ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE'S. LAST NIGHT OF EILEEN PERCY. Eileen Percy, the William Fox star, has been making quite a hit as a cowgirl heiress in her latest picture “Wings of Love,” concluding to-jiight at the People’s. Miss Percy, with her blonde beauty, makes a fascinating figure, and does some very clever acting. The story is interesting and well presented—especially the rapid-fire eastern scenes, where Mss Percy shows society folk how a western girl handles a band of crooks. The bill includes a big “Sunshine” comedy and Fox gazettes.

EVERYBODY’S.

A BIG DOUBLE STAR BILL. (Eva Novak, the radiant ‘beauty, who was selected for stardom by Universal not long ago, and who captivated the theatre-goers by her performance in her initial vehicle “Wanted at Headquarters,” is to be seen at Everybody’s Theatre to-night and to-morrow, in her latest feature “The Torrent.” This is a colbr-; fill story of land and sea. its chief incidents occurring on board a palatial yacht and on a deserted Pacific Island. The second feature is a Vitagraph production “Closed Doors,” starring Alice Calhoun. Alice Calhoun is naturally emotional, and her sympathies are easily played upon. In “Closed Doors” .she has a heavy dramatic role. In the earlier scenes she is a young girl, lighthearted and care-free. The story covers a period of several years, and the star is given opportunity to show her ability to mature before the camera. She plays the lead at the ages of fourteen, eighteen and twenty-two. The story is one that is sure to hold the interest, and has, in addition to many dramatic scenes, a vein of humor running through it. Seats may be reserved at Collier’s.

“OLD MOTHER HUBBARD” PANTOMIME.

“Chu Chin Chow,” which ran for vears in London, only had seventeen performances to its credit in Auckland, but “Old Mother Hubbard” Pantomime ran in the same city twenty-two consecutive times, five more than the great Eastern play. This fact should speak for itself, and convince the play-going public that they are to see. something right out of the ordinary in touring companies, on Monday and Tuesday next, at the Empire Theatre, New Plymouth, where this big panto, is to be staged. Naturally the expense of travelling a big city production will be heavy, but the management feel confident that the public will recognise their enterprise by attending in large numbers. The principal comedian is Mr. George Harpur, an exponent of female characters of wide, experience, and he is ably assisted in his fun-making by Mr. Arthur Bertram, as Old Mr. Hubbard, Miss Rubee Raymond as Sally Horner, and Mr. Arthur Meredith as Ponto. the hungry dog. The shapelylimbed principal boy is Miss Lulla Fanning, whose fine contralto voice is heard with Miss Audrey Carlyle in the pretty duets, “The Bamboo Tree.” and ‘T<iss a Miss,” also in the solos “Allee Samee, ’ and “The Navy.” A singer that no one should miss is Miss Ethel Osborn, the fairy princess, whose voice is extremely fine. This young lady, who is from the studio of Mr. Ronald Foster, of the Sydney Conservator!um, where Rosa Alba and Gladys Verina received their tuition, is destined to become one of our greatest lyric sopranos. Her numbers include “The Pipes of Pan,” “The Nightingale’s Trill”' and “The Last Rose of Summer.” Intending patrons are advised to book early for this city attraction at Collier’s. The little ones are to be admitted at half price to matinees on both days. WIRTH BROS.’ CIRCUS. Wirth Bros.’ circus is to show in New Plymouth on Saturday, February 25.