AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 6 May 1924, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

• COSY DE LUXE. I 1 ‘The Rustle of Silk”' featuring Betty Compson and Conway Tearle, was shown with great success at the Cosy- de Luxe last evening. This is a story of modern British life, adapted from Cosmo Hamilton’s novel. It is the story of the daughter of a watchmaker, who falls in love with an English statesman, who subsequently be--1 comes Prime Minister. Supporting I the leading players are Cyril Chad- • wick, Anna Q. Nilsson, and several other artists. OPERA HOUSE. “The Sheik’s Wife” was filmed on the deserts of Arabia under the direc- • tion of Henry Roussell, author. Thou- [ sands of Arabs were employed in. the production. All the scenes, down to 1 the interiors of the tent harems, were ; made in the desert itself. The home ( customs of the Arabs, their tent cities, : their fighting men, their crude courts of justice, their marriage laws and ’ customs, all are faithfully portrayed. The story is one of warm-blooded - Oriental love, and of the question of : inter racial marriage. “THE CHRISTIAN.” As good as a Cook’s tour of England was a view of the 14 reels of film j used to film exteriors for “The Chris- < tian/’ the picture coming to the Opera House on Wednesday, in which ' appear Richard Dix, Mae Busch, i Phyllis Haver, Gareth Hughes. Int eluded are scenes on the Isle of Man, beautiful views of Epsom Downs'racetrack on Derby Day, the cloistered gardens of Kensington, Houses of Pari liament, Whitehall and the River Thames, Cambridge, historic Trafalgar Square, Whitechapel and Soho, Picadilly and the Strand. Hall Caine : wrote the scenario. The novelist also j helped to find the most suitable locai tions. Seats may be reserved at Henj derson’s.