TOWN HALL PICTURES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 2765, 31 March 1927, Page 8

TOWN HALL PICTURES

FRIDAY—“THE SET UP”

“The Set Up,” the feature of .Friday’s programme, is a typical Western production with a Western ranch as the locale. The theme concerns Art .Stratton, deputy ''sheriff, 'who falls in .love with Thora Barton, owner of a horse trained by Art. Thora’s father is mysteriously murdered and the remainder of the story centres round the clearing up of the crime'with Art as the hero and subsequently the husband of Thora.

SATURDAY— 4 4 FIG LEAVES. ’»

From fig leaves in the Gai'dcn of Eden to the latest, modes in Parisian gowns, the beautiful Olive Borden tells the story of a woman’s craving for adornment through the ages, in the fascinating story of “Fig Leaves,” to be screened at the Town Hall on Saturday evening. This unusual and rather dariug picture, presented by William Fox, is full of interest from the scenes in the Garden of Eden, where the demure Eve is carefully selecting a fig leaf witlf the wily serpent at her shoulder whispering.temptations• to the exclusive shop of to-day where she is again tempted intb a' compromising situation by the love of the beautiful. The part Of Adam is played by George O’Brien. The prehistoric sequences are portrayed with rare touches of humour as well as path oft' amid, scenes of rugged and, wild beauty. In striking contrast to the age of the Innocence in the Garden is the fashion review where beautiful women display their charms in the elaborate styles of the day. These latter scenes 'are in technicolour and prove a revelation of the possibilities of this medium for showing the colour and the texture of the fabrics.

“Fig Leaves” will only be screened on Saturday evening, and patrons are advised to book their seats.

Coining pictures are “Wild Horse Messa” on Tuesday night and.'on Wednesday evening, ‘ ‘ The Splendid Road, ’ ’ with Anna Q. Nilsson and Lionel Barrymore in the leads. ,