf lies between her and the life to which she had been raised. This form sthe basis of a story which is vibrant with dramatic situations, rich in character studies and which gives unlimited opportunity’ for scenic effects. A hurricane in the tropics, the lure- of the South Seas, all are shown with remarkable fidelity. There is a big supporting programme including two comedies, two topicals and the cinema travel series, , The admission prices remain as usual.

THE PEOPLE’S. The newest sensation of the screen, “The Square Shooter,” a William Fox production, featuring Buck Jones, closes its successful run at the People’s Theatre to-night. This story of the land where the best man wins shows a series of intensely dramatic moments tempered with plenty of snappy comedy. Buck Jones, the cowboy-sol-dier, has put his best efforts into this his latest starring vehicle. It is a play that holds the attention and leaves a smile in the heart. The bill includes Gladys Brockwell in “Flames of . the Flesh,” a striking drama, and latest gazettes. To-morrow’s change presents the first of the Gaumont French productions, “The Man in the Mask,” a mystery play featuring Rene Create, the beautiful French actress.