ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1922, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ANNETTE KELLERMAN. TO VISIT NEW PLYMOUTH TONIGHT. Miss Annette Kellerman, the worldfamous cinema star, whose screen wotk has been admired by the people of many countries, will personally make her appearance at the Empire Theatre, to-night (Monday), and to-morrow night, at the head of her own company of Tivoli Follies, and it is safe to say that the huge bill of fare of ten international vaudeville acts, provided by the company, together with the acts and the outstanding attractions of Miss Kellerman’s personal appearance on the stage, will draw crowded houses. The Weekly Press crictic says: “I was in the full house that welcomed Annette Kellerman to New Zealand, and, like everybody else, recognised that we were being entertained by a great artist; one so accomplished that her efforts appeared to be produced without effort, and the most difficult achievement seemed to be the easiest. The possessor of what has been termed the most perfect feminine figure of the age. she is bound to be seen by every woman who realises that beauty is perhaps her greatest asset. As the heroine of so many aquatic exploits, she will attract the attention of all the men. Miss Kellerman, however, is not famous merely for her figure or her swimming powers; she was the star in the picture classics, ‘Neptune’s Daughter' and ‘A Daughter of the Gods.’ She is said to be an entertainer with a versatility second to few. The star will be surrounded by a strong company, specially selected to accompany her on the New Zealand tour.” Miss Kellerman and her company have just concluded a season throughout New Zealand and Australia —l3 weeks in Sydney and Melbourne, 15 nights Wellington. 13 nights Christchurch, 15 nights Auckland, and 11 nights Dunedin. The company are travelling with six tons of scenery, also ’a huge crystal tank holding 700 gallons of water.* The box plan is now open at Collier’s, and patrons would be well advised to book.

EVERYBODY’S. “808 HAMPTON OF PLACER” The finest and most artistic, as well as spectacular and interesting, feature that Marshal Neilan has yet done for the screen is his production of “Bob Hampton of Placer”, which commences at Everybody’s to-night. Custer’s last stand against the Sioux, as reproduced on the silver sheet in this masterful picture, is the great compelling climax to an absorbing story of romance and adventure. Bob Hampton, portrayed by James Kirkwood, is an outcast from the army—an ex-officer. Marjorie Daw, as The Kid, plays the leading feminine role. Pat O’Malley portrays the gallant Lieutenant Brant, and Wesley Barry, of freckle-faced fame, gives an amusing characterisation of Dick, the youthful companion of Bob Hampton.

“Bob Hampton of Placer”, taken from, ! Randall Parrish’s story, is an epic of the r screen- The box plans are at Collier’s, where intending patrons may reserve seats. THE PEOPLE’S. -. • LAST NIGHT OF ELAINE KAMMERSTEIN. The very popular Selznick star, Elaine Kammerstein, will be seen finally to-night in her latest photoplay, “Remorseless Love”, a romantic drama of the Kentucky mountains, where loves and hates run strong. The bill includes gazette, travel and comedy films. BUCK JONES TO-MORROW. In “The Last Straw”, commencing at the People’s to-morrow, Buck Jones, who started his career as a cowboy on the Triangle Bar Ranch in Montana, who later joined the Sixth United States Cavalry to help put down the Moro insurrection in the Philippines, and subsequently went to France to fight for the Allies in the world ; war, has a strong role, in which he performs many of the daring deeds of horsemanship which made him famous in Miller’s 101 Ranch Wild West Show before he went to France. “The Last Straw” is a stirring tale of the land where the best man wins.