ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 December 1924, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE, TO-NIGHT. . “LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER. ’ ’ The mighty Master picture, “Let Not Man Put Asunder,” which will be shown’ .at the Opera House this (Tuesday) evening, is a daring exposition of the eternal question wiuch has balfied'men and women of alt times. Divorce is treated from several angles and woven into an intensely dramatic photo-drama, human and real. The story is enacted against an effective society background, and the settings move' -from America to Europe' in a chain of dramatic sequences in which Pauline Frederick and Lou Teliegen win added laurels. One of the unique features of the picture is the dance of the camouflaged figures at the great New Year’s Eve ball. The dancing platform was especial ly designed in a sort of futuristic style,, and the figures of the dancers were so painted that they merged into the platform without being detected. Not even the lens ol the camera could distinguish between the walLs of the platform and the humau bodies. AY hen. they dance it is as if they had been, summoned by magic. The supporting programme includes an excellent comedy, “Air Pockets,” a New Era .natural history subject, and the latest Pathe *News. KAPONGA PICTURES. PROGRAMME FOB CHRISTMAS EYE. By courtesy of the Kaponga business people the children of the district will be entertained to-morrow afternoon with an excellent picture programme headed by <Dick Talmadge in ‘‘The Cub Reporter,” just the sort of story that children love. During the afternoon Father Christmas in the flesh will visit the theatre, bringing with him fun and presents for all. In the evening the Universal Jewel production,- “A Chapter in Her Life,” is the outstanding attraction—a picture that teaches a great lesson in an engrossing 'pnd fearless fashion. It is a lesson in happiness, telling the story of a fearless child placed in a home torn by family discord. How she not only overcomes an environment of hate, but through her own steadfast faith in ideals succeeds in turning the hate to love is told in a and human. Whimsical humour’lights the whole, so that there is more of laughter than of tears. The cast is splendid, the appeal of the child charming and real; it carries in it the genuine spirit of the Christmas season.