ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 August 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. “THE BAD MAN.” I “Laughter is good for the health,” > declares the wise men. And so in offering “The Bad Man,” a Eirst National picture produced by Edwin Carewe, who directed “Mighty Like a Rose” and “The Girl of the Golden West,” the management of the Opera House feel quite confident that a goodly share of mirth and merriment will be> spread for the audiences during the run of “The Bad Man” at the Opera House. Holbrook Blinu appears in the leading role, assisted by a remarkable and exceptionally capable east, which includes Enid Bennett, Charles A. Sellon, Jack Mulhall, Teddy Sampson, Walter MeGrail, Harry Myers,.Stanton Heck, Thomas Delmar, and Frank Lanning. “The Bad Man” comes heralded as one of the greatest comedies ever seen on the silver sheet. The supporting programme, which will be found most acceptable, includes the eighth i episode of .“The Eagle’s Talons.” GRAND THEATRE TO-NIGHT. “THE BREATHLESS MOMENT.” Laughs to build a comedy to a high plane of entertainment must have no “obvious attempt” to create funny situations. The cleverest men in the motion picture game are the “gag” men. “The Breathless Moment,” the Universal crook-comedy starring William Desmond, which comes to-night to the Grand Theatre, was directed by Robert Hill, an expert “gag” man. Often during the shooting of some of the scenes in the picture Hill would shout “Cut,” and burst out into a loud guffaw of laughter. He had thought up some new “laugh,” and it would be immediately written into the working script. It was seldom that a scene was filmed that the star also did not contribute a couple of * ‘ gags ’ ’ that added to the comedy quality of the picture. The supporting programme includes Jack Earle in “Keep Going,” a one-reel comedy “Easy Work,” featuring Slim Somerville, the 'latest Topical Budget, and the eighth episode of “The Phantom Fortune.” KAPONGA PICTURES. THOMAS MEIGHAN IN “WOMAN PROOF.” “Woman Proof,” with Thos. Meighan in the principal part, showing tonight, is a deligthful comedy drama of a man who would not marry to please the rest of his family. The father’s will stipulates that -all his children shall marry within a fixed time. Thomas Meighan plays the role of the son, considered by his brothers and sisters to be woman proof. Their efforts to cause him to select a mate form the basis 6f the picture’s many humorous situations.