ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4517, 19 January 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CENTRAL THEATRE PICTURES-TO-NIGHT’S PICTURES. •'THE MAN UNDER COVER." “The Man Under Cover,” to be screened to-night, is a thrilling, breath-taking story of the adventures of a “he-man” who plays crooked in order to play straight. Adapted from the “Man Who Knows,” by Louis Victor Eytinge, the film has attracted large audiences wherever shown.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

“SOWING THE WIND.” Anita Stewart, whose popularity grows with each succeeding picture, has in “Sowing the Wind” the most brilliant vehicle of her screen career. “Sowing -the Wind” is the story of an innocent convent-bred girl who goes out into the world to discover that [her reputation i's' tainted by her mother, the “queen” of a notorious gambling house. How she struggles to lift herself above the level of what fate has brought her to, the maintaining of her. ideals, makes one of the most dramatic plays the screen has given us.

MONDAY NIGHT.

“FOOLISH WIVES.” The super-film “Foolish Wives” is to be screened'on Monday night, this picture costing £lOOO a minute to produce. But you will forget to think in terms of money as you watch the unfoldment of the drama,; gaze in fascination at a world more strange than tihe customs of a savage land a world of wealth and wanton folly and fashion’s frivolities, the creed of whose devotees is selfi-.indulgence, whose ambition, the perfect achievement. of natlhing. “Foolish Wives” is not only the first real million dollar picture, but, without a doubt, it is the first costly picture that justifies its seeming extravagance. So fine is its artistry that its huge cost will be among th least of the lasting impjressoins it will make upon you. ■“Foolish'Wives” is one of the premier productions of the day.

CAPITOL PICTURES.

NGATEA AND NETHERTON. TO-NIGHT. “OVER THE WIRES.” 1 “Over the Wires,” a dramatic feature starring Alice Lake, heads tonight’s programme at Ngatea and will be shown at Netherton on Monday night. It, tells a stirring story af Kathleen Dexter and her brother Terry, two orphans born, reared, and liivng in luxury. A weakness for gambling leads to Terry’s downfall. To obtain revenge his sister marries a man Who, she thinks, indirectly caused Terry .to commit suicide, and the unravelling of. the tangle that ensues provides the foundation of a story of absorbing interest. It is a tale of a big deal in Wall Street; of cheating at cards, arid oft wasted opportunities. Abounding in intensely dramatic episodes, it constitutes a. thrill such as must appeal to lovers of drama.