ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 May 1927, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE

COMMENCING TO-NIGHT

“THREE BAD MEN.”

A picturisation of on© of the most epochal races in history takes place in the hew Fox Films production of “Three Bad Men,” a dramatic masterpiece woven around one of the most momentous periods in the development of the United States, which is to appear at the Opera House to-night for a two-niglit season. This was the land rush, in which thousands of people, who succumbed to its lure, took part. The actors in the great drama were men, women, and children of every type and condition of life, from all parts of America and the far-flung parts of the earth. Hardy pioneers seeking new land to conquer and bend to their will; sedentary city dwellers, seeking to satisfy the inherent craving of the race to live by the sweat of then labour on the fruits of the earth; traders and merchants,. seeking new fields and fresh opportunities for their endeavours. Even the doctor and the man of God were not lacking. But among them, too, like wolves among the kindly cattle, were gentry, of a different breed. _ Included in the fine cast are such noted actors of screen and stage as Jay Hunt, Priscilla Bonner, Walter Perry, George Irving, Otis Harlan, and Georgie Harris. The latter was only recently induced by. Fox to leave the speaking stage, where he was at the height of his fame as a comedian, so that the screen may have the benefit of his mirth-provoking talents. .. . ... ...