ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 26 May 1932, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. “RICH MAN’S FOLLY”. In “Rich Man’s Folly,” which will be the feature at the Opera House, Hawera, to-night and to-morrow night, George Bancroft has one of the strongest character roles he Fas ever undertaken. Bancroft acts the part of a big shipbuilder, a man of large affairs in the business world, a dominating personality who has stifled all love, and friendly feeling. The story is one of big enterprise, ship-building. Money, power, ambition are the only things “Brock Trumbull’.’ values. Kindness, a fair chance for others, love, friendship, romance are all set aside, until luck turns against him. Then, at last, he realises the folly of piling up wealth and losing the love and friendship of those near and dear. The leading feminine role is played by Frances. Dee. Seats may be reserved at Miss Blake’s, ’phono 2.713. COMING ATTRACTIONS. The J. O. AVibiamson vaudeville attraction “Paula and Pauline,” tightrope walkers and dainty dancers, will be presented at the Opera House matinee on Saturday in conjunction with Metro-Goldwyn’s “The New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick 'Wallingford.” The new picture, based oh the later Wallingford stories, written by George Randolph Chester, features the effervescent Haines in the role of the redoubtable “J. Rufus,” while elongated Elrnest Torrence and Jimmy Durante appear as his genial companions. The part of such a cheerful sooundrel as Wallingford comes naturally to William Haines, while his two pals in crime and sentimental reformation are also responsible for the success of the comedy.

The supports include scenes of Phar Lap winning the Agua. Caliente Handicap and the Desert Gold-Gloaming race at Hawera in 1919. GRAND THEATRE. ‘ : THE YELLOW TICKET’ ’ “The, Yellow Ticket,” unfolding a dramatic picture of the days of barbaric splendour preceding the gigantic uprising of 1917 that ended in the execution of the czar and his family in Russia, shows at the Grand Theatre., Hawera, on Saturday and Monday, with Miss Elissa. Lancli in the leading role. Featured with her in this Fox photo-play are Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Olivier. Miss Landi portrays the role of the Russian peasant girl who is compelled to apply for a yellow ticket which brands her as a social outcast. Banymore enacts the role of the chief

f the secret olice who persecutes her until she is forced to kill him, and Olivier, an English journalist, who falls in love with her. The special “Phar Lap” film and “The Indians are Coming” will also be shown.