AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 20 April 1927, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY THEATRE. Greta Nissen is appearing in “Tho Lucky Lady,” commencing to-night at 7.45. Greta Nissen, beautiful Norse actress who will bo remembered as the siren in “ r fhu Wanderer,” demonstrates the gentle art in all its branches for one sequence of “The Lucky Lady,” which Raoul Walsh directed for Paramount. In order that the man she is to marry will break their engagement Miss Nissen masquerades as a beautiful coquette of the Monte Carlo casino. In this manner she succeeds in making him fall in. love with the coquette and break the engagement with her real self. To do this she resorts to every known feminine tactic since the time of Cleopatra. “The Lucky Lady,” was written especially for Paramount by Robert E. Sherwood and Bertram Bloch. Featured players in the cast are William Collier Jr., Miss Nissen, Lionel Barrymore and Marc MacDcrmott. A Gazette, Cartoon, Interest and comedy complete the bill. Ring 12S8 for reserves after 7 o’clock. OPERA HOUSE. Douglas Fairbanks appears in “The Black Pirate,” commencing to-night. A knife between his. teeth, a burly pirate sat on a strand, tearing* the rings from the lingers of limp bodies borne past him. He had just taken a treasure-laden ship with his cut-throat crew. Ho had lashed the merchant crew to the masts, lit a powder fuse to the magazine, and then pushed off to an island to watch the ship blow up. Only two persons survived this explosion-j-a gentleman of high degree and his youthful son. Although this young man succeeded in getting his father ashor-' on the island, the elder died in his arms, and thereupon the son took a solemn vow to avenge his loss. The young man discovered the pirate band burying treasure. Walking into their midst he proposed to join them as his only means to escape from the island. When they demanded his qualifications, he challenged their best fighter, their murderous leader, and dispatched him in combat. The fellow’s fickle lieutenants at once wished to accept the new comer. But the villainous -second mate oTijected upon the ground that it would be wise to test him. At this the young man offered to 'prove his mettle by taking a ship single-handed. His challenge was accepted, and much to the surprise of all, the young man, unaided, took the Ver ynext ship they met. Among the passengers of the captured ship was a beautiful girl for whom the pirate crew drew lots. It was her misfortune to be won by the villainous second mate. Upon seeing her, the Black Pirate immediately fell in love, and his problem thenceforth was to protect her. A splendid bill in support. Reserves at Henderson’s, or theatre, i ’Phone 1048 after 7 o’clock.