ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 October 1924, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

GR AN L THEATRE—IO-NiG ixT. 'THE CIRCUS CJWLGV.” Combining the romance of the V ex. with the colourful life oi tne sawtuiSL ring, --The Circus Cowooy,-' Hilaries Jones latest William box production, which opens at tiie Grand cheatre tonight, and which will be transrerred to . the Opera House on Thursday, is said to 6e one of the most highly entertaining pictures this star has made. The story concerns a cow. puneher who, pursued by a posse m the belief that he shot a man, escapes ana finds refuge with a circus as a tibc-li rider. This temporary haven supplies romance in the form of a little tightrope walker—but it also supplies numberless complications and exciting situations. Marian Nixon, who plays the girl, offers some fine support for Jones. ‘Her piquant, demure personality i - in vivid contrast to the solemn sincerity of the Eox star, and, as in several former pictures, they constitute an admirable pair for the screen. Reginald Denny in the fourteenth round of “The Leather Pushers,” and Al St. John, prince of comedians, in li ße Yourself,” complete a programme that will afford an excellent evening’s entertainment. EMPRESS PI CTUK ES. NOR Al AN BY. TO-NIGHT. BIG SCREEN FIGHT. AYlio doesn’t enjoy a real, honest-to-goodness film fight, one of tho.se kinds where the doughty hero boats the heavy in a bare-knuckled, rougli-and-tamble, . fight-to-a-finish show-down:’ “Flames of Passion.” the picture which is being screened at the Empress .Pictures, Normanby, to-night, stages such a fight with George Larkin, that well-known .portrayer of virile . types, as the And tin’s fight is not the only thrill. There is a realisticrescue of the heroine from death cm the teeth of a lumber mill saw, a spectacular forest fire, and a runawaylog tram. The story is laid in an Oregon lumber camp, and was actually filmed in that rugged setting An excellent cast, including Ruth Stonehouse, supports the featured plave.". On the same programme are “Hr -Vieane Tlntoh” mid a soocial Al St. John comedy. Prices as usual-. WMMCTCTtI I