AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 9 August 1929, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY THEATRE. 1 ‘SPORTING GOODS.” What would you do, if you had an order placed for 10,000 dollars worth of merchandise, and then your samples stretched in the rain, especially if the buyer was wearing the said sample? That is the predicament Richard Dix finds himself in in his latest starring vehicle, “Sporting Goods,” which is showing at the Cosy Theatre to-night. Dix portrays the role of a wandering salesman, who has invented a trick golf suit. After many adventures, in which the latest is finding himself in a most exclusive hotel in Los Angeles with but four dollars in his pocket, he finally secures an order for 10,000 dollars’ worth of suits. The buyer, who is Ford Sterling, then invites Dix to play a round of golf, both wearing a sample of Dix’s suit. While they are in the middle of their game, it rains, and Dix, not to say tne merchant Sterling, is dismayed to find the suits have stretched many sizes. Sterling immediately cancels his order. Dix is desperate. Not only does he need the order to keep himself from being thrown in gaol because of his failure to meet the hotel bill, but he must qualify himself in the ey.-s of the girl with whom he has fallen in Jove. He manages finally to secure an order and so gets rid of his difficulties. “Sporting Goods” leads to a pleasing climax. ‘ ‘ SHOW PEOPLE ’ ’ TO-MORROW Marion Davies, William Haines, Dougins Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge, John Gilbert, Renee A doree, Charlie Chaplain and well, almost every worldfamous screen star—appear in “Show People ” which stars William Haines and Marion Davies, and which is coming to the Cosy Theatre to-morrow night. It is a comedy story of breaking into the movies—an insight into the work and play of your screen favourite. Box plan at Vare’s. OPERA HOUSE TO NIGHT. Richard Barthelmess, the popular First National star, portrays a handsome, dashing French Blue Devil in his latest stellar vehicle, “Out of the Ruins,” which comes to the Opera House for to-night only. Barthelmess I is ideally fitted for the starring role in this story by Sir Philip Gibbs, the eminent British war coresrpondent and : author, whose keen insight into affairs military made him one of the leading writers on war topics during and following the World War. “Out of the • Ruins” is a cross section of France, at the close of the great conflict, and its dramatic situations afford Barthelmess a marvelous role. Pretty Marian Nixon, the canning young actress, plays opposite Barthelmess a sthe young French girl. A splendid cast is seen in support of the star, including Eugene Pallette, Robert Frazer, Bodil Rosing and Emile Chautard. There is a strong supporting programme. Box plan at Vare’s Music House.