ENTERTAINMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 December 1926, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

COS* THEATRE. An Alaskan picture that presents Alaska as it was in the gold-rush days, one in which the characters live their part, one that interests, thrills, and awakens your emotions of sympathy is shown in “Winds of Chance.” While •one is seeing it, one is transported in Alaska in those days —the days—when people' would travel the snow-covered barren wastes of Alaska with the hope of coming back loaded with nuggets. It has been founded on the novel by Bex. Beach, the author who, more than any other, knows Alaska and its people. There are thrills in it are plenty, the most piercing ones being those in which men, and women, are seen riding the rapids. It is a dangerous feat; it makes one hold his breath. There is also plenty of human appeal in the situations. Mr Beach’s Poleon, for example, is a character that cannot help being loved, for among the roughlooking prospectors he is one whom a woman can trust. Those who will see this picture will have the same kind of feeling toward this Poleon as they have had for the Poleon of “The Barrier,” by the same author. Reserves at Henderson’s. OPERA HOUSE. It is generally agreed that when a novel’s thrills are picturised and given animation on the screen, those thrills are considerably intensified. Tim l fact is vividly illustrated in “The New ■Commandment, ” the First National picture adapted from the novel, “Invisible Wounds.” The novel was wonderfully descriptive and no less dramatic, but the. screen has added that touch of animated realism that magnifies. “The New Commandment,” concluding to-night at the Cosy Theatre affords the right kind of theme, and through it is interwoven a sweet theme of romance and devotion. Blanche tyveet and Ben Lyon portray the leading roles*, and both are responsible for some memorable acting, as the characterisations call for some most exactingwork. None qf the stirring and dramatic, situations of the book are lost in the picture, which abounds in episodes dear to the hearts of every manner of patron. Peeping through the thrills is an artistically treated love theme that always keeps the onlooker guessing as to the outcome. Reserves at Henderson’s.