ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S THEATRE. FINAL SCREENING OF “TESSIE.” May McAvoy in “Tessie” may be seen once more only, to-night at The People’s theatre. “Teseie” is quite out of the ordinary, a delicate comedy-romance in the lives of some very likable everyday folk. The plot is very cleverly worked out and happiness comes to all the characters in a most unusual manner. Best feature of all is the many surprisingly une.xjiected turns which the action is constantly taking. May McAvoy is dainty and charming as ever, and Gertrude Short of “Telephone Girl’ fame “chews” her way through a great comedy part. Among the supports which include episode VIII of “The Radio Detective,” is a Sunshine comedy played by Sid Smith, which is a howling gale of mirthful and reckless nonsense. To-morrow Jack Hoxie arrives with “The Demon." EVERPBODY’S THEATRE. ALBERTA VAI < '’AN AND JACK HOLT. All who admired the “Telephone Girl’ will be attracted by the “Go Getters,” a series of short stories the first of which screens at Everybody's theatre to-night. The short story can be told perfectly by the animated camera and in the hands of these accomplished players “Getting Going” which is No 1 protides splendidly pleasing and novel entertainment. The chief item of this new programme is “Sea Horses,” a romantic melodrama of Jove and adventure on land and sea. Given a smashing, colourful action tale of romance and adventure, and told to produce it on a sweeping, spectacular scale, Allan Dwan has made of Francis Brett Young’s dynamic novel, ’’Sea Horses,” a thrillcrowded melodrama of striking beauty and picturesqueness. This combination of land and sea background adds immeasurably to the charm and fascination of the photoplay. Dwan has recreated with amazing fidelity the rough, coarse life of those who go down to the sea in ships, and has reproduced with vivid realism the strange, sinister atmosphere of mysterious Africa. “Sea Horses” is played by a great cast of famous and popular players, the first four names on a big list being: Jack Holt, Florence \ idor, William Powell and Geo. Bancroft. A new orchestral programme completes a fulll evening of entertainment the novelty entr’acte being “On the Riviera,” the very lateM Parisian 6-8 fox-trot.