ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 August 1924, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. ' ‘•MAIN STREET.” “Main Street,” with all its flavour and rural charm, the peculiarities, humours, poignancies, high and low spots, is recorded with uncanny skill and genius in ‘‘Main Street,” with Florence Vidor and Monte Blue in the featured roles. “Main Street,” in the novel form'by, Sinclair Lewis, was the most widely discussed book ever pub-lished-in America, not excepting-'even “Gncle Tom’s Cabin” ; it dealt with the life of the small town, and aroused more comment pro and con than anything of its kind. It is a long time since the screen has seen anything like the ensemble of actors assembled in “Main Street”—a distinguished cast that gives dash and life to the action. Think- of these players all being in one picture: Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Harry Myers. Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda. Robert Gordon, Josephine Crowell, Gordon Griffith, Otis Harlan and Alan Hale. The supporting programme is very fine. MUSGROVE’R VAUDEVILLE. MAN AT A TOWN HALL. Owing to the great success of the performance on Saturday ngilit, the residents of Manain and district will have another opportunity of seeing the above company in the Manain Town Hall this evening. All the artists are high class, and intending patrons can rely on seeing the same items as are put on in the metropolitan theatres. Great enthusiasm was aroused by the oerformance on Saturday night, the reSarti, Claire Solly, Alton Sisters, Ida Newton, Danny D’Alina and his dogs, with Donald Stuart will lie to the fore again, so another bumper attendance is certain. EMPRESS PICTURES, MANATA. TO-MORROW—MAT I NEE AND EVEN TNG. “The Pilgrim” is due for arrival shortly. Charles Chaplin, appropriately termed the ‘‘Apostle of Jov.” loses no time from the very beginning of this masterpiece of humour jn four reels, to get into complications that increase with alarming rapidity with every effort to extricate himself. In the first place, without saying a word to anybody, ho leave# Sing Sing prison bound for the- “open spaces.” The only chance of changing his prison garb is into the sombre clothes of a clergyman, which lead him into the strangest and most amusing difficulties. There is no doubt that “The Pilgrim” is a masterpiece of humour, and ranks with the most laughter-compelling work that Chaplin has ever done. The matinee /will commence at 3 p.m. sharp. Patrons who . have not already booked are advised to be early. KAPONGA PICTURES. ‘■IF W 1 NT 1-A i COM ES’ ’ —T< )-MORP.OW NIGHT. Perhaps the greatest tribute paid to the Fox Masterpiece “If Winter Comes.” showing to-morrow, was that of Mr A.. S. M. Hutchinson, the author, who after viewing the picture wrote: “It is an absolutely faithful rendering ol my novel, filmed almost page for page, and without any departure from the hook. The characters .step straight out of the (took, and do precisely as they did in my story.” This opinion a thousand reviewers have confirmed.