ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4469, 20 September 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CENTRAL THEATRE PICTURES TO-NIGHT. “THE BROKEN ROAD.” To-night will be screened a Stoll masterpiece, "The Broken Road,” from the book by A; E. W. Mason. The picture tells the story pf Major Andrew Linforth, who 50 years ago began the making of the Great Road which was to wind through Chiltistan an<l Kohara towards the Hindu Kush. The natives objected and the project was abandoned. But the Linforths were determined that one day the road should be made. Thirty years later Harry Linforth continued the work. The natives revolted, and he was killed. The day of his death a spn was bOm to the Khan of Chiltistan, and h<3 determined, despite warnings, to send him to an English University to be educated. There Dick Linforth, the last of the Linforths, and Shere Ali met, became close friends, and agreed that together they would complete the Road. Sher® Ali fell in love with Violet Oliver. He was called te India because trouble was brewing in Chiltstan. The hillmen requested him to lead them against the makers of the Road, and when Violet Oliver repulsed him he threw in his lot with the hillmen and fought a column led by Dick Linforth. Defeated, he was transported to Burrnah. Dick remained to complete the Road. MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS. TOMORROW NIGHT. “The Maid of th® Mountains” company appears at the Central to-mor-row (Thursday). The management announces that the doors will open at 7 p.m. sharp, and patrons ar® ro _ quested to be seated at 8 p.m. as one of the most effective parts of the opera is the opening of act 1, where the curtain rises on a scene disclosing a rugged mountain pass with the moon faintly gleaming through the scurrying clouds. Contrary to the traditional opera, one of the most effective numbers in the score, “Love Came to Me,” is sung soon after trie curtains rise ; in fact the entire action of the play develops with bewildering rapidity, ’ and situations of intense interest are features of* the J. C. Williamson opera. A feature of the production will be the frocks worn in act 11. They are distinctive creations, and will strike an appealing note to all lovers of fashion. They have been designed by Milton Owen. The uniforms are by Buckley and Nunn, Melbourne, and Morris Angel, London. Some good central reserve! seats are still available at Flatt’s.