ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 January 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT “THERE YOU ARE.” Novelists and motion pictures have familiarised a certain type oi ‘‘human triangle.” Untortunately, ior screen enthusiasts, the humorous possibilities of these trios have never been so effectively depicted as in ‘‘There You Are,” ‘the hilarious comedy, which commences a two-night season at the opera House to-night. In this instance two of the parties are an eloping couple, and the third is a month-old baby whose presence the man finds -difficulty in explaining, it is not his —and his bride-to-be weeps profusely at his stammering replies as to how he got it. How the infant is finally disposed of —after frantic flights from ‘furious parents —after convulsing tangle of cross-purposes and mixed matrimony—and after a. ludicrously heroic rescue from a burning building — is told in a diverting and exteremely funny story. , ' Conrad Nagel is particularly impressive as a mild-mannered clerk who summons sufficient daring to elope with his employer’s daughter. There is a strong supporting programme.

GRAND THEATRE. TO-MORROW ((SATURDAY) EVENING. The age-long losing struggle of the American Indian to retain his precarious foothold on the land over which he -once reigned supreme, which formed the basis of “The Vanishing Race” is revealed in an absorbingly different phase in “Drums of the Desert,” Paramount’s screen translation of Zane Grey’s thrilling ‘ ‘ Desert Bound, ’ ’ which will be screened at the Grand Theatre To-morrow evening. The picture tells the story of one of the most romantic episodes of Indian history, one of the rare instances on record in which the Indians won, the discovery of oil on the reservation, and the unscrupulous efforts of a group of thieving whites to rob the red men of their rights. “UP IN MABLE’S ROOM.” Laughter is a great tonic and a farce that is really funny iis a welcome addition to the joys of the community. “Up in Mable’s Room,” which is to be .staged at the Opera House next Tuesday, was written for the express purpose of evoking hearty laughter, and it certainly carries out its mission to- perfection. It is a three act special comedy and is enacted by a clever company of artists, who have come to- New Zealand direct from the Palace Theatre, Sydney, where they were playing undei the J. C. Williamson banner. Miss Zara Clinton, the leading comedienne, is an English actress, who for the past lew years has been in Canada, where she starred in both musical and farcial comedy in all the leading theatres. Mi. Billy O ’Hanlon is a yout-lififl English actor, who- was a great favourite on The London stage. He is described as one of the funniest light comedians on the boards. Other members of the company include Mr. Eric Harrison, an English actor of note; Mr. A. Brandon Cremer, an old Australian favourite; Messrs. Warwick Beattie, Thomas McDirmitt, Misses Shirley Cooke, Hilda, Attenboro Sybil Ottowood, and Alice Newcomb. “Up in Mable’s Rloom ’ will be played in Hawera lor one night only.