ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4797, 9 January 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GAIETY THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT “YOUNG IDEAS.” “Young Ideas,’’ guaranteed to be' as sprightly as it sounds, is the film attraction to be shown to-night, when Universal presents the third of the Laura La Plante starring features.

The story is by Sophie Kerr, popular fletionist, and concerns a young girl with old ideas, the mainstay of her family, who is so good natured that she continues to support her relatives even after it is apparent that they are

simply “sponging’ off her salary. She even does the work around the house. But a young man in love with her did wonders by the simple expedient of getting her into another house and then having the house quarantined, thu* leaving the poor relatives to shift for themselves in the cold, hard world.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

“BOY OF MINE.”

“Boy of Mine,’’ produced by J, K. McDonald for First National, is from the pen of Booth Tarkington and will be screened to-morrow night. It centres about a child, and, while it is highly amusing to children, it is even of more appeal to adults. ■lt is a human interest drama with a range of app< al that covers pictuie-goeqs of all ages. Tarkington has so cleverly built the story that children can focus eyes and thoughts on the actions of the juveniles and adults can look upon the child artists as merely incidental to the building of a great plot. Ben Alexander, who played the role of "Penrod” in “Penrod and Sam,” is seen as "Bill Latimer,” a typical American small-town boy. Rockcliffe Fellowes, who was Ben’s stern father Ln “I’enrod and Sam,” is seen in the antithesis of that type. This time he is a lover of children and a man who understands them.

ST. LEON’S CIRCUS AND RODEO.

PAEROA, JANUARY 15, IN DOMAIN.

The above combination has just completed a two weeks' season in Auckland, and the Press and alike are unanimous in their praise of the excellent programme submitted. An appearance will be made in Paeroa on Thursday next, January 15, arriving by special train. The huge tent will be erected in the Domain. St. Leon’s Circus has ,a record possessed by no other similar enterprise in Australasia, .and the sterling merits of the 20 new acts give the compact show a character that makes strong appeal,- and the reception accorded the company in 'Auckland may be taken as a sure augury of a successful tour. Though it. does not boast of an extensive menagerie, when it comes to skill and daring on the trapeze, horizontal bars, tight wir.e, and general acrobats, St, Leon has a coterie of performers who can claim favourable comparison with the stars that Chiarini. Cole, Fillis, Fitzgerald, Wirth, and others have made familiar to us. Deloraine and Le Roy on the triple horizontal bars provide r remarkably fine act, while Mrs Madeline Parray, queen of the flying trapeze, performs with as much sangvoid as if on terra tirma. The equestrian performances are good, and the trained dogs display astounding sagacity. The whole show is bright, clean, and businesslike, without any dull moments, and for thrill, skill, and lively entertainment would be hard to excel.