ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 5 January 1923, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE—MONDAY AND TUESDAY. "THE THREE MUSKETEERS." To every reader of "Three Musketeers" memory brings a panorama of distinctly visualised personalities, every one vital and breathing—Louis XIII. of France, the King; his Queen, 'Anne of Austria; the Cardinal; the henchman de Rochef ort; Buckingham, the English courtier and statesman; 'Milady de Winters, the deadly and fascinating adventuress; de Treville, blunt and masterful, captain of the King's Musketeers; the gentle Constance, d'Artagnan's sweetheart; the swaggering, adventuresome trio, whose slogan was "One for all and all for one"—Athos, Porthos and Aramis; and the outstanding character who bewitches the imagination—d'Artagnan. All these characters are said to play | their allotted parts on the screen with : realism and conviction, even as portrayed by Dumas in his immortal classic, and with the same minute attention to detail. "The Three Musketeers," which will be presented at the Opera House for a brief season commencing next Monday, i.s described by the Sydney News as "a remarkably faithful romance, produced with a wealth of detail and" magnificence that is overpowering." The story sweeps along with a bewildering host of angles, for Alexandre Dumas gave good measure. Humour, Bathos, surprises, twists, quick clashes at arms, and plot, plot, plot, all follow in kaleidoscopic 'sequence, and, as the Auckland Star says, "It is more than doubtful if the screen will ever see a picture that will give greater satisfaction than this one." The box plans for the season are open at Everybody's Sweet Stor^. The matinee on Tuesday will be presented at usual prices. Every child in Hawera will want see this picture, j