ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 28 March 1918, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. Miss Olga Petrova ftad a very arduous part to sustain in "The Soul of a Magdalene," the Mero photodrama produced at the Opera House last nignt, but she fulfilled the highest expectations.. The staging and dressing were very fine. The Topical Gazette and a laughable comedy completed the programme, which will be repeated to-night.. OPERA HOUSE AND THE WORLD'S, SATURDAY. Saturday evening, at the Opera House and the World's, the management has decided to screen at both theatres, at stated times. Douglas Fairbanks in the big comedy drama "Double Trouble." This will prevent disappointment which might occur owing to the theatres being closed to-morrow evening. The timetable appears on page one of this issue. OPERA HOUSE. "THE BARRIER/ MONDAY AND TUESDAY. The stoi-y of "The Barrier.'' Rex Beach's now famous novel, which has been produced under the author's supervision for picture purposes, • and which will be screened under the direction of E. J. Carroll at the Opera ( House on Easter Monday and Tuesday ■ evenings, tells of the love for Merridy, a pretty young school teacher from j Vermont, by two sturdy men, honest I John Gaylord, and gambler Dan Bennett, afterwards known as Ben Stark. Bennett wins her almost against her J will, Gaylord retires to his mouu r tain hut crushed and hopeless. Merridy is muidered by her jealous husj band, who accuses Gaylord of the crime, j after the latter has fled with the Ben- ! nett's little daughter, that she may be saved the evil influences that surround ■! her. The child, Necia, grows up in the I belief that she is Gaylord's daughter, I and a half-breed. She meets a handj some young lieutenant, who falls in love with her, and whom she worships in re- , turn, but the Indian blood that is sup. | posed to run in her veins is "The Barj rier" between them, "Poleon Doret," ; a big-hearted Frenchman, also loves the girl, and through him happiness comes Jo her and her soldier lover after many exciting experiences. The box plan is now open at the theatre. A matinee will be given on Tuesday at 2 o'clock.