ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1921, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. NAZIMOVA IN “WAR BRIDES.” Mme. Alla Nazimova, who will grace the screen at the People’s to-night, has been called the world’s greatest aetre. s. After seeing her in “War Brides’’ you’ll know why.. She was born in Talba, Crimea, Russia; educated in Geneva and St. Petersburg!! Convent, On the stage she played “Zaza,” “Camille,” “Magda,” “Hedda Gabler,” “Trilby,” “The second Mrs. Tanqueray,” in Petrograd. First New York appearance was made in 191/5 in “A Doll’s House,'> later in “War Brides,” which ran for two years. The nationalisation of women.and the law that practically forced them to become “War Brides” is what Nazi mova, as Joan, rebels against in the Selznick De Luxe attraction —“War Brides” —produced by Herbert Brenon. It is a dramatic situation, carried out with tragic force —a logical conclusion to the powerful drama. The bill includes gazette, comedy, and “The Moonriders.” The box' plan is at Collier’s. The special matinee programme to-day will be made up of comedies, gazettes, and “The Moonriders.”

EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF ALICE JOYCE. In “The Prey,” concluding to-night at Everybody’s, an Alice Joyce special production, the charming Vita-graph star is given exceptional opportunities for plays of expression. At her first appearance in the picture drama Helen Reardon is a happy and care-free girl to whom love has come with all its roseate promises. “The Prey” makes an unusual demand upon the talent of Miss Joyce for emotional expression, and the demand is met in the best manner of the popular star. The bill includes gazettes, comedy, and travel films. CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG. MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's greatest drama of domestic life, “Mid-channel” opening al Everybody’s on Monday, one of the most brilliant of stage successes, is unquestionably the greatest triumph of Clara Kimball Young since her first screen appearance. “Mid-channel” is a throbbing drama of the temptations and follies of married life so truthful to fa£t that no mature person will leave this powerful picture without carrying away memories of life’s lesson. -It does not dodge the truth —it unfolds human weakness so dramaticaEy as to strike a sympathetic chord in every heart. Due praise for this masterpiece would not be complete without mention of the superb scenic effects and multi-colored surrounding that are as luxurious as they have been costly, and which heighten the magnificence of the entire picture. The plans are now open at Collier’s.