ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1921, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P.M. “THE PRODIGAL WIFE.” Mary Boland, who is featured with Lucy Cotton in the Screen-craft production of “The Prodigal Wife,” cares little for whether the story presents her in the most attractive light, or not, so long as it provides the opportunity for real acting, and contains a message that will touch the hearts of audiences. In “The Prodigal Wife,” Miss Boland is called upon to depict a woman who is utterly destitute and wretched. Underlying the dramatic force of the story is a beautiful object lesson of the value of ideals. The manner with which Miss Boland brings this purpose home to the onlookers, without their being conscious of it, is a signal tribute to her own ideals and to her remarkable talent as an actress. The bill includes gazette, interest and comedy.

EVERYBODY’S. “DINTY” MONDAY AND TUESDAY. Occasionally the big film producers turn out a picture that grips the whole world by the heart strings and registers enormous success amongst all classes of picture patrons and other amusement seekers. Such a picture is Marshall Neilan’s latest effort “Dinty,” which shows at Everybody’s on Monday and Tuesday nights. The name part is played by the freckled-faced imp of mischief, Wesley Barry. The steadily growing popularity of this tow-headed youngster, who sprang into prominence when he was featured with Mary Pickford in “Daddy Long Legs,” resulted in Marshall Neilan’s decision to star the lad. In “Dinty,” Wesley Barry has the role of a fighting San Francisco newsboy, the sole support of his invalid Irish mother. The story has a picturesque setting in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and the plot takes a thrilling turn in the pursuit of a band of Malay opium smugglers, who kidnap the fiancee of the district attorney. “Dinty” plays sleuth, and a pretty romance is developed, with many thrills. The management offer “Dinty” to patrons with full confidence that it will be acclaimed here as elsewhere one of the best pictures in the history of the “movies.” In view of the certain rush for seats patrons are warned to reserve at Collier’s.

THE PEOPLE’S. "OUT OF THE SNOWS.” "Out of the Snows,” commencing today at the matinee at 2 p.m., a Selznick production, in which the famous Ralph Ince acts in the double capacity as director and leading man, has more variety of scenery and speed of action than is usually to be found in a dozen screen dramas. The locale of the story is Canada, from Quebec up to the Arctic. It is in the snow country that most of the action takes place. Among many novel scenes in this thrilling drama is one which depicts the destruction by fire of the fur-trading ship "Pole Star.” While ships on fire have been seen on the screen before, it is doubtful if any one has ever shown a ship frozen solid in the grip of the Arctic winter, being burned to the edge of the ice. An unusual photographic feat in another part of the picture is that showing a man hunt in a blinding snowstorm. "The Moonriders,” comedy, and gazette are also shown. THE EMPIRE. A “JEWEL” SPECIAL TO-NIGHT. “Come Through,” the Universal special attraction which is being screened at the Empire Theatre for the last time to-nikbt-

is one of the most enterprising pictures presented in New Plymouth. It is the story of a handsome burglar with a brain as quick as a trigger, who strives to gain possession of a valuable pearl necklace. How he gets caught in the act, and how he gets himself 'out of trouble, is only one of the thrilling scenes in this picture. It is a gripping melodrama with just a sufficient touch of humor to relieve the suspense. The story is by George Bronson Howard, and has proved a remarkable success as' a stage melodrama. The production is from the studio of the "Jewel” films, which produced “Under Crimson Skies,” “The Devil’s Pass-key,” “Blind Husbands,” and “The Virgin of Stamboul.” “Come Through.” is in every way a worthy successor to those four big successes. Seats for to-night can now be reserved at Collier’s.