ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5323, 7 September 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

AVRORA THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. SHARP SHOOTERS. . “Sharp Shooters.” to he presented this evening, involves a eoluuriul plov which starts in Morocco on the blue Mediterranean Sea, where a little nautch girl meets an American. “gob.” The. story then swiftly unfold.-, with romance, pathos, and comedy, reaching across the sea to New-York. The smashing climax comes when George and a. gang of “gobs” clean up an east-side, bootlegger, and. gangster. SATURDAY NIGHT. THE BLOOD SHIP. “Tile Blood Ship,” to be seretn.e.ii to-morrow night, bring back in sccnlesof stirring intensity the colourful days of a bygone era. ’Realistic reproductions of the old waterfront of San Francisco.; the lodging-house of “Tiie Knitting Swede.” from where seamen, were shanghaied- aboard outgoing “hell-ships” ; a mutiny of rebellious sailors., on, “The Golden Bough.” nick mi,med “The Blood Ship” because of the fiendish brutality of it's captain and -his bestial first mate. A life and death struggle with the most thrilling climax ever conceived in motion pictures., Thro,ugh it all runs the romance of a youth and a maid, that plays upon the heartstrings of even -t!)e most callons. OFF THE HIGHWAY. “Off tiie Highway,” also to ue shown to-mqrrow night, is the fcre.cn version of Tom Gallon’s novel “Tatterly. ’■ In. the first part of the picture Mr Mong is the, rich and self-satisfied Caleb Fry. Gradually a complete regeneration is achieved, an;d Caleb dies a loved and loving old- man, who, 'has brought ease and comfort to the romance of his artist nephew and his youn|g wife. TURUA PICTURES. THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY. To-morrow night will be screened at the- Tur.ua Hall “The Hills of Kentucky.” r rhis .is a tense, gripping melodrama in the lend country of the. Blue Gra-.p State, with Rip Tin Tin tire grey ghost, fearless leader, bf a wild dog pack. The won.dcr.-dog I 3 splendid in this, his most stirring portrayal. WINDS OF CHANCE. Ou Tuesday night will be screened Rex 13e a ch’s famous story, “Winds of Cha,nee.” This is epic of the fe.w pictures with the' power, to sweep one virtually off his feet. Moving along at a startling pace >it combines the elements of scenic beauty a-n|d spirited action, and there are so many celebrities in the cast that the reviewer feels that he has been entertained by a club of stars only.