ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF “STARDUST.” The most powerful screen drama of the season, ‘Stardust,” will be shown finally to-night at Everybody’s, Hope Hampton is the star of this production, which was taken from Fannie Hursts’s novel. It is a fascinating human interest story of Lily Becker, the lily offshoot of an onion family, who, misunderstood and derided for her love of music, flees from the trying environment of her home to the big city, where she struggles for an operatic career and finds tragedy and love, romance and adventure. James Rennie appears opposite Miss Hampton in the role of a struggling young composer. Noel Tearle, who played leading part in “Over the Hill,” portrays the role of Albert Penny, the shallow overbearing husband to whom Lily is tragically migmated. The story is one of strong emotions and is not without thrills as well as deft touches of humor. A vivid train wreck, in which the despicable Albert Penny is killed, provides one of the most gripping scenes in this production. “Stardust” is heralded by First National Attractions as one of the most interesting features of the year, and lives well up to the advance notices. Supporting- “Stardust” there is a two-reel Mack Sennett comedy, “Love and Doughnuts,” one of the funniest pictures this producer has given us. THE PEOPLE’S. “A VIRGIN PARADISE.” “A Virgin Paradise,” a story of the jungle and of civilised hypocrisy, starring the famous screen actress Pearl White, written by Hiram Percy Maxim and produced as a super-special by William Fox. will he shown at the People’s Theatre to-night. The picture created a sensation on Broadway, New York, by its scenic magnificence, spectacular effects and powerful emotional appeal. The scenes include the destruction of the entire population of a. South Sea island by a volcanic eruption. “A Virgin Paradise” is a gripping drama of human life under sensational conditions. It is a spectacle unsurpassed on the screen. It abounds in novelties and surprises, amazinsr situations and startling events. It will be talked of long after thousands of screen dramas are forgotten. Included in this programme is a Fox News film and a two-reel special comedy, “The Toredor,” starring Clyde Cook, the inimitable mirthmaker. The prices for this double programme are D.C. 2s, stalls Is Gd (plus tax). The box plans are at Collier’s.