OPERA HOUSE PICTURES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 March 1922, Page 8

OPERA HOUSE PICTURES.

DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT.

NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

"The Battle of the Modem Gladiators took place on July 2 last at Jersey City between the American champian, Jack Dempsey, and Georges Carpentier, the idol of France. Dempsey is a typical American pugilist, with eyes set close together, hi<rh cheek bones, and a naturally surly expression, surmounting a towering mass of brawn and muscle worthy of a gladiator His opponent, lighter, graceful, with a iong^ sloping back, emphasised by a waist, afia wftSaTa frank, open countenance in which lurks no evil, has i been called "The Gentleman pf the !l mgi iU*? no wo"der that wherever the tight pictures have been shown with only the reflections of the two men to look upon, the one has been received with mixed boos, hisses, anct applause, while the smilino-jL-rendHhian gets a rousing ovation as 5? 'fmX 11'^'117 shakes hands with ms 100,000 New Jersey audience, for his is a, personality that wins all hearts The story of the great fight is depicted i in graphic form in the five reels which ' comprise the official record These' highly successful pictures will be shown I at the Opera House next Wednesday and Thursday. The box plan opens today at- Mrs. Cook's.