ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 August 1924, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

“THE NINETY AND NINE.”-, “The Ninety and Nine,” ■which will be shown at the Opera House this evening, is based on the famous “Ninety and Nine.” The big scene in this production is the driving of a train through miles of forest fire. The story is taken from Ramsay Morris’ famous play. An all-star east was engaged for the production. It combines the life of the big city with that of the small town of the middle West.- It shows the barn dance, the farmer in the fields, and then in contrast to all this peaceful life there comes a big forest fire, in which the lives of then entire populace of the town are in danger. And it is the lost sheep who comes to the rescue and saves the people. OPERA HOUSE TO-MORROW EVENING-. TOM MIX IN ZANE GREY STORY. A combination of actor and author that should attract the attention of the most fastidious of motion picture followers and provide a distinct treat as an entertainment comes to the Opera House to-morrow night, with Tom Mix, the William Fox star, and Zane Grey’ the noted American fiction writer. The screen offering is “The Lone Star Ranger,” with the Saddle Monarch in the title role. The story is an adaptation of Mr Grev’s famous book, which, according to its publishers, has been read by more than five million people in the few years since its appearance on the literary market. Miss Billie Dove, the beautiful Ziegfeld Follies dancer, plays the feminine lead. Others are L. C. Shumway, Stanton Heck, Ed. Peil, Frank Clark, William Conklin, Minna Redman, Tom Lingham, and Francis Carpenter. The production was staged in the heart of Texas /