ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 March 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GRAND THEATRE, TO-NIGHT

FINAL SCREENING

‘FIREMEN, SAVE MY CHILD.”

Two laughs where but one had grown before. Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton are -cogeimer again in Paramount’s funny fire film, “Firemen, Save My Child,’’ which will be finally .screened at the Grand Theatre tonight. Since their great successes in “Behind the Front’’ and “We’re in the Navy Now,’’ Beery and Hatton have forged ahead steadily in their work, anti, indeed, team-play characterises their films. Josephine Dunn, Tom Kennedy, and Josef Girard assist them notably in “Firemen, Save My Child.” There will be a complete change of programme to-morrow, Saturday, the star attraction being the MetroGoldwyn special, “The Temptress.” FULLER’S REVUE COMPANY. OPER A. H§fjsEl TO-NIGHT. The indications are that there will be a large attendance of the public at the Opera House this evening when Fullers’ Bandbox Rievue and Musical Comedy Company will appear. The performance will consist of the stage presentations of “Black Eagle,” under the personal guidance of Mr. Gayle Wyer, one of the* most experienced producers on the Fuller circuit. That the visiting company is one of much merit may be*' gathered from the fact that they have just concluded a continuous season of 10 weeks at His Majestry’s Theatre, Wellington. It is only a company of first class calibre that could establish such a record. There is nothing uneven about the work of this combination—it is evenly balanced throughout. In addition to the experienced principals, much is said of the ballet, described as the- smartest steppers of any similar company. Besides their clever and attractive dancing, the ladies are handsomely costumed, and during the evening appear in a series of costumes which are fascinating to the ladies of the audience. The scenery and stage effects are the same as used in the larger cities of the Dominion, for it is the policy of Sir Benjamin and Mr. John Fuller to* present their companies to* the provincial towns on the same lavish scale as prevails in their permanent city theatres. Taking all these facts into consideration, there is reason to suppose that there will be a record audience to-night.

“LES MISERABLES.”

GREAT FRENCH MASTERPIECE

COMING TO HAWERA MONDAY. The Universal Film de France production of “Les Miserables” has been secured by the management of the Opera House for local showing, commencing Monday next. This picture, produced by the Societe des Gneromans of Paris, is of epic proportions. It is said to have taken* more than two years to produce, at a cost running into millions of francs. Many of the scenes of the French super picture were taken on the exact locations indicated by Victor Hugo in the novel. This entailed the necessity of reconstructing the main streets of the towns and villages in which the action takes place, to appear as they did a century ago. So intense was the interest of the French nation in the success of the gigantic motion picture enterprise that permission was readily granted by town authorities so that the reconstructors might do their work unhampered, even to the extent, in one case, of taking up a section of pavement and laying cobble stones. Leading actors from the French stage were engaged to portray the characters created by Hugo, i a Uriel Gabrio appearing a s Jean Valiean The other principal roles are enacted by players of equal note and the extra p,avers, all in period dress, number thousands. In the finished film, as exhibited throughout France, there were more than six thousand separate scenes. So long was the complete picture that it was exhibited in a series of five showings. GYMKHANA AND STEER-RIDING CONTEST. WEDNESDAY’S BIG .SHOW. On Wednesday the Egmont A. and P. Association is holding a gymkhana and s'teer-riding contest on the Hawera showgrounds. The programme is given in the advertisement columns of this issue and in addition to these events a buck-,jumping contest between well-known horsemen and an exhibition of javelin throwing by S. A. Lay, Australian and New Zealand champion, have been arranged. The programme contains a wide variety of classes and includes many that, have not previously been seen in Hawera. Entries are coming in freely and intending competitors are reminded that entries close to-morrow, Saturday, at 8 p.m.