ENTERTAINMENTS.
EVERYBODY’S. CHARLES RAY IN “SCRAP IRON.” “Scrap Iron,” starring Chas. Ray, will ■be the attraction at Everybody’s tonight and at both sessions to-morrow. Charles Ray not only stars in the -picture, but also directs it, and did the greater part of adapting the story, written by Charles E. Van Loan and published in the Saturday Evening Post, for the screen. The young actor portrays the role of John Steele, a young mill worker. His mother induces him. to abandon boxing, which is his favorite recreation. His promise causes him to get the reputation with his fellow workers as “yellow,” and also loses him his girl, who nicknames him “Scrapiron.” Then he loses his job through lateness caused by attending to the I wants of his mother who is an invalid. Every other avenue of earning money being closed to him, he turns to his boxing ability to support himself and his mother. The result is one of the most exciting and thrilling Scenes which ever took place in a motion picture production. Vera Stedman and Lydia Knott are also in the cast. The prices are as usual.
THE PEOPLE’S. “Cheated Love,” the Universal photodrama which shows for the last time at the People’s to-night is one of the year’s most entertaining productions and displays the best work that has ever been done by Carmel Myers. Perhaps it is because the story deals with Jewish life that the play fits Miss Myers so well, but her work in the stellar role is an inspiring spectacle, for she has given the part full sincerity and superlative dramatic force. There is a wealth of humor and touches of homely human nature to provide laughter between the rapid succession of powerful situations in this heart picture. To-night is the' last night and the supporting films include “A Monkey Hero,” starring the clever animal actor Joe Martin. Prices are: D.C. 1/6, Stalls 1/-.
EMPIRE THEATRE, TO-MORROW. THE FAMOUS N.Z. DfcGERS. It is always gratifying to good talent to find itself appreciated, and in this respect the present combination of The Famous Diggers is proving no exception. Good houses are drawn at every performance, and judging by the tumultuous applause, it is plain to see that the entertainment provided meets with the thorough approval of patrons. Mr, Joe Valli, who made such an impression on the last visit with his sketch “Tickets Please,” is well to the fore again with comicalities hard to beat, and his characterisation in the absurd sketch “The Raw Recruit” creates a continual bubble of merriment, besides which he shows more of his capability as an eccentric dancer. Mr. Bernard Beeby, a baritone, is late of J. C. Williamson’s “Maid of the Mountains” Company. One of the “star’ ’items of the new programme is Gus Dawson’s Dance Seena “The Scarecrow’s Awakening,” a remarkable conception staged in a unique setting. Frank Moran whose song “My Mother’s Shawl” evoked roars of laughter in the last programme, conies to the front again with more mirth provoking offerings than ever, particularly “The Toreador.” The Diggers appear in New Plymouth for a two-night season, commencing to-morrow at the Empire Theatre. Box plans are at Collier’s.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1922, Page 2
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