ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1921, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

•THE PEOPLE’S. Wm. RUSSELL AND SHIRLEY MASON. When west meets east things are likely to happen, as they happened in ’’Eastward Ho!” a new William Russell photoplay opening to-night at the People’s. Russell, as a big western cattleman, loose in New York City, created many laughs and as many thrills, when with fist and gun he showed what a true man, unafraid, can do against the forces of evil. This is a photoplay of typical manhood, a William Fox pic-; turization of the stirring novel by William M. Paine, and it is handled by Russell in most capable fashion. On the same bill Chirley Mason appears in "Merely Mary Ann,” a fascinating romantic drama. “SILVER LINING” THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Bombardier Billy Well;-:, who still remains one of the most popular figures in the world of sport; has also long since captured the hearts of the movie-world. We recall the first picture in which he wae featured, “Kent, The Fighting Man,” and remember its phenomenal success, and how, at the time, it smashed all records. Since then the Bombardier has made movie acting a regular profession, and under the aegis of Mr. I. B. Davidson has become a star whose pictures are eagerly waited for. Not one of them but lias been a success largely because Wells confines himself to what he knows best—sport. However, he has never before crammed so much sport into a picture as he does m “Silver Lining,” his latest. He commences as a champion sculler, becomes an air-fighter, demonstrates on two separate occasions that a knowledge of thn- art of self-defence is very useful, and finally winds up by becoming interested in racehorses. Needless to say that with a handsome, healthy, sixfoot, young fellow in the story, there is hound to be a big love interest and in this cafe, it is of the melodramatic kind which will vastly please the ladies. “Silver Lining,” by the way, is the name of a horse which wins the Ascot Gold Cup. The race is exceedingly well done, tremendously exciting, and piovides a very suitable finale to a film which opens with Henley and a race for “The Diamond Sculls.”

EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT-OF “THE YELLOW TYPHOON.” One of the most realistic and thrillinc pistol battles ever screened is the 21-and climax in a continuous series ot stirring incidents that grip catchers with their intensity in Harold MacGrath’s greatest adventure jtory, Ihe Yellow Typhoon,” in which Anita Stewart stars. This picture which takes one all around the world,, the metropolis and fashionable watering places ot Europe, the Orient and America, disnlavinv all their strange customs, the glamour and gay lights of their most expensive hotels and amusement and gaming places, will be shown at bodv’s for the last time to-night. The programme includes another episode of “The Vanishing Dagger.”