ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1922, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. “HOMORESQUE” MATINEE TO-DAY. FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. None of the big special motion picture productions have struck a more intensely human note than the story of mother love in “Humoresque/' which received its initial local screening before a crowded house at Everybody’s last night. The scene is New York's famous lower cast side, and the central character is a youngster with a soul for music. Receiving his first violin from his mother dn his seventh birthday, the boy later develops into a world-known genius. Then the war comes, and he returns "from overseas with a wounded shoulder that, it is thought, will prevent him from ever playing a violin again. Uut in the great crisis of his life the injured shoulder is restored to strength, and happiness returns. '-Alma Rubens is the featured pl a ver, but the honors are equally divided with Vera Gordon, who gives a wonderful heart-appealing portrayal in the mother part. There will be a special matinee this afternoon at 2.30, when special concession prices will be charged. The final screening takes place to-night, and patrons would be wise to reserve at Collier’s. THE PEOPLE’S. MARGARITA FISHER IN “ANN’S FINISH.” Ann Anderson, a nifty little finishing school girl, with a talent for trouble, is obsessed with the idea that the school is to too. The teachers are too staid, the principal is too anciently maidenly, and—oh, you know. Well. Ann starts things as soon as she gets there. She makes that old boarding-ehool sit up and wonder. She is a joy in the hearts of the pupils and a thorn in the philosophies of the teaching staff. One night the watchman sees a man entering Ann’s bellroom window. That is the last word in the school principal’s philosophy. Wow! So there is an investigation and Ann says she is married to the man who is’ found biding in her elotlies-box —but of course that isn’t so. Ann, the tender-hearted chicken, saw. that villain trying to rob the house, and thought him handsome; besides it was an adventure; so she hid him. Wonderful idea. Burglar discovered; -Ann confronted; devious story told by Ann about being a war bride and wanting to finish her education »ets across. But the burglar is an amateur. He is the son of wealthy residents who wonder whether he will ever settle down. He does. Why?— Ann The bill includes Gazette. comedy and conclusion of the “Diamond Queen.”