ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 August 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT.

“BEHOLD THIS WOMAN.”

“Behold This Woman,” the Master Picture, to be screened at the Opera House to-night, is a romance of movie land. It is an adaptation of one of E Phillips Openheim’s popular novels, “The Hillman.” The story tells of the adventures of a motion picture* star whose motor 1 breaks down, and she is forced' to accept the hospitality of a wealthy cattleman whose brother is a woman-hater. Miss Irene Rich plays the principal role with Charles Post. The supporting programme will be found most acceptable. “COCAINE.” OPERA HOUSE. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. The mirag© of life, the giver of a stone, instead of bread, shadow instead of substance—that is cocaine, which daily is taking a terrible toll in soul force and in human life. Just what a dreadful effect that drug has, is realm, ed by those who see “Cocaine,” which opens its two-night season at the Opera House to-morrow. “Cocaine 1 ' is a fearless expose, and, moreover, it is an interesting, dramatic, well-balanced, and well-told story. It was produced by the British director of world fame, Graham Cutts, who has other notable films to his credit. The picture holds the attention right to the final fade-out, and is fully up to Amen can standard as far as the technical side is concerned. The whole of the cocaine traffic is dealt with trenchantly, in a. story replete with interest. Theie is a fine'cast of British players. The star, Hilda Bayley, gives a particularly fine interpretation of the part of a drug-crazed actress. The film ooens with some' glimpses of the shady dancing clubs in London, where cocaine is'easily obtainable. The working of the traffic is vividly shown, and then the spectator sees the ‘ man higher up,” the man who makes his moriejr in this traffic with human souls. Montague Webster, however, is troubled with conscience. His daughter, Madge, is the apple of his eye, but he is in deadly fear lest sh© should become a drug fiend. She runs away from home to seek refuge with Jenny, a drug-crazed actress, who takes her to a notorious danc© club. Her father arrives on the spot in search of her, and in the dance hall, the hell of his own making, he meets with a terrible retribution. The police arrive, and Webster shoots himself. Madge is saved from a worse fate by the timely arrival of her lover. An added attraction is “The Wonderful Story,” starring Herbert Langley and Lilian HallDavis. It is a story of primitive life and concerns two brothers, one woman, plus one baby. Box plan now open.