ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 October 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. , A FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “HEART OF A NATION.” e ■ Every once in a while reviewing a r motion picture is a joy, such as “The e Heart of a Nation,” showing to-night i- at the Opera House for, the fast time. , This picture deals entirely with the t limited States immigration problem, t > told with an understanding heart from - the viewpoint of the immigrant. It is 1 a remarkable insight into the life past - Ellis Island. The pictures of fathers retaining the habits and customs ot a the old world and the children thori oughly Americanised are. touching and - pathetic, especially in the case of the a German family when America, the s land of adoption, declared war on the Fatherland? George Sidney is spleh- ’ did as the Russian immigrant, who is just a trouser presser after fifteen 1 years in the Statfes. Albert Gran and > Daisy Belmore, as the 'par- ( ents’ give appealing portrayals, "while 3 Michael Visaroff and Rosita Marstmi are well cast as Italians. The younger 5 generation is capably portrayed by > ipatsv Ruth Miller. John Bolas, George Lewis, Eddie Phillips, Josephine Dunn • and Flora Bramley. Others deserving > of praise are Beryl Mercer, Kathlyn ] Williams, Edward Martindel. and : Andy Be Vine. There is a full sup- • porting programme. I GRAND THEATRE TO-NIGHT. ■ “UNDER THE TONTO RIM.” Battling two-fisted, gun-wielding gamblers and bad men, and finally running them out' of town, was one ox the tasks given Richard Arlen during the making of Zan© Grey’s “Under the Ton to Rim,” which will be screened for one night only at the Grand Theatre to-night.' “Under the Ton to Rim” is the. story of gangsters and outlaws who infested the small towns of the West at the time gold was discovered in the Tonto Basiii in Arizona, before that territory had become a State. Arlen, as Edd Denmeade, avenges the death of his father, an old. prospector, who was slain by Siun Sprail, a notorious and fearless gambler. When the discovery of gold is announced, Sp ra, ll’ s band of thieves begin their foraging and killing, and Alien puts a story to it through daring methods. Throughout the story, which contains all the thrills of a Zan© Grey tale, there is a touch of romance inArleU’s love for Lucy \\ also n,p lay ed by Mary. Brian. 1 The supper ting" programme will include news reel, comedy and cartoon. There will be an orchestra in attendance. OPERA HOUSE. CO A l MEN CING TO-MORROW. “THE MAGIC FLAME.” Smell of sawdust, ear, piercing barkers, roar of wild, animals, popcorn, peanuts, and pink lemonade, wideeyed children and large canvas tents. The'circus is cbming! To-morrow, r at the Opera. House, will open a twb-night season ot “The Magic Flarne,” Henry King’s ' great production for Samuel Gpldwyn. The picture contains all the time-honoured traditional' acts,, lacking which no circus would he worthy of the name. In addition, it is the greatest romantic love story tiiis pair have yet brought to the screen. 1 Til© opening sequence shows Ronald Colman as Tito, the clown, and'Vilma 1 Baiiky as Bianca, the- tight lope ' walker. Such a clown and su-vh an acrobat! Who would suspect the cava- : tier Ronald of “The Night of Love” ; or the dashing engineer of “Baroara Worth” could don the make-Ifp and transport himself into such a characteirisafion ? • ' ■

Colman is a real clown; gesture for gesture, trick for trick, he might have spent his life on, , the sawdust or stepped through a blazing hoop in the ring of Barnum bud Bailey. ' AV-heri he first makes his entrance it is as the clown, and there is no suspicion m the minds of the audience until' lie doffs his make-up that underneath the pipe-clay exterior is the Romeo of Romeos. "." . As this was the last picture Vim a Banky made before her marriage to Rod La Rocque it is hardly surprising that she found “The Magic .Flai'-e” and brought a new atmosphere to her love-making. As Bianca, the little circus dancer, she is superb. The box plan’ is now open nr Miss Blake’s sweet shop. Dial 7713.