ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 September 1924, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE, HAWERA. . SPECIAL' MATINEE FOR ' CHILDREN. . To-morrow (Saturday) afternoon) at 2 o’clock, a special matinee will be given for children, when Jack Hoxie will be seen in “The Phantom Horseman,” a breath-taking outdoor, romance of the adventurous West. Two excellent comedies will be presented, also the second episode of “Hurricane Hutch. ”

OPEEA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. ’ “ANNA CHRISTIE.” In all the history of motion pictures, no mightier scene ever has been screened than the “crux” scene of “Anna Christie,” Thomas H. luce’s latest picture offering, which will be shown at the Opera House to-night and, to-mor-row (Saturday). Adapted from Eugene O’Neill’s successful stage play, the scene has,been filmed with even more daring than marked the stage- offeTihg. It portrays a girl, deserted in childhood by her father, who thinks he is helping her by sending her far from the influence of the sea, which he fears, trapped into a confession of the life into which her father’s spurning of responsibility ■forced her. When she tells her father, who thinks her a lovely Madonna, and her sweetheart, who has fallen in love with her “because she is the first decent woman he lias ever known,” just what she has been, the scene works up to at dramatic fury almost unbearable in its intensity. Blanche Sweet, George Marion and William Russell are the actors in the powerful sequence. This is a First National release. The picture is recommended by the Government censor for adults and, therefore, nobody under the age of lfowill be admitted during the season. Seats may be reserved at .Everybody’s Sweet Store, ’phone fi39. KAPONGA PICTURES. A MARSHAL NEIL AN PRODUCTION

“Minnie,” showing to-morrow night, like all Marshal Neilan’s pictures, is excellent entertainment. The basis of the story —that of a homely household drudge who lightened her life by writing imaginary love letters to herself — was told to Neilan by a Chicago reporter as an incident that came within his own experience. Taking this character and this story Neilan built a pic-ture-that throbs with the sadness and Cue gladness of real life, developing at times into hearty laughter, but never losing sight of the pathos and romance of the lonely girl’s heart.

EMPRESS PICTURES, MANATA. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). MATINEE AND EVENING. “Paddy the Next Best Thing,” with Mae Marsh in the leading role, which comes to the Empress Pictures, Malinin, to-morrow, has not a dull moment in it. There is romance and there is adventure; there is action aplenty that is swift and daring; there are comedy scenes that make you chuckle and others that bring ringing laughter. There is pathos that bring;- clean tears, which are quickly dashed away by lightly amusing •entertainment. And with all this Mae Marsh presents a portrayal of Paddy Adair that has been classed as her greatest characterisation, as being the highest attainment of her artistry. Book your seats at Lewin’s without delay. Special matinee at 2 p.lll.