ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF “GIRL IN THE RAIN.” Something different in plot and charzacterisation was presented at Everybody’s Theatre last night, when Anne Cornwall appeared in the new Universal feature, “The Girl in the Rain”, and kept a large aud'ience thrilling, interested and often amused during its entirs length, Anne Cornwall was almost a stranger to most of the audience. However, her future appearance will be looked forward to with great delight, for in the role of Judith, torn between devotion to her erring brother and love for the man who comes into her life and trusts her to the utmost, she gives as charming and girlish a portrayal as has been seen on a local screen for some time. The bill includes excellent supporting items. THE PEOPLE’S. “A ROMANCE OF THE UNDERWORLD.” To-night’s new bill at the People’s presents the popular Catherine Calvert in her latest screen vehicle, “A Romance of the Underworld.” In the beautiful character of Doris Elliott she has a re» jnarkable vehicle for the expression of those qualities which won for her such popularity in the Paul Armstrong play from which the screen version is taken. The play, “Romance of the Underworld” was one of the most notable of all the Armstrong successes. When she starred in it she was the girl-wife of the playwright, whose untimely death ia well remembered by all lovers of the, drama. The story, told in six thrilling reels, has as its principal characterx a young and innocent girl, Doris Elliott, whose life is suddenly transplanted from, the saintly seclusion of a convent to the wicked, yet picturesque, surroundings of the underworld. The bill includes gazette and “Elmo the Fearless” No. 2.