ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 12 July 1917, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE, TO-NIGHT. |

"THE MEN SHE MARRIED." ! The Snappy Stories magazine has earned a reputation for high grade literarygems, and "The Men She Married" is one of its very best tales. A scheming adventurer and his wife manage to entrap into a bogus marriage a pretty heiress. The plot develops unexpectedly, and the end is quite a surprise, the j story being full of strange turns. The photography is remarkable, and the dressing superb. Special mention must, be made of dainty Muriel • Ostriche, a coming world star, of supreme fascination.

OPERA HOUSE

"A GAMBLE IN SOULS."

Commencing to-morrow (Friday) evening the management will present an entire change, including a fine Triagle drama, "A Gamble in Souls." The picture is a beautiful one in manyrespects, and comprises a number of surprising photographic feats. Arthur Woiden, the hero, is a religious missioner with serious views and a full sense of his responsibilities, and he is thrown into contact" with Freda Maxey, a cafe entertainer, who scornfully repulses him when he asks her to attend a mission service. She is engaged by Tom Leonard, an Australian vaudeville agent, to visit the Commonwealth, and the two leave on a large steamer, on which Worden has also taken a passage. The vessel comes to grief, and the three are thrown on an island, where a contest between the two men for the girl's soul ends in a victory for the missibner. The supports are good, including Billie Burke in Gloria's Romance (The Midnight Riot), and the latest "Pathe Gazette." The Lyric I Orchestra will provide the musical rei quirements to a fine programme.

THE WORLD'S

The new programme presented at the World's last evening comprised an excellent selection of films. The leading picture was "The Plow Girl," a powerful drama that moves from the South African veldt to the drawing-rooms of English society. Mai Murray, a talented and charming actress, takes the principal part and gives a convincing performance. The story was followed with considerable interest. The supporting pictures included "The Woman Next Door" (a pleasing drama), "Tramp, Tramp" (an amusing comedy), and the Paramount travel series (instructive). The programme, which was thoroughly appreciated, will be repeated to-night.

THE WHEEL OF THE LAW

TO-MORROW NIGHT

A Metro wonder-play of more than usual brilliance, in five acts, featuring Emily Stevens and Frank Mills, "The Wheel of the Law," will be the principal attraction to-morrow night. The play tells how a clever lawyer, possessing a glib tongue and the trick of argument, can weave a web from which many an innocent man has failed to escape. The main theme is the convicting on capital charg.es, on merely circumstantial evidence, and it is developed in a most interesting manner to a powerful climax. The Child Beauty Competition will commence on Saturday, when 30 photos will be thrown on the screen. "BABY MINE."

The success this comedy has gained in other places where it has been played was sustained in Hawera, where at the Opera House on AVednesday a large audience witnessed its production and thoroughly en Wed the fun and the humor with,, which it abounds. The , leading artists in the cast of characters allotted to the play were Miss Beatrice Holloway and Mr Robert Greig, and both ably sustained the reputation they have made, and they were exceileu try supported.