ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. NORMA TALMADGE IN “THE SIGN .ON THE DOOR.” “The Sign on the Door,” Channing Pollock’s . successful melodrama, with Norma Talmadge in the leading role, w the ■ principal attraction at Everybody’s to-night and to-morrow.- The picture, is the ideal feature attraction, being in plot' one of tffe most .logical and weilconstmcted dramas ever writtgfi. The role, of the misjudged, wife,. Ayho suceessfally takes, the blame for a-murder bn -her shoulders that she may shield, her husband, of the best that Mis<? Talmadge has ever had. It gives tlric, talented star ah opportunity fdr’the dieplay of her emotional acting and also presents her in a most sympathetic part. In the supporting cast is Charles Richman and' 1 Lew Cody, both stars in their own right. “Tim Sign-.on the ■Door” is a melodrama -in—which a man is killed and the police attempt to discover who did the deed. Both the husband and --confess that they did the shpot- ! ing, although the wife is not guilty. How citeumstantial evidence supports the wife’s claim frees her from punishment, eince “she states that she fired the shot to protect her honor, and saves her husband makes an interesting and thrilling story. Box plans are at Collier’s. The price® for this big special will be DC. 2a, Stalls Is Gd (plus tax). THE PEOPLE’S. “A PROPHET'S PARADISE.” A brilliant, varied and interesting feature picture is the new Selznick production. “The Prophet’s Paradise,” starring (Eugene O’Brien, shown on SaturI day at the People’s. The photoplay is a spiendid one in every respect and detail, while the story is intensely dramatic . and full of romance. Eugene O’Brien is first seen as a gentleman travelling in the East, who, lured to a secret slave market, discovers that a beautiful girl is ‘.being auctioned. In order to save her from her captors he outbids the others, but in trying to get away many perils arise. The setting of the story is in Constantinople, the scenes of the famous capital being conducted with pomp, while the film itself is lavishly produced. The final screening is announced for to-night. Tomorrow Tom Mix will star in another of his popular Western specials, “A Rough Diamond.”