ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4989, 18 June 1926, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

; GAIETY THEATRE PICTURES, TO-NIGHT. THE CALGARY STAMPEDE. The largest herd of American bison still in existence plays an important part in the "Calgary Stampede,” starring Hoot Gibsoil, which is to be shown to-night. A herd of 10,000 aboriginal beasts of the western plains, in their sanctuary near Calgary, where the Gibson picture was made, were stampeded for one of the big scenes of the film. In this scene Gibson saves the life of the mounted policema.n who is pursuing him and who has been felled before the hoofs of the onrushing herd. SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HALF-WAY GIRL. A ship on fire at sea. Scores of panic-stricken passengers fighting for places in the lifeboats. Lashed to the deck are cages off wild beasts in shipment for a circus. Suddenly a leopard breaks loose. With a roar he starts town,rds the passengers struggling around the lifeboats. That is one of the stirring situations in "The Halfway Girl,” featuring Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes, which will be the principal attraction to-morrow night.

DEMS KEHOE COMEDY COMPANY.

NGATEA, TO-MORROW EVENING.

To-morrow evening the above company will appear in the Ngatea Public Hall, where they will produce, that side-splitting comedy, “The Man from Toronto.” Much could be written about this comedy, but. suffice it to say that it is being played a.t most of the principal theatres in all parts of the world. The company comprises the picked artists of the Mother Machree Company, which in itself is a guarantee of something first-class. THE OPTIMISTS. GAIETY THEATRE—TUESDAY. Mr C. D’Arcy Allen, the well-known New Zealand theatrical manager, has completed arrangements whereby Basil Burnley’s famous international entertainers, The Optimists, will make a complete tour of New Zealand.. The above company will appear at the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, on Tuesday, for one night, and present a.n entertainment equal to the best. The Optimists are the first cousins of the famous London Co-optimists, which company has been running for the last five years in London, and is now a household word in England, the

home of the costume, comedy companies. You will meet Sam Stern, composer of the- old .song hit, "Yiddle on Your Fiddle,” at the Gaiety .Theatre. 'The company includes Veta Gilbert, Francis Cornwell, Arthur Burns, Stan Hudson-Airth, Naiioya Baudinet, and Marie. Fra.ncis. A recent criticism of the N.Z. Herald said: “The Optimists entertainment is clean, clever, and refreshing, and every artist Captured the house.” The box plan is open at Flatt’s. f