ENTERTAINMENTS.
EVERYBODY’S. JACKIE COOGAN IN “PECK’S BAD BOY.” There is no doubt about the popularity of little Jackie Coogan with local picture patrons, as evidenced iby the crowds attending at Everybody’s the past two evenings, and also the record crowd of kiddiee and adults that packed theatre yesterday afternoon to see 1 eck’s Bad -Boy.” Ae Peek’s boy, the lovable little youngster who won the hearts of all who saw him in “The Kid,” is given even a bigger' role. As the star of this latest production he is seen as a regular boy, full of mischief and full of fun, who is always making a peck ’ of trouble for himself and particularly for others. The sub-titles are tne elever work of that master humorist Irving S. Cobb. “Peck’s Bad Boy” screens again this afternoon at 2.30 and finally at the evening session, and it is safe to say there will be hundreds who will want to see the delightful picture once again.
THE PEOPLE’S. ' “THE MARK OF ZORRO.” Douglas Fairbanks scored an instantaneous success last night at the People’s, where he starred in the third of the United Artists’ big super-produc-. tions; “The Mark of Zorro.” This picture, adapted for screen purposes from a thrilling novel, “The Curse of Capistrano,” gives very attractive material to assist Fairbanks in his acting of the major role. Double identity is a great feature of the work of the mysterious Zorro, a man who acts in private life as a weak-willed, chuckling imbecile, but in secret is a most energetic factor for good in the community. The story is well told, with humor in it as well as a romantic element of mystery, and more than one thrill, while the settings and general stage effects are most picturesque. Fairbanks’ athletic feats are miraculous, the stunts are agile and rapid as the wind, and the whole play a veritable hurricane of adventure, action and thrills. The star feature is supported by a Fox future, “Without Fear,” starring the popular Pearl White. The complete programme screens for the last time to-night. EMPIRE THEATRE. THE GREAT McEWEN TO-MORROW. Speaking of the Great McEwen, who opens a local season of three nights at the Empire to-morrow, the Wanganui Chronicle says: “So far as the entertainment was concerned, it is hardly necessary to say that the audience were more than satisfied with the evening spent with the Great McEwen. As a conjurer he is exceedingly clever, and his card tricks are as baffling as they are neatly done. It is, however, in his demonstrations of the occult that Mr. McEwen arouses the greatest interest. In some of the mind-reading tests he himself became the subject, solving the problems put to him by a committee on the stage, and giving a demonstration of the transference of thought from one mind to another that was really remarkable. Later in the evening he exchanged the role of passive for that of active operation, and with a “class” on the stage entertained the audience hugely by suggesting various imaginary roles and scenes to his subjects, who went through most amusing antics in their endeavor to play well and truly the parts allotted to them. But amusement is not the only purpose of Mr. McEwen, and he showed very convincingly the great and beneficial uses to which his art can be put in the cure of disease, and particularly in surgery. Mr. McEwen was assisted by the Saint Sisters, who varied the entertainment with humorous songs and elocutionary items rendered very pleasingly. Box plans are now open at Collier’s.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 7
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