AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 6 February 1918, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE PICTURESA I! EA ii .NOVEL IDEA. The management of the Opera House I'ictuci's have arranged quite ;i new idea lor tin.-* evening. Owing ,(,) the wonder! id Mlcw'Ss of George 'Walsh in "Melliny Millions'' this pici Lire, Jias created quite a lot oi arguments as Lo who is considered the greatest and cleverest artist between Douglas Fairbanks and George Walsh. The management, with a eye to business, con id see what a brilliant evening's entertainment could ho provided for their patrons by geeting both these world-famed movie actors on the same programme. The outcome is that the management have been able to secure, at extra expense, the latest Douglas Fairbanks • picture "The .Habit of .Happiness," and with George Walsh iui "Melting Millions" both these splendid comedy dramas will be shown on the one programme to-night, when patrons will have the opportunity of seeing both artists, and will thus have a chance to see which is the better for themselves. To settle difference of opinion between the many movie patrons the management are having a voting and those present will li - able to vote for which artist they 'like best. This will assist the management in selecting the most popular artist in future pictures. iThere is going to be £1 given away during the evening to those that, take an interest iin the votihg competition. "Melting Millions," featuring ■ George requires nothing to be said of it, as this splendid feature has been entertaining large crowds at the Opera House since last Saturday evening. "The Habit of Happiness," which stars Douglas Fairbanks, is an , excellent comedy' drama, and quite j the best he has done. As all picture patrons know, he never walks when he can run, does aiot enter a gate if be' can vault it, and would never walk around a table or a car. but just hop over it. In fact, the real story is just overshadoed by the antics of Fairbanks. Also included in this programme is the second chapter of the thrilling serial "The Girl and the Game," featuring daredevil Helen Holmes. Patrons are specially advised that the Douglas Fairbanks and George Walsh pictures amd the voting competition are for to-night only.

THE COSY THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF OLIVE THOMAS. As was expected, a large crowd attended the popular Cosy Theatre last night to see pretty Olive TiThomas 'in "Madcap Mtidge." Madge is incorrigible, and so, after exhausting the patience of her school mistress, goes to Palm Beach, to the horror of her mother and elder sister, Julia, who are engaged in the stern chase of an aari who is supposed to be staying incognito in t'he great jsummer resort. Then follow* all sorts of troubles—an elopement a runaway match. Of all the piquant, pixylike, reckless rogues in pyjamas—Olive Thomas is the sweetest. The "Pyjama Parades" are a feature or "Madcap 'Madge," and the makers of this smart film claim that they made a "round-up'' of the pick of Californian beauty to make these scenes. Included in the same programme is a splendid Fox feature, starring iWilliam Farnum, -entitled "The Battle of Hearts." This is a romantic and thrilling drama of the sea. "Cadtus iKell," a two-part Triangle Keystone comedy, is a real scream, and is one of the most clever comedies seen for many a day. To-night is the last night of this programme. ,

"THE PAUGHTEirOF THE GODS." The' personification of grace, and possessed of the emotional character power of the most finished dramatic star, Miss Annette Ivellermann appears this season in William Fox's 1,000,01)0 dollar film sensation, \ "A Daughter of the Gods," the attraction to be shown tfor a three matinee and three night season, commencing on Monday next, at 2.30 p.m. In this majestically-beautiful fantasy Miss Ivellermann is seen at her best, the scenes and action being so built about her that it would appear that the story as a whole were but a chapter from her life lived over again. _ From start to finish this charming screen, star holds her audiences spellbound, as there is reeled off the fascinating tale so en-> chantingly portrayed in scenic investiture. Some Melbourne press reviews:—"A Daughter of the

Gods" is a remarkable screen play, it is ingenious in its conception, 'magnificent in its ensemble, wonderful in its photography, and a induction.—"Table Talk." "A picture which presents in a single; scent.' as many as II),711 persons muot— according to the reasoning of the average patromser of the movies—be something out of the ordinary, and yesterday's private screening of "A Daughter oi the Gods" demonstrates that the film is out of the ordinary. It is tinquest ionably a masterpiece.''—"The .vge." "Miss Annette Kellertnann's second appearance in motion pictures in the William .Fox production, "A Daughter of the Gods," lias confirmed her popularity as a screen artist. The .film can only be described as wonderful, and is a notable illustration of the enterprise shown in film production.""The Argus." PARAMOUNT THEATRE. A TREBLE STAR SERIES. The new programme to be presented at the Paramount this evening includes "The Girl Who Lost," a fascinating Gold Seal drama in which Miss Cleo Madison, the heroine of "The Trey of Hearts," makes bar re-appearance in picture. Another special feature will be "A Tyrant of Russia," in which Theodore Roberts and Anita Keng are starred. The story sho.vs us the force of an obsession for revenge which'changes the whole current of a man's life, and in its attainment and the means to that end sacrifices every obstacle in his path, and ultimately loses his own life just in the moment of his success. It is a wonderfully fascinating story with a succession of strong happenings that intensify the great interest of the dramatic plot. There are comparatively few characters- that take any prominent part, but these are in the hands of ( such clever artistes as Anita King, Edythe Chapman, 'Horace B. Carpenter, and Harrison Ford, who all loyally assist Theodore < Roberts in completing what is undoubtedly a moist striking production. Lucille Love, will continue her career in "The Purple Domino." Two very fine comedy items will be seen in "Banknotes and Bombs" and "Mingling Their Spirits." OtheV good items are included.