ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLED. LAST NIGHT OF “THE GOLDEN GALLOWS.” The old theatrical boarding house, the chorus queen’s “swell apartment,” the shyster lawyer who hangs about on the fringe of the theatrical world, living off its gilded scum and the “gentleman friend” of the stage girl, are all to be seen in the latest Universal production “The Golden screening for the last time to-night at the People’s, with the beautiful blonde star Miss Du Pont. How many of us know the life of the .players behind the scenes? In ‘ ’ ■ Golden Gallows,” Miss Du Pont g.. - a very appealing picture of life as it is lived there and of how a new’ kind of chorus girl handled some ancient temptations. An exceptionally good cast support® Miss Du Pont in this thrilling stage drama. Brownie, the world’s wonder dog, is also on this programme in a clever Century comedy, “Cheerful Credit.” EVERYBODY’S. “THE SONG OF LIFE.” What wife has not some time or other rebelled against her fate as a drudge, cook or maid in the houee that was to have been a happy home ? Most wives have lived through it,, some have .preferred the divorce court. The happiest are those who either remedied the evil or succeeded, in finding another point of view. This subject, a matter of consideration in nearly every household, is placed in the limelight and •treated directly and dramatically in ‘•The Song of Life,” showing to-nig -t at Everybody’s. The picture is one of special interest to women because of its true-to-life characterisations and human qualities. The people in the play are just everyday folks who seem to really live on the screen. The plot builds logically up to a strong climax, and is set off* by interior scenes and outdoor locations that keep one in the atmosphere of the story. There is a pleasing lack of anything unpleasant in the complications in “The Song of Life.” The eighth episode of “Winners of the West"’ also shows with this programme.

“THE FOUR HORSEMEN” MONDAY. It is safe to say that no picture has caused a greater stir among “movie” enthusiasts than the Metro Company’s production of Vicente Ibanez’s sensational novel, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” to be screened at Everybody’s * next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Never before has there been seen together in one picture a more distinguished, company of world-famous actors and actresses. The excellence of the acting, combined with the greatness of the theme and the splendor of the production, make “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” one of the greatest pictures every shown. The verdict of everybody fortunate enough to witness it •is a truly wonderful picture, splendidly acted. It is a long picture--12 reels —yet it passes before the spectator from the beginning to its close holding him deeply enthralled with its great truths, underlying and working through a skilfully woven romance. There is no need to tell the story of it, for that has been the talk of New Plymouth for weeks past, nor can any description do the picture anything like justice. It is the greatest indictment of all war we have yet seen with its symbolic representation of the prophecy of St. John the Divine in the Book of Revelations. The box plans open at Collier’s to-morrow morning.