ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1922, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF “THE GENTLEMAN BUSHRANGHR.” Australian pictures have proved very popular with .dominion picture patrons, and none more so than Beaumont Smith’s latest production “The Gentleman Bushranger,” which, was shown on a double bill at Everybody’s last night. It is a typical story of the early life on the Australian goldfields when money was plentiful and life held somewhat cheap. The hero in this story is the bushranger, not a cruel bloodthirsty villain, as some of the early Australian outlaws, but a gentleman through and through who is placed under a. cloud by a scheming enemy and takes to the bush rather than trust himself to the rough and ready justice of those days. His operations provide a story full of thrill and adventure with some fine Australian bush scenery, and the climax is both novel and dramatic. It is in every way a worth while picture both in production and «- terest. Supporting “The Gentleman Bushranger” there is a six-reel comedy drama “Girl of My Dreams,” in which the versatile Billie Rhodes is starred. The final screening takes place to-night. THE PEOPLE’S. “WHITE AND UNMARRIED.” Everybody bates a croolc —that is, until they see Thomas Meighan’s latest Paramount picture, “While and Unmarried,” which will be shown at the People’s Theatre to-night and to-morrow, wben Thomas Meighan, who made the crook role a classic in “The Miracle Man,” will again prove his ability in a similar characterisation. He has a romance and inchlentally is involved in some desperate encounters with Apaches in Paris. It is the Paris of the novelists that is shown. The underground Paris —the Paris of the dance-halls, the Apaches, the picturesque and heetic. Billy Kane develops into a man of rare prowess and rescues several damsels in distress. It is a vivid tale with plenty of exeitement and red blood action adapted from the novel of John D. Swain, famous for his short story writing. A two-reel Sennett comedy. Topical and Travel are included in the programme. The prices are advertised as usual.