ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5066, 17 December 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GAIETY THEATBE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL LIMITED "The Transcontinental Limited,” which is to be shown to-night, is. more than the names implies. It is the story of the romance Of a trapn and the important part it can assume in the lives of human beings. • It proves how much romance an inanimate object can create and, as it dashes through space, it assumes the importance of the p’ajrt it performs in the unfolding of its; plot. SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SPLENDID ROAD. Set in a place where every man was a law unto himself, and at a time where neighbour was only another, name for enemy, “The Splendid Road,” which is to be screened to-morrow night, is said to hajve acquired thrills without conscious effort. The film deals with the gold boom period, of California in the days of ’49. Anna Q. Nilsson, Lionel Barrymore, and Robert Frazer are featured. WHITE FANG. Dynamic, dripping dram®; with, all the force of Jack London’s genius behind it, passing Across a panorama of some of the most beautiful scenic snow shots that have ever been seen on the screen. That, in part, is “White Fang,” t,he famous dog story with “Strongheart” In the title role, also to be shown to-morrow night. Even the ferocious, starved, bloodhunting wolf pack which circles and circles. SO' swiftly and stealthily through the lives and deaths of the on .the snowy wastes of Alaska has been actually reproduced —and not alone in long fleeting shots. The battle between a trapper whose last cartridge 'is gone and the hungry wolves is given in close-ups! TUBUA TOWN HALL PICTURES. WOMANHANDLED. “Wqmanhandled,” a Richejr.d Dix picture;, showing at Turua- on Saturday, tells a story of modern Western ranch life. A farce comedy in which an eastern “softy" hies himself to thq wild and woolly West to make a real man df himself but finds on arrival that the west of yesterday and the west of to-day are entirely different. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21.

“Sparrows,” showing on Tuesday, is Mary Pickford’s latest, presentation to the screen, and is full of the drollery that children love, but is, nevertheless, a grown-ups’ entertainment because, the compassion it expresses tor unfortunate children is of that profound type which adults feel more understandingly than children them-> selves. Here is a picture .treated with that wide range of genius for which Mary Pickford is famous, and it is really the most exquisite product of this star’s careen

FERRIS JAZZLAND REVUE CO.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23.

The management of the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, have, at great expense* been fortunate in securing the “Ferris Jazzland Revue Company” f°r their theatre. The company, which consists of all star performers, offer the mosfi* attractive programme of modern revue and vaudeville, including the very latest, in musical selecions by their own jazz band. There is plenty of singing and good wholesome comedy in this wonderfully varied entertainment, while novelty and dancing o’f an entirely new nature all provide theatre-lovers with an unusual night’s amusement. Critics refer to the company as a remarkable organisation of high-class noit only please but leave a lasting impression on their audience. An element of minstrely is introduced by the plantation melodies and that old, but nevertheless famous, negro “Cake Walk,” popular, numbers that- never fail to arouse .the greatest enthusiasm. The “Ferris Revue?’ will be the first company o'f its kind te visit the Dominion, and it is predicted that they -will .prove themselves one of the most popular theatrical attractions of modern times.