ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 March 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE, HAWERA

MOVIE STARR WANTED.

All talent is not yet in the movie picture studios. There are potential screen “stays’* in Hawcra, if they but had the chance to step into the career. Such a chance lias now come. Hoav many will take the. opportunity? A genuine attempt to find people, young and old, suitable as screen types,, is being made by Mr Beaumont Smith, the well-known producer of moving pictures. To this end, arrangements have been made with the management of the Opera House to have tests made in Hawcra on Monday and Tuesday. Miss Ifnia Bloomfield will be at the Opera House to interview aspirants to movie fame, and invites any'whip may desire to cojne and be tried out under studio conditions. The Opera House stage will be fitted up as a studio, with a special lighting set, and Mr Smith ’s camera men will photograph the aspirants going through a scene, in full view of the audience. Mr L. H. Nunn, chief producer, will be here in person. Quite recently, after a similar test, pne pretty girl, Lucille Lisle, was given an engagement, and she will be seen in the picture “Hullo, Marmaduke, ” Beaumont Smith’s latest success. Miss Bloomfield will be in attendance between 7 and 8.30 o’clock at the Opero House to-night for the purpose of interviewing aspirants. OPERA HOUSE. “THE SEA HAWK.’’ / Representing the largest naval investment and one of the most picturesque undertakings of its kind ever recorded in motion picture history, a fleet of five large vessels of the 16th Century type was built by Prank Lloyd, producer-director, for his production’ of Rafael Sabatini’s “The Sea Hawk,” the First National Mammoth Theatrical attraction opening at the Opera House to-morrow (Thursday) at 2 p.m. The five ships range from 00ft to 102 ft in length, one with a poop deck 52ft above the water line, and were constructed at Sap Pedro, California. As many of the scenes in “The Sea Hawk” take place on the high seas and during the rainy season, these had to be madq seaworthy and equipped with motor power, and those participating in tl(e action had some eyeiting experiences at sea before the film was' completed. One of the. ships is a duplicate of an English frigate of the early 1500’s. From the top qf the mainmast, to the anchor, rudder, the bulwarks and the galleys, the minutest details of Sir Oliver Tressilian’s time were duplicated. ''The Sea Hawk” is everything that has been claimed for it and more. It is calculated to hold its audiences spellbound from the. first foot of film to the final fade away. It features at least eighteen well-known screen artists, headed by Milton Sills and Enid Bennett. Then there are over 3000 supporting people all selected as to type. "The Sea Hawk” opens at the Opera House for a two-night and one matinee season to-morrow (Thursday) at 2 p.m. Patrons are. advised to book their seats at once. The box plan is at Mrs Cook ~’s.

OPERA HOUSE. “DARWIN WAS RTGHT. ” The chief attraction -at the Opera House to-night, will he.the. big comedy picture entitled “Darwin Was Right ” produced by Fox Eilm Corporation, and in which the famous monkeys Pep, Max and Moritz fday the leading comedy parts. In this feature the Darwinian theory is treated in a manner that is at once original, unique and full of comedy. The story concerns the experiments of a scientist who is seeking the elixir of youth. He finds what he believes to be a great restorative, and in order to convince 'his friends he decides to try it on himself, the gardener and his negro butler: .Tust then the trio are kidnapped, and two white babies and one black are deposited into the, room. The family of the scientist are led to believe that the three uipn. have taken so much of the youth restorer that they have become childish. The family retire and when they enter the room again the children are gone and the three monkeys are found in their place, which leads them to believe, that they reverted to the state that Darwin claims for our ancestors. From, this onward the plot, thickens ancl the fun commences. In addition to the big feature the supporting films comprise Fox’s World’s Ne>vs and a two-reel I’ox eomedv eptitded "The Nickle-plated West.”

EMPRESS PICTURES, NORMANBY. TO-NTGHT: “THE SEA HAWK.” Besides the wonderful sea scenes in Frank Lloyd’s master screen creation, ! ‘The Sea' Hawk,” there are many beautiful sets representing Algerian country and the quaint buildings peculiar to* that part of the world. After sfirrihg battle scenes aboard the massive old frigates, it is distinctly restful to return with the Sea Hawk to, his palatial home in the desert, with all its Eastern luxury and extravagance. Then, again, there is the palace of the Sultan Asad-el-Din, with its harem of beautiful girls drawn from all corners of the globe, and his favourite / wife, Fenzileh, who had succeeded in ousting the other members of the harem from his favour. In contrast to this there is the slave market scene, where cio.wds fif pnserabje wretches qf all nationalities await their fate at tile hands of prospective buyers. “The Sea Hawk” will be presented at Normaphy Town Hall tp-mght, pud patrons are strongly advised to he early, as the performance commences at a quartet to eight sharp.