ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1921, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF BILL RUSSELL. Wm. Russell, in his big hit “Colorado Pluck”, and Shirley Mason, in her latest production, “The Mother Heart”, screen finally to-night at the People’s. Both artists are seen to advantage in their respective roles, and Fox Gazettes are also on the bill. To-morrow, Doraldina in “Passion Fruit” is the special Metro attraction. It is a powerfully entrancing story of love and brute force battling for mastery beneath the palm trees of Hawaii. In its beautiful setting “Passion Fruit”, from the pen of Carey Wilson, serves, not only to display. Doraldina’s skill as an actress of power and conviction, but also reveals her in some of the marvelous terpsichorean feats that have made her the talk of three continents, “The Diamond Queen” is also on this bill, as well as the conclusion of “King of the Circus”. EVERYBODY’S. “THE STILL ALARM.” Of special interest is the spectacular melodrama, “The Still Alarm,” which ’S being presented as a motion picture at Everybody’s to-night. Few productions in the history of the theatre have been received with greater enthusiasm than that afforded by this thrilling spectacle which has often, been referred to as “the climax of sensationalism of the stage,” “The Still Alarm”; then the call of the firemen; the maddening race for life by the fire department; the girl imprisoned 'behind walls of flame; rescue cut off as the stairway falls in a heap of ruins; the crumbling balcony. Climax following climax until love triumphs. The production«is dne that will take ite place with the really big things of the screen. It is staged in the most lavish manner, embracing all of the incidents of the original story, enacted by a caste of exceptional merit, apd includes such well known artists as Thomas Santschi, Fritzi Brunette, Bessie Eyton, and a score of others of equal note. The picture is under the patronage of the New Plymouth Fire Brigade, and intending patrons should reserve at Collier’s. THE EMPIRE. “OUTSIDE THE LAW,” TO-MORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Commenting on “Universal’s” great 8-reel melodrama the Sydney Sunday News states:—Crook plays in general are as common and as uninspiring as chewing-gum. A play like “Outside the Law,’.’ though it deals in crooks, is one of the least common things in the realm of entertainment. It is a melodrama of the underworld, but its producer has made familiar scenes interesting, and has injected breathless excitement into the adventures of a girl who plunges into crime through a desire for vengeance. The story of her reform is convincingly told, and accompanying it are wild fights, and every other sensation that audiences can crave. “Outside tine Law” moves quickly from the beginning, yet not so quickly as to exclude some tender little bits of human feeling. Priscilla Dean is absolutely alive as the girl thief. She is gay, determined, reckless, gentle, in. turn. Her work, is a revelation, and Wheeler Oakman and Lon Chaney see that she is given proper backing. The plans are now open at Collier’s.