ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4569, 28 May 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CENTRAL THEATRE PICTURES* TONIGHT. FOR BIG STAKES. The attraction for tomight is “For Big Stakes,” a Fox production starring Tom Mix. Tom and his remarkable horse, Tony, go through all the daring stunts that have made them both so well liked and remembered by screen enthusiasts. Tom rides through a prairie fire to save his sweethor rt—and . every heart ..in the audience will 'probably;-beat higher ifiitil the horse carries them both io safety, in expert shooting and rope throwing the screen never has shown a 'more finished artist than Tom Mix. The story is described as one ofl rapid action from beginning to end, with threads of intense drama and vivid romance running through it. Every? one with red blood should find it) abundance of good entertainment in this photoplay. If you like outdoor life and adventure, if you like romance, “For Big Stakes” will furnish them. THE FAMOUS DIGGERS. IN THE REVUE “TIP TOP.” i The popularity of The. Famous gers’ new revue has been truly expressed by the following criticism of the Dunedin Evening Star: “There was a bubbly, sparkling atmosphere about the audience of HiS Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday nighty when a crowded house greeted The Famous Diggers, and this bubbly, sparkling atmosphere extended to the stage when the curtain was raised. with the result that the veritable “Tip Top” show started well, got 1-et-ter and better, and finished with a bang that left the audience with the but one opinion—that the Diggers had excelled themselves. Take the wee Scotch comedian, Joe Valli, for tn? stance. Joe is a natural humorist whose fooling seems always to be fresh and fruitful. He had the house literally screaming with laughter, and those who ha,d expected not tp be greatly tickled with Joe' because they’d* heard and seen him before found themsfelves joining in the hilarious chorus with the utmost heartiness. It was the farces and dialogues in which Joe was especially good, either : as Ginger, the office boy, throwing'put dud actors and enjoying the crash of their downfall, or as a participator in the “union label" scream, or as the plain clothes policeman in search of a burglar. In the ; last-named, his only line, “Yes, I* think so” —oft repeated—brought roars of laughter, which was a tribute to Joe’s artistry. The Diggers appear in Paeroa on Tuesday, June 5.