ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1922, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. 1 LIONEL BARRYMORE IN “THE MASTER MIND.” Lionel Barrymore, the emotional star of stage and screen, will be seen to-night and to-morrow in what is considered a worthy feature for his masterful acting. This subject in “The Master Mind,” an adaptation of the play of the same name by Daniel G. Carter. It affords the star abundant opportunities to display his remarkable histrionic skill. He portrays a revengeful figure who conceives the plan to defeat his worst enemy because of the latter’s heartlessness in sending his brother to the electric chair. How his plans mature, and how he is eventually defeated is told in action of tense dramatic moments. “The Lure of the Circus,” gazette, and comedy, are also on the. bill. The matinee to-morrow commences at 2 p.m.

BLACK BEAUTY NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

“Black Beauty,” known and loved -for forty years in every part of the world where books are read, has come to life. The wonderful horse whose. . autobio-, graphy was recorded by Anna Sewell to delight millions of readers in every civilised country in the world, is to be seen in action at Everybody’s Theatre on ■ Monday and Tuesday, His life, through all its changing phages of playful colthood, early pleasures, trials and fears; its conUhcts with the lives of other horses and of humans; its hardships, dangers and triumphs are unfolded on the screen. Next to Black Beauty himself, Jean Paige is the star, and the charm, the vital interest and the pathos of the wonderful story have been retained. Tn the film version a thrilling romantic drama is woven about the ’humans, and in many phases of this Black Beauty participates without being aware of its nature, and always in accordance with the conduct and the mental processes of the most famous ’horse in fiction, precisely as described in Anna Sewell’s great work. Box plans are at Collier’s. THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF MABEL NORMAND. Mabel Normand in “The Slim Princess.” -Goldwyn’s scintillating comedy drama, will be seen for the last time at the People’s to-night. The bill includes gazette, comedy, and “The Fatal Sign.” EUGENE O’BRIEN TO-MORROW. “Clay Dollars,” the new Selznick picture featuring Eugene O’Brien, which opens to-morrow at the matinee at - p.m., presents an original and diverting story of -small-town life which relies for its appeal largely upon heart interest and strong native comedy of the kind, that has always been so popular with theatregoers. “The Adventures of Tarzan,” gazettes, and comedy are also on the bill.