ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. MATINEE TO-DAY, AT 2.30. “THE PRODIGAL WIFE.” “The Prodigal Wife,” commencing today, at 2.30, is taken from the story, “Flaming Ramparts,” by Edith Bernard Delano, and features Mary Boland and Lucy Cotton. The misdirected ambition of a mother leaves remorse and sorrow in the home, and, unable to wait for her husband, an inspiring young physician, to achieve success, she starts out to conquer new worlds for herself, leaving her daughter and her husband to fight life’s battles alone. The little girl is made to believe that her mother is dead, and the father creates for her an idealised conception of her mother, who, in turn, is told by the man with, whom she elopes that her daughter is dead. How the woman’s mother love finds expression in an unknown guardianship of the girl’s happiness and honor, and how in the end, at the possible cost of the girl’s idealised conception of her, she leads her from the paths of folly, comprises a climax that is unusual and thrilling in the extreme. “The Prodigal Wife” might well be termed the “East Lynne” of the screen. Gazette, comedy and interest films are also on the bill. THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF “THE GREAT REDEEMER.” Metro’s special attraction, “The Great Redeemer,” featuring manly House Peters and a strong cast, concludes at the People’s to-night. “'The Great Redeemer” tells the story of a bandit who was sent to prison and there painted an immortal figure on the prison wall—a figure that brought a blaspheming murderer in the cell opposite to his knees in prayer. The production is .enacted by a notable cast of players, including House Peters and Marjorie Daw, and it will be one of the screen sensations of the year. “King of the Circus,” gazette and comedy are also on the bill. To-morrow’s new bill, commencing at' the matinee at 2 p.m.. presents “Out of the Snows,” the second De Luxe Selznick attraction. It is a thrilling tale of northern Alaska, and features Ralph Ince and Zena Keefe. THE EMPIRE. “COME THROUGH,” A SECOND' “RAFFLES,” TO-NIGHT. Picture patrons will welcome the announcement in this issue of the screening to-night and to-morrow at the Empire Theatre of “Come Through,” the fifth of ,the Universal-Jewel big special attractions. Previous pictures from this studio that have made history in the motion picture business are ’ “Under Crimson Skies,” “The Devil’s Pass-key,” “Blind Husbands,” and “The Virgin of Stamboul.” For the fifth big special the “Jewel” producers decided on one of the big melodramas, and after careful consideration picked out George Bronson Howard’s “Come Through,” which has proved one of the greatest sensations of recent years as a stage production. The story contains all the big thrills neces- , sary for a first-class melodramatic sensation, is done in an exceptionally big way, and continues its rapid-fire action from point to point in a manner that holds the onlooker, simply breathless. It is in every way a worthy successor to the big four men mentioned above. The prices of admission will remain as usual, and intending patrons can now book seats at Collier’s.