ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1922, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

‘‘LIVING LONDON.” FILM OF THE WONDER CITY. The cinema film, “Living London,” which was screened at the Empire Theatre last night, hazs a host of scenes of the surroundings and life in the great metropolis, and the audience were carried through a panorama of glowing reality. luondon, the wonder city of the world, has for the last thousand years at least exercised a remarkable fascination for mankind. Heine wrote truly of it: ,£ A forest of houses, between which ebbs and flows a stream of human faces, with all their varied sions—an awful rush of love, hunger and hate—for such is London.” Many New Zealanders know and love London, and those who do not, long to see the “big smoke.”

In the splendid picture which was presented last night, mighty throbbing London, with its grandeur and gaiety, ists palaces and poverty, its historic buildings, its fashions and furbelows, ?ts crowded highways and its exquisite beauty spots, was brought before the eyes., of the audience with a vividness to make the heart of a Britisher glow within him. But it is not alone with historic London that this masterpiece deals. An exquisite series of scenes is presented, depicting the charm and lovelines -of the great city’s environments, the delightful parks within, and the quietude of the countryside without, as well as a panorama of the Thames riverside, with its winding waterways, its trees, flowers and historic mansions. Nor is this all. London at work and play is shown with remarkable fidelity. The audience was taken through Petticoat Lane on a Sunday morning, permitted to frolic on Hampstead Heath on a bank holiday, shown the flower-sellers of Piccadilly Circus, Covent Gardens at 4 a.m.. Billingsgate at 3 a.m., Smithfield meat market, society in Rotten Row, the Ascot Royal Cup, and the amazing traffic in the streets. A schools matinee will be held this afternoon, and the picture will be screened again to-night. EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF A BIG DOUBLE BILL. The special Pathe picture, concluding to-night at Everybody’s, is “The Devil to Pay,” an adaptation of the novel by Frances Nimmo Greene. The plot of the story is as unusual as it is original. It tells the story of a man who was sent to the gallows for the crime of another man. Owing to an extraordinary circumstance which occurred at the State hanging-, the supposed criminal did not die. Then, once freed, he set about to hunt to earth the man who had had him condemned. No more exciting situation has ever been presented on the screen than that which arises when the supposed dead man meets the scoundrel whose crime he had imagined another to have for. On the same bill is a splendid Universal feature of life and love on the Alaskan frontier, featuring Grace Darmond, and entitled “The Beautiful Gambler.” THE PEOPLE'S. “BARS OF IRON” TO-NIGHT. The Stolls’ all-British film, “Bars of Iron,” Ethel M. Dell’s world-read novel, heads the bill to-night and to-morrow at the People’s. Avery Den? s brief married life in Australia, ended in miserable failure. Eric, her husband, ruined, sent her back to England until he got on his feet. In six months he had degenerated into a ruthless bully, and one night forced Piers Evesham to fight with him. He was killed in the struggle, and Piers fled to England, joining his grandfather. Sir Beverley Evesham, at Rodding Abbey. Avery had come to that village and taken up the position of mother’s help at the vicarage. Piers fell in love with her, as did also Dr Tudor, but Avery’s experience of marriage did not encourage a second trial, and she refused both men. Sir Beverley met with a fatal accident, and before dying made Avery promise to inarry ‘Piers. The young man, however, discovered that the man killed in fair fight in Australia was Avery’s husband. The knowledge tortured him. Finding Piers distracted, Avery, mistaking the cause, rememberd her promise to the dead baronet and nress m Piers to inarry her. He did and hid the fact that he killed her husband, which was later revealed by. Dixon, a ■social outcast, who returned to England and told the story. Husband and w.te were on the point of separating when Dr Tudor forced Dixon to tell toe tru.-.i concerning the fight., Patrons may reserve seats at Collier’s.