ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4956, 26 March 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GAIETY THEATRE PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT. ‘ TROUBLES OF A BRIDE. The principal attraction to, be screened to-night is “Troubles of. a Bride,” featuring Delores, Rousse, Robert Agnew, and Mildred June. This is a thcilling story of a gang of crooksi'who attempt to-break into the money vaults of an eccentric old gentleman, and finish up by (forsaking the money and, instead, kidnapping the beautiful daughter of the old man. The scene of 't,he desperate fig»t in a lonely mountainside shack, and the .final rescue of the girl, from a burning runaway rai’Way train make a, thrilling picture. .... Also a further instalment of the new serial “Wolves df the North” will be shown. SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WIZARD <OF OZ. . This famous story has been familiar to the world for, t(he past 20 ye,ar&. Adults have ■ been fas'einated , and charmed with its whims’lical, humour, which is worthy of the pen-of . a Barrie ; children haye been: delighted with it, reading it again and again. Montgomery and Stone scored the success .that gained them fame and fortune in the musical comedy version, but the book and play combined could not visualise as effectively the fantas-. tic ideas of the a ( uthor as the screen version.' ■ THE SIGN ,OF THE ROSE. "The Sign of the Rose” concerns a humble Italian who enters, a flower shop in quest, of just one rose for his little dead daughter. Watiing in the shop is a - wealthy woman who has received an anonymous letter demanding that she appear at this rendez-: vous wi,th a large sum of money, which i she fe to, hand without question to a man wearing a rose. In re-turn-she will be taken to her child, who is held for ransom., Sharing her vigil is a detective eager to apprehend: the criminal.