ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF “THE SCOFFER.” Allan Dwan’s widely heralded production, “The Scoffer,” concludes its local season to-night at Everybody’s. The caste, selected to portray the various interesting characters in the thrilling story, is unusually brilliant. Tt includes such well-known names as Mary Thurman, of Mack Sennett fame, James Kirkwood and Philo McCullough. The story unfolded in “The Scoffer” is extraordinary in many ways, since it concerns a God-fearing physician whose love turns to vicious hate through the cruelty of Fate. What happens to this man as a result of his change of belief, and how he is made to realise that his first attitude is, after all, the only tenable one, goes to make up a narrative which is gripping and full of suspense. Excellent opportunity for “pointing a moral” is afforded by this photo-play, yet the total effect is one of thoughtful enjoyment and a feeling of satisfaction at the visualisation of tne well-adorned tale. If ever a production was worthy of being seen it is “The Scoffer.” It is a story of a man whose vicissitudes robbed him of men-, tai balance and made him “a scoffer,” and whose redemption was brought about by Divine intervention, is prolific of big moments that hold in magnetic suspense. “The Silent Avenger,” comedy and gazette are also on this bill. Reserves may be procured at Collier’s,

THE. PEOPLE’S. “TOM MDF’TO-NIGHT. Tom Mix’s company, which recently completed filming “The Texan,” a William Fox production from the novel by James B. Hendryx, which is to open at the People’s Theatre to-night, succeeded in obtaining some excellent material for the picture during the big championship rodeo held at Prescott, Arizona, as part of “The Frontier Daye” celebration.! The rodeo scenes are one of the important phases of the picture, for it is wellknown that nothing in the pastimes of the true sons of the plains is so typical of Western atmosphere as the annual rodeo. The daring exploits of the cowboys during the steer bull-dogging events, the broncho “busting” and contests of skill with the lariat, as recorded on the film, will be interesting to persons all over the country —especially to followers of the Western type of story. Incidentally. many of Mix’s cowboys, who figure in every Mix picture, entered the events, apd several succeeded'in carrying away first honors. Every puncher entered made a good showing, which is remarkable, inasmuch as they were competing against men fresh from the ranges. A big Sunshine comedy and gazettes are also on this bill.

LOUISE MACK’S TRAVELOGUES. Great interest is being displayed in the above entertainment to-night, at 8, at the Empire, when Miss Mack will present her travelogues, which have created such a furore of enthusiasm all over New Zealand. Miss Mack is a brilliant authoress, with twenty books to her credit. She has travelled all over the world, speaks many languages, and was war correspondent for the Times. She will act certain delicate little plays from foreign lands, written by herself, showing phases of life in many different, lands. There will follow a comedy by Ugolini, the greatest acrobat in Italy. Then travelogues in moving pictures will carry the audience away to Russia, Italy, Holland, France, Belgium, cowboy America, the Italian lakes and the Riviera. Miss Mack will lecture to these travelogues, and finally an exquisite French drama will be screened, a drama de luxe, showing wonderful French aristocrats, Paris, with the Seine, Notre Dame, the underground cellars, the wealth of lovely costumes and lovely, highborn women. Book at Collier’s.