ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1921, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. ‘•NEGLECTED WIVES.” The dramatic production of “Neglected Wives,” at Everybody’s Theatre, is a ! screen version of the play, “Why Wo- ’ men Sin.” whose successful run on some of the largest stages of the world ex- ! tended over a period of several years. ’ Anne Luther, a well-known and popular (screen favorite, is starred, supported by a brilliant cast of notable players, inchidling Claire Whitney. Charles Gerard, and many others. The story presents a dramatic interlacing of intrigue, love, romance and adventure portrayed with a i mastery that holds its audience in absorbed interest. A womanly woman teeis ’keenly her husband’s neglect, while he is lahsorbeil in his work. In the barren de-Ji-ert of her life a "sympathetic” and not ' uninteresting friend enters, and then it ! is so easy to drift along that she readily I falls a victim to the plot which will Mti- [ mately ruin her husband’s political career. Big ballroom scenes, the gambling mansion, the raid, and the kidnapping, lend impressiveness to a fine production. A big two-reel Christie comedy and gazettes are. also on the bill. The matinee to-morrow commences at 2 p»m.

THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF “THE HOPE.” The Ing Metro special production, “The Hope/' rhe famous Drury Lane success, with an all-star cast of unusual brilliance, concludes to-night at the People’s. Heaping sensation upon sensation and thrill upon thrill, and sweeping to a climax that leaves the spectator dizzy with breathless excitement, this is an overpowering melodrama that patrons will never forgeG The hill includes “King of the Circus,” gazette. Ford interest and comedy. I'o-m.orrow’s change, commencing at the matinee at 2 p.m., presents the fourth Selznick - National super-play, “The Palace of Darkened Windows,” a picture containing the first genuine harem scenes ever filmed. “Moonriders,” gazelles and comedy are also on the new bill. THE EMPIRE. “ONCE TO EVERYWOMAN” The splendid “Jewel” special feature, “Once to Every woman,” was screened ;for the first time before a big audience at the Empire last night. The popular appeal of “Once to Every woman” is heightened because it deals with everyday people and treats of a theme that I is as old as humanity. Mother-love is its keynote, and it shows the utter vanity of* worldly ambition when not founded ion human affection. Mies Phillips first ' appears as a school girl, the daughter of !a village blacksmith, who, because of her ! good looks and sweet voice its the pct lof the family. She accepts the sacrifices •of her parents and her sisters, ami when 'a visitor from New York offers to eend [ her abroad to have her voice trained she j leaves home with no regrets. After many 1 dramatic episodes she finally reaches the ! goal of her ambitions—t'he creation of I the star rob- in a new grand opera in I New York. Her humble home and family are forgotten. Then a tremendous I shock causes the loss of her voice. Her I new-found friends and admirers leave her. In her mother’s great love she finds real happiness at last. The effect of the picture is heightened by the singing of "Horae, Sweet Home” and “Alice Ben Bolt.” near the finish of the picture. “Once to Every woman” shows again tonight and to-morrow night.