Amusements

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6171, 12 January 1922, Page 3

Amusements

Tonight (Thursday) Only

“ DOLLARS AND THE WOMAN ”

“ Dollars and the Woman,” at the Theatre Royal this* ev has one ot the most timely themes in the world today. It is a story of vital interest to every human being. The domestic problem which is lesponsible for much of the discord and unhappiness in homes is presented in a most entertaining manner. In treatment alone is this story by Albert Terhnne new. It bears the mark of his master touch which places it among the worth while features of the screen. Add to such a story the personality of Alice Joyce, a star renowned for her unusual drams tio and emotional skill, and the result is a production far above par. It is an unusual picture, one that will interest all ages, classes and oondili ms ; a story for the masses written ab ;nt things that everybody understands Alice Joyce has never appeared to better advantage than in “ Dollars and the - Woman.”, She has never handled a role with gteater skill or such a degree of warmth and fs-ling. It might be termed her best effort. The supporting films w ; l! include the latest Topical Budget, New Zealand Film Magazine and a Rolin Comedy entitled “ Call a Taxi. ’

To-morrow (Friday) Only

“ THE LOVE SPECIAL ”

To drive some sort of a machine, be it an automobile or a locomotive, is all in the day’s work for Wallace Reid, the athletic Paramount star. In “The Love Special,” his latest starring vehicle which comes to the Theatre Royal tomorrow _ evening, Wally drives a railroad engine over a mountain in a driving storm with the same ease and poise as he displays when at the wheel of a roadster in a grnelling anto race. The story upon which Ihe picture is based is said to "be one' of the best railroad stories that Frank H. Spearman, a wellknown fictionist, wrote. It is a big story, full of speed all through the picture, Agnes Ayres, the leading woman in the cast, is an unusually beautiful girl, and she and Wally put over the romance in a most delightful manner. The supporting films will include “ The Alasca Cruise,’’ a travel subject, also a Mack Sennett comedy entitled “Sleuths”