ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 January 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—TO-NIGHT. “WHITE MAN.” Without flourish or the blare of trumpets, but with the simple declaration, “This is the greatest picture of my career,” B. P. Schulberg offers George Agnew Chamberlain’s novel, “White Man,” as a Master Picture at the Opera House to-night. Considering the fact that “Shadows” and “The Hero,” two Schulberg pictures, were included by Robert E. Sherwood, famous critic, as two of the fifteen best of the year, the producer’s statement takes on a significance to all who are interested in better pictures. The final showing takes place this evening. OPERA HOUSE. “THE LOST WORLD.” The very name “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” applied to a novel is an assurance of its popularity, and' with such a widely read work as “The Lost World” by this distinguished author, it is small wonder that its picturisation by First National is being looked forward to with more than usual interest. It comes to the Opera House, Hawera, next Thursday for a season of two nights, with a matinee on Thursday at 2 o’clock for the convenience: of those unable to attend! the night sessions. This stupendous l production takes the beholders on a trip to wonderland —to the lost world l —now found and presented in a vivid, startling story of love and adventure. It tells how Professor Challenger and his band of explorers, among which are two lovers, take a trip up the mighty Amazon to a place never before explored by man. They pass beyond the bounds of civilisation, to the strange unknown world- of prehistoric monsters. The fight with them against these monsters of the air, the land and the black, unfatliomcd lakes, makes one sit spellbound, realising that for once the screen has given something different. Back to London with a chained dionasaur, excitement prevails as he snaps his chain, and runs wild through and over the streets of London, smashing trams and ’buses, pushing down huge buildings, and finally crashing through the famous Tower bridge. All this and more makes “The Lost Wbrld” truly the marvel of the screen. A feature of the presentation of the picture will be the special musical score. Box plans for the season now on view at Mrs Cook’s.