ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1922, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. A FINE PICTURE—“EXPERIENCE.” A picture of exceptional merit was the Paramount super-production, “Experience,’ - which commenced a two nights’ season at The People’s last evening. It is a gorgeously-produced film, in winch no expense has been spared, and some of the scenes are wonderful examples of what i is really possible in resorts where money is small consideration and pleasure the reigning god. The story is simple, yet wonderful; that of Youth adventuring—his hopes, temptations, passions, failures, triumphs, and loves. It shows his first visit to the big city; the cafe of The Primrose Path, where he meets the gorgeously-gowned followers of pleasure, wealth, excitement and intoxication. Then he is found on the park bench, where he comes face to face with poverty; The Bowery, where he works as a. waiter; the church where his ideals are revised; and then his return to home, where love and hope await him. It is a clear-cut story, which for richness, color and novelty has never been surpassed. After viewing the picture, one can understand why the stage version had the wonderful record run of five years. Scenes in the production which arc breath-catching revelations are “The Garden where Dreams Begin,” “The Primrose Path,” “The Corridors of Chance,” “The Palace of Forgotten Hope,” “The House of Lost Souls, ’ and “The Land that Love Calls Home.” It is in every way a superior production, and will surely draw another crowded house for the final screening to-night. EVERYBODY’S. KATHERINE McDONALD IN “THE BEAUTY MARKET.” “The American Beauty,’ as Katherine McDonald, newest of leading film stars,

has been called, will be seen in her latest photoplay. “The Beauty Market,” beginning at Everybody’s to-night. Coming close to the heels of “The Thunderbolt,” which established Miss McDonald firmly in the minds of the public as a talented actress as well as a real beauty, “The Beauty Market” cannot fail to please. She is shown as a society butterfly, who is deliberately placing herself on the matrimonial market in the hope of selling her beauty to a rich man who can and will give her the luxuries she thinks essential to her happiness. However, unlike the usual story of this t sort, she does so without compunction and with no misgivings. The plot is unusual in this respect. Tn support of Miss McDonald is Roy Stewart and other well-known ployers, including Robert Brower and Kathleen Kirkham.