ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4362, 6 January 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE WAIKIKI HAWAHAE _____ ■■‘l ENTRANCING MELODY. I Wondrous melody of sweetly music was discoursed to an ovenwn ing house in the Central Th' ;ve, Paeroa, last evening, by the W: iki Hawaiians. Never before had a aeroa audience listened to such a entrancing treat, the only blemi of. the whole performance beinj the items by a European’ (a Hamilt lan, it is said), whose appearance i hat Hawaiian setting was strange incongruous ; his presence was d< ructive of the fitness of things, all ugh his work was passable enough ■ an

ordinary European concert. Witu this exception the fare was deßous. Every item was enc.ored, somMiree times, and . the house even claimed for a fourth helping. The Ktive songs and airs took the peofe by storm, and the delight of the japris present knew no bounds; mor than likely our natives could cat 'the meaning of much of the Ha aiian language. The renditions on tl steerguitar by Mr Keoke Greig wen , revelation of the delicate tones ah istru-i ment is capable of in the . han ; of a master. Miss Lilliokalana danM the delight ||patrons, receiving The lighting effects were wonderfully fine.

The general comment after the performance' was that there has never been a finer exposition of music, vocal melody, and quaint dancing in Paeroa. < CENTRAL THEATRE PICTURES “THE DEVIL’S PASS-KEH.” "The Devil’s Pass-key,” the star, attraction for to-.night, is 10,000 feet in length, and one of the greatest pictures yet released from the Universal Studios. This. picture is said to be one of the finest pictures yet present 1 - ed to a Paeroa audience, and should not be missed. The “Devil’s Passkey” is a spectacular film of wonderful beauty and striking photo-play. It was the screening of this film' before picture theatre proprietors of the province, at Hamilton., that caused the Universal Company to leap to fame in the -New Zealand, movie world. Competent critics pronounce “The Devil’s Pass-key” to be one of the great, star films of the world today. “THROUGH THE TOILS.” It is seldom given to picture jgoers to witness such a perfection c(f acting as that ofl Montague Love, the famous star, who plays a dual role in the powerful photoplay, "Through :.he Toils,” at the Central Theatre tp-mor-row night. The story in a way is quite unique. Lewis Moffat, a Veteran novelist, conceives the diabolical scheme of bringing two young people together as lovers, and then, through lies and suggestion, tearing tlipm apart, in order that he may analyse their sufferings, and get ideas for his life-long dream, i.e., a novel that will be a master creation.