ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1922, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. “THE AMAZING LOVERS.’’ A tale of the underworld is always interesting if screened with a delicate touch, and in the case of “The Amazing Lovers,” which will be screened this afternoon and to-night at Everybody’s, the joys, the sorrows, and the tragedies which occur in the art world so frequently and are, for the moment they last, extremely serious matters to these fast-living and more or less primitive artists. The situations are handled by an expert and imagination is allowed full sway so that the situations, while sensational at times, compel one to admire the masterly work of the director, who has so artistically skirted the age of realism without offence. It is doubtful if Greenwich Village has ever afforded material for a more entertaining screen drama. There is an excellent supporting programme.

THE PEOPLE’S. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P.M. “Chivalrous Charley,” starring the popular screen favorite. Eugene 0 Brien, screens to-day and to-night at the People’s. The picture starts out as a rip-roaring comedy, with the hero gettino- into trouble every time he turns ground. All of a sudden the plot takes a sudden turn and yon find yourself •nipped in the middle of one of the fastest and most mysterious melodramas ever created. The many twists 'a the cross-fire action of this six-cylin-der tale refuse to be straightened out into a newspaper review. But to those who fanev hair-breadth escapes, perilous situations galore, romance and a shifting background, sprinkled with a generous lot of good old fashioned exercise in the gentle art of self-defence, then “Chivalrous Charley” will provide an evening’s invigorating entertainment. Episode 9 of “The Blue Fox” is also on this programme. SISTINE CHOIR SOLOISTS. TARANAKI TOUR. Messrs. Thomas Quinlan and E. J. T. Dan Carroll announce with regret that owing to the early departure to Italy of the Sistine Choir Solo ; sts, this famous combination will onlv be able to appear at Stratford and Hawera in the Taranaki district. The Stratford concert will be given in the Town Hall on Tuesdav (Boxing night) December 26, at 8.15’ and the' two Hawera concerts will be given at the Opera House on December 27 and 2’B. It is safe to predict a warm welcome in each town, and intending patrons from outlying districts are respectfully requested to reserve their seats. The box plan for the Stratford concert is at Grubb’s music shop and Qie plans to the Hawera. appearances at Everybody’s sweet shop. Prices and particulars of reservations are to be found in our advertising columns. We append a brief excerpt from the New Zealand Times’ critique of October 14: “Never in the history of Wellington’s music has such an ovation been given to visiting singers as greeted the members of the Sistine Choir on Saturday evening. The large Town Hall was thronged, the audience extending even upon the organ benches, and it was a highly emotional -crowd which swayed to each phase of song almost as responsively as the singers themselves. The uproar at the end of each item was deafening. Volleys of applause came from the galleries, rose from the floor of the hall in increasing thunder, and ever and anon were mingled with shouts of delight. It was a wonderful reception, and the singers responded to the full.”