ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4937, 10 February 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GAIETY THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. QUO VADIS. An entire city aflame —that is but one of the awe-inspiring rights in First National’s new gigantic film spectacle, “Quo Vadis.” While Nero, Roman tyrant, strums his lyre upon the balcony of his luxurious palace, beneath him can be seen a vast city cloaked in smoke and fire, a roaring, blazing mass of falling buildings. Thousands' of people, old and young, rich and poor, flee from their flames, clutching the few valuables they could seize before the red tongues reached forth for them. Twenty thousand men, women, and children are said to have participated in this sequence of “Quo Vadis.” The picture will be shown to-night. ST. LEON’S CIRCUS AND ZOO. FRIDAY NEXT. On Friday night St. Leon's. Circus will appear at Paeroa, and the residents should take! this opportunity of witnessing a bright, clean, and wholesome entertainment. Features of the show are the clown and dummies, clever acrobats, trained harses. ponies, mules, dogs, and monkeys. The varied programme ,to be submitted includes some very clever turns,, which are star acts equal to star acts, of city vaudeville houses of the present day. The circus riding acts and trained animals are clever and bright. The show on the whole is a good one, being bright and brisk, and there are plenty of thrills, skill, and lively entertainment. Attached to the circus, are a number of wild animalf.