ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 November 1924, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. “HER TEMPORARY HUSBAND.” The confusion of whiskers jumble things for a certain houseful of people whose activities form the basis for the side-splitting farce comedy, “Her Temporary Husband,” which will have its final screening to-night at the Opera House. Sylvia Breamer, the’ heroine of this hilarious laugh-provoker, must marry within 24 hours to win a fortune. She wants the fortune, but not the partner that goes with it. So she marries a graveyard candidate, a “youthful” chap of about 95 summers. Lucky for Owen Moore, her enterprising admirer, the intended groom sports a heavy crop of whiskers. Owen dons cheaters, masquerades as the dying .“victim” and gets married, to the, girl—then . complications. Before the amusipg situation is straightened out, almost everyone in the bridal home is “hiding behind the bushes.” The supporting programme includes the eleventh episode of “Hurricane Hutch,” an excellent comedy, and the latest Gazette. * GRAND THEATRE—TO-NIGHT. “THE FIRST DEGREE.” Those who have wanted to see Frank Mayo do something different from the outdoor pictures he has, long been Appearing in will he delighted with the coming of “The First Degree,” his latest Universal starring vehicle, to the Grand Theatre to-night. Mayo,plays a part calling for intense emotional work, and while there is a fight in the picture, it is only incidental to the intense characterisation of the story. Sylvia Breamer is the leading woman. The supporting programme includes two ripping comedies, the eleventh episode of “Hurricane Hutch” and the latest, International News.

GRAND THEATRE, HAWERA

COMMENCING MONDAY

“HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?”

The programme commencing on Monday at the Grand Theatre is headed by a Master picture, “Has the World Gone Mad?” This exceptional production is a fitting sequel to “What’s Wrong With the Women?” It takes up in dramatic fashion the evil effects of too much jazz and cabaret life, as they interfere in preserving the sanctity of the home. The allstar caste includes Mary Alden, Hedda Hoppe and Robert Edeson. The -comedy, “Keep Moving, V is one of those super two-reelers, and stars Eddie Lyons. The people who indulge in the moving are a young married couple—the hubby who is just about as happy as a man about to be shot, and his wife, who was always making up her mind to move again. “Kidding Captain Kidd” i.s a new type of cartoon and the first in colour process. FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. . The Adelaide Register says: “No on remembers much about the original Fisks except that they created a great sensation wherever they went. The same may be said of the later Fisks, for they are packing the Town Hall nightly with delighted audiences. A,t the change of programme last evening when the bracketed choruses, ‘Steal Away’ and ‘The Lord’s Prayer,’ broke softly «rom the lips of the singers past recollections of these appealing numbers were immediately vivified. The subsequent choruses were entertaining, apart from their vocal work, as they created the evening atmosphere of an old plantation with its sprinkling of log cabins in which the dusky residents, their day’s toil over, were devoting themselves to melody. The audience, eavesdroppers ae it were, listened rapturously to the music as it floated forth on the still evening air. The old plantation music was in marked contrast to the potpouri of ragtime melodies and popular airs also rendered by the company, but all found favour with the audience because of their splendid rendition.” In connection with the Fisks, the New York Tribune says: “They came, they conquered, they sang to us, and huch harmony, such blending of voices, such execution we never heard before. Without doubt, the Fisk Jubilee Singers stand alone.” The Fisks have an appeal to all classes. Their simple, heart-reaching melodies are acceptable to the most blase critics as well as the less musically educated portion of the audience. It is but natural that these coloured, folk, whose ancestors were fervent members of the Baptist and Episcopalian Churches of the Southern States of America, should mix hymns with the light ragtime melodies, humorous choruses and plantation eongs, but they do either kind well. The above company opens in Hawera next Monday.