ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 May 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE —TO-NIGHT

It takes sorrow and joy to make a real laugh, and they are real laughs which come thick and fast in “The Rag Man,” a Jackie Coogan production now showing at the Opera House, This two-night season and a matinee. Ibis line Metro-Goldwyn production tells of the quaint partnership of an old Jewisli dealer and a little Irish, orphan lost in New York. The drama in the theme is very evident, yet out of its wealth of pathos there springs an endless variety of big, satisfying laughs that do much toward making the picture thoroughly entertaining. With Jackie is Max Davidson, the foremost Jewish character player in America, and he plays almost as important a part as the star hifhself. Everybody will like “The llag Man,” because it is a piece of real life excellently portrayed. There are no ha-T----prices at the Opera House in the evening.

GRAND THEATRE, HAWERA

REX BEACH’S FAMOUS BOOK

Adapted from one of Rex Beach’s splendid “The Goose Woman,” a picturised version of the book, commences at the Grand Theatre to-niglit, with Louis© Dresser in the title role, and supported by such well-known artists as Jack Bickford, Marc McDermott and Constance Bennett. The story deals with a woman who was once a famous prima donna, but who, on losing her voice, sank to the depths of a slattern. ’ One night a murder is committed near her goose farm, and when the police question her she sees an opportunity to get into the headlines once more. She therefore concocts a story, which points to her own son as the murderer, and her oft-avowed hatred of the boy seems at last to have had an effective outlet. The picture runs its mysterious and thrilling course up to a most unusual climax. Perhaps the most interesting scene in this absorbing story is that which shows the accused b ung subjected to the famous third degree ordeal. There is a full supporting programme.