AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 August 1929, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY THEATRE. TWO BIG DRAMAS. “Tide of Empire,” Peter B. Kyne’s vivid drama of the California gold rush, with Renee Adoree, George Duryear, William Collier, Jnr., and a huge cast, is the first attraction at the Cosy Theatre to-night. This spectacular production, directed by Allan Dvvan at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, is the love story of the Spanish heroine and her Irish prospector lover, set in the grim struggles of the pioneers who overthrew Spanish rule in the West. Starring William Cody, the screen’s most daring thrill-providing underworld actor, “The Tip Off,” a Universal Thrill Feature, directed by Leigh Jason is the second feature. The picture is said to be the best Cody effort since that popular young actor joined the Universal galaxy of stars. In “The Tip Off” Cody portrays a young crook, known in underworld haunts as the “Gent,” who, for love of a beautiful girl, decides to reform. The picture is filled with tense, exciting situations and the daredevil stunts done by the star provide the audience with thrill upon thrill. The cast of “The Tip Off” includes pretty Duane Thompson, L. J. O’Connor, Monte Montague, Robert Bolder and Walter Shumway. Box plans at Vare’s Music House.

“THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.”

COMMENCING WEDNESDAY,

The most spectacular motion picture in the history of the cinema will be offered patrons of the Cosy Theatre when Universal’s stupendous production of Victor Hugo’s classic, “The Man Who Laughs,” starts its three night Masterton season on Wednesday. This beautiful romance of a maimed mountebank and a beautiful blind girl, enacted by Conrad Vcidt and Mary Philbin, was directed by Paul Leni, internationally celebrated master of direction. Lavishly beautiful settings and romantic atmosphere feature this photoplay, the period of which is laid in England in 1705, during the reign of Queen Anne. The many famous figures of her court move prominently through the picture. “The Man Who Laughs” is promised as even more magnificent and gripping than “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” the Victor Hugo classic brought to the screen so impressively by Universal years ago. A cast of 5000 is one of the many outstanding features of “The Man Who Laughs.” The supporting company includes such distinguished players as George Siegmann, Olga Baclanova, Stuart Holmes, Julius Molnar, Jnr., Torben Meyer, Brandon Hurst, Nick de Ruiz, Sam do Grasse, Cesare Gravins, Edgar Norton, Charles Puffy, Frank Puglia and Carmen Costello. Box plan now open at Vare’s.