ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4495, 22 November 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CENTBAL THEATBE PICTUBES TO-NIGHT. “STOP THIEF.” It may sound rather doubtful to admirers of that popular young actor, Tom Moor.e, whep they see his n.ame on the billboards' as the guilty party in “Stop Thief,” a Gold.wyn picture which is to be screened to-night. But things are not .always as they seem. If Moore takes the part pf a thief in the picture he does it in such a way as to still entitle him to a “happy ending.” There are all classes and conditions of thieves, and Moore is the kind that gets a laugh in every line. THURSDAY NIGHT. “WAY DOWN EAST." The much-talked-pf "Way Down East” is to be tihe attraction at the Central Theatre to-morrow afternoon and evening. Something more than a moving picture is claimed for this great drama by the master, hand of D. W. Griffith, Eleven reels’ of continuous, action, with the moving emotion.al musical score, make its three hours’ screening seem like a single hour. There is not a wasted foot of film in this tremendous production, the scene changing from tragedy to humour,' from romance to comedy, from spectacle to superbly acted emotion, and from splendid colour photography to lovely “shots” of varied interest, but all beautiful. In this drama acting for. the camera reaches its highest level, yet, and one forgets l that the characters of the story are anything but the actual living men and women of the story. Full advantage should be taken of the afternoon session, as it is anticipated that there will Ire a great demand for seats in the evening, CAPITOL PICTURES. NGATEA PUBLIC HALL. "OVER THE HILL.” ’ “Over the Hill,’ ’the William Fox picturisation of Will Carleton’s ‘‘Farm Ba,',lads,” which has broken the best record of any screen attraction that ever visited Broadway, playing there one solid year in six different, theatres, will be seen at the Ngatea Public Hall on Friday next, November 24. The story of “Over the Hill” was adapted from Carleton’s poems by Paul H. Solane, who is said to have written a screen story that defies criticism in this form pfl entertainment. The story has to do with the adversities of a typical American family, the mother of which is callee upon to bear the brunt of all the shortcomings of her little flock. The principal characters, aside from the mother, arc a lazy father and six lively kids—one of Whom is destined to figure as' the black sheep. As the story unfolds, the youngsters are seen growing to manhood and womanhood, and eventually leaving the homestead to set out into the world for themselves. The story is worked up to one of the most beautiful climaxes ever devised, and one that is said to stir the emotions of men and women as they never before have bee*n stirred by a stage presentation. There is also abundant comedy in the picture, and the production can well be said to meet tlhe entertainment needs of every member of the family, young and old.