ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 February 1927, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT,

“IS ZAT SO?”

Speaking of the owning performance of “Is Zat So?” in Melbourne, the Argus stated: —If people are afraid of getting fat they should keep away from the theatre. Otherwise they will laugh with the inevitable result of growing fat. That which will cause them the merriment is the comedy, “Is Zat So?” which was seen from the front of the house for the first time on Saturday night. The erratic adventures of Chick, a puglist, who falls an easy victim to every attractive girl who looks at him, were followed with interest by the audience, probably because this is a phase of human nature that everyone understands perfectly. The reformation of the drunken Englishman by two earnest pugilists, is none the loss convincing. » Richard Taber is great in the part of. Chick. His manager, Hap Hurley, played by Hale Norcross, has ample opportunity for the display of his ability to deal with comic situations, and of these lie makes the most. MaTy Ellen Hanley is the lady on whom Chick sets his affections, which up to the time he met her, had been rather erratic. Chick and Hap, as butler and footman in an aristocratic household, were not exactly a success, but they must have relieved their employers of boredom. Taking the show as a whole it is the heartiest laugh we have had and the bGstacted piece we have seen for many a day. The box plans are at the Opera House Confectionery. GRAND THEATRE—TO-NIGHT. “ELLA CINDERS.” The greatest pantomimic opportunities of her career are said to be offered Colleen Moore by her. latest screen vehicle, “Ella Cinders,” a John McCormick pieturisation of the newspaper comic strip, which will be presented at the Grand Theatre to-night and finally to-morrow night (Saturday). Humour is promised as one of the most pervading ingredients of the new production, with the thrill of novelty as added measure, for “Ella Cinders” is a chronicle of a country girl’s efforts to get a foothold in the movies, and the play is said to teem with so-called stage, glimpses of studio life. Surrounding Miss Moore is a cast headed by Lloyd Hughes, who lias often been seen as her leading man, but- apparently. never often enough, judging by his great a«d growing popularity. There is an excellent supporting programme, which includes “The Winking Idol” serial. Lyric- orchestra in attendance.

OPERA HOUSE. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). “SEA HORSES”—A MASSIVE SPECTACLE. What is the peculiar attraction possessed by all stories of the sea ? Certain it is that a spectacular production, with the tang of salt water characterising every act, such as “Sea Horses,” seldom fails to draw huge audiences. “Sea Horses,” Paramount’s new marine film, which will be shown at the. Opera House. tomorrow in the afternoon and again in the evening, has been described as a massive sea spectacle. The film stars Florence Vidor. Jack Holt, William Powell and Georere Bancroft. Miss Vidor as a beautiful young- girl goes in quest of her missing husbftnd. Begging a passage on the tramp steamer Panda, she finds herself the only woman among a crew of rough men. Her hushand becomes a drunken and- degenerate beach-comher in a forgotten, port on a. fever-stricken East African coast. The action of the story comes when Miss Vidor fas Helen Salvia) is rescued from her degrading surroundings hv Captain Glnnville. played hv Jack Holt. They ultimately reach England and find hapniness and safetv there. Undoubtedly “Sea Horses” is one of the finest and mightiest films of the year, and. no Hnwera patron -should miss it. Reserves are obtainable at the Opera House confectionery.