ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4874, 7 September 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GAIETY THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW NIGHT “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.” The modern world laughed in defiance nt the fundamental laws of morality. Then came the World War, which drenched the nations with blood, aTid now the old derision has changed to helpless and bewildered drifting and seeking for what ? There will be no answer to that question or the quest until we return .to the faith of our forefathers for precepts flouted and laws defied bring their own punishment. This in brief is the theme of Paramount’s “The Ten Commandments,” which will be (screened this afternoon and .this evening, .and to-morrow afternoon and evening. It is claimed that not since “Intolerance” has suph a powerful document been released to the world —a document that will have a message to humanity, a message that is as old -as the world .and as new as to-morrow. Cecil B. De Mille is said to have produced a masterpiece. The picture is in fourteen parts, the first four parts a Biblical prologue showing the birth of the Ten Commandments, and the remainder of the play, a story showing the application of the Commandments to our -modern social and moral codes.

DENIS KEHOE COMPANY. “ TOM MOORE.” $ The genius of Ireland’s national poet, whose immortal melodies are among the lyrical gems of the English language, is undoubted, and the glamour that attaches to the lives of the great, both in their zenith and their years of preliminary obscurity, has formed the foundation of .many an- enjoyable story. The author of the play “Tom Moore,” to be presented by .the Denis Kehoe Company on Monday next at the Gaiety Theatre, has taken the incidents of Moore’s early life and hiis subsequent adventuriiigs in London as a basis tor a very attractive play. First we encounter the poet in his native village, then an unknown Irishman deeply attached to Mistress Bessie Dykes, schoolmistress, who has attracted the attention of Sir Percival Lovelace. Not over scrupulous in his actions where a woman is concerned, the latter employs his protegee Terrence Farrell to alienate the couple. This Farrell does by a clever trick, utiliseing liis sister as the innocent means. Bessie Dyke and her father,.a minor poet also, next turn up in London, whither Moore has followed them. Bessie, by the offices of Sin Percival, hats obtained an engagement at- the Theatre Royal, Drury'Lane, where in the comedies of Richard Brinsley Sheridan she becomes the toast of the town. We are shown Moore struggling to obtain recognition, his fortunate meeting with . the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV., and his accession to favour, and subsequent disgrace. Although the dramatist has not adhered strictly to historical accuracy throughout, the main facts are in accordance with history. Deniis Kehoe presents a memorable study of Tom Moore, and various characters well known during the period, such as Mrs Fitzherbert, Sheridan, and others, are introduced. The costuming, which is a feature of the production, has been carried out by Morris Angel, of London, from sketches and designs mostly copied -from old paintings and prints of the period, and is most attractive. The box plan will be on view* on Wednesday.