ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. CARMEL MYERS IN “CHEATED LOVE.” “Cheated Love,” the new Universal photo-drama starring Carmel Myers, screens at the People’s Theatre for the first time to-night. Many of the scenes in this story of New York’s east side are laid in and about a little Yiddish theatre, where a group of earnest and conscientious artists are trying to express their feelings and emotions under trying conditions. Miss Myers plays a role of a beginner in this dramatic hovel, while the celebrated French actress, Mde. Rose Dione, plays the role of the famous Polish star who comes to play a guest engagement. A terrific boiler explosion, which wrecks a theatre and throws hundreds into a wild, stampeding panic, is one of the features in this remarkable drama. Miss Myers is supported by an exceptionally strong cast, and the supporting films include a two-reel comedy, “A Monkey Hero,” starring the world’s greatest animal actor, Joe Martin, and a News film. The prices remain as usual. EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF “A BEGGAR IN PURPLE.” “A Beggar in Purple,” the Pa the photoplay announced as the feature attraction at Everybody’s Theatre, is an adaptation of the famous novel of the same name by Andrew Soutar. “A Beggar in Purple” is the story of business men, their methods and morals. It depicts the sorrow and happiness in the life of a man who was mad for money and revenge. His life was dedicated to making a man pay who had done him a wrong. He fought his way through every obstacle, and won, only to find that he had lost love, and without love even a king is orily a beggar in purple. Leonard C. Shumway enacts the title role. He is given the capable support of Ruth King and others. The final screening takes place to-night. Charles Ray stars tomorrow in “Scrap Iron,” a story of the roped ring, by Charles van Gran. THE FAMOUS N.Z. DIGGERS. BOX PLAN OPENS THIS MORNING. The Famous Diggers have been so long entertaining the public of New Zealand that they have become part of our national life. They are certainly very popular, and though sentiment played a big part in this in the beginning, they now stand entirely on their own merits as entertainers. That they are able to do this as well as any show travelling is evidenced by the fact that they are greeted by large audiences everywhere they go. In fact, in the South Island recently, they broke all records for attendance. The fact is that the Diggers give a performance which is at all times meritorious, never mediocre, and always a hundred per cent, entertainment. Joe Valli, the little Scotchman who made us laugh so heartily last time, is still a shining luminary in a constellation of star artists. Mr. Frank Perryn is really only in New Zealand health recuperating after a long series of brilliant engagements with G. Robey and G. P. Huntly in London. His' special penchant is comedy of the broad type, but he is particularly brilliant in serious Italian expressions. Gus Dawson, an old friend, has recently rejoined the company after a big engagement with J. C. Williamson. He brings some fresh novelties to the show. Frank Moran’s new humorosities, and Fred Webber’s piano sketches, support what is considered the Diggers’ “best yet.” The orchestra is as strong as ever, both in orchestral selections and song and dance accompaniments. The box plans open at Collier’s this morning.