ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 May 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVEBYBODYS. “SALVATION NELL” TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW. A picture painted in the colours of romance, humanity, and interwoven with joyous thills of love, with a touching pathos and crowned with a climax that touches the deeper chords of emotion, is ‘‘Salvation Nell,” the famous Edward Sheldon play. It will be the First National feature attraction at Everybody’s to-night and to-morrow. Against backgrounds of New York’s lower East Side and of the splendour of upper Fifth Avenue, Whitman Bennett has produced a cinema story under the direction of Kenneth Webb that is wholesome, human, and exalting. Few will soon forget the unselfish and devoted character of “Salvation Nell,” as portrayed by Pauline Starke; the weakness and the ultimate triumph of her lover, Jim Platt, played by Joseph King; the honest and straightforward figure of E. T. Langford as Major Williams; the pluck and persistence of Hallelujah Maggie, portrayed by Evelyn C. Carrington; the cold and heartless saloon-keeper, Sid Govern, characterised by Charles MacIkmaiu; the snaky and brutal Al McGovern, played by Matthew Betz; and the folly of the philosophy of the misguided Myrtle Hawes, portrayed by Gipsy O’Brien. “Salvation Nell” is aa true as life itself. THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF 'THE FATAL HOUR.” The colossal screen melodrama, “The Fatal Hour,” was unqualifiedly adjudged a success by the capacity audience that saw this Metro production last night at the People’s Theatre, where it is the feature attraction of a well-balanced bill. It is a powerful picture. So great an impression did it make that the management was congratulated by many of the patrons, who were carried completely out of themselves by this sweeping drama, with its rapid fire of surprise, suspense, and comedy relief. The final episode of "The Fatal Sign” is also on this programme, which shows for the last time to-night. Coming to-morrow: “When Bearcat Went Dry. ’ Commencing at the matinee to-morrow, the attraction for Saturday and Monday will be the Selznick all-star special, “When Bearcat Went Dry,” from the popular novel by Charles Neville Buck. THE DANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS. The above company make their first appearance in New Plymouth on Tuesday next. They are playing at the Empire Theatre, for a short season of two nights only; and. judging from press reports, the music-lovers of New Plymouth are in for a real treat. This talented company has played all over the North and South Islands, to packed houses, despite the hard times that prevail; which only goes to prove their merit as a first-class entertainment. The secret of their success is cleanliness and low prices. Adults, 3s and 2s; children Is; all plus tax.