ENTERTAINMENTS,

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5364, 14 December 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS,

AURORA THEATRE PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT.

WITHOUT MERCY-

The story of “Without Mercy” is centred round a mother, and her daughter, with the daughter in love with two men. One man, an unscrupulous schemer, has th# girl infatuated with him even as youth. The mother, knowing this, and still bearing on her body marks of brutal treatment at his hands, tries tq direct the girl’s affections to the other man, *ho really loves her. SATURDAY NIGHT. BRASS KNUCKLES. “Brass Knuckles,” a thrilling human story,” has to do with a youth of the tenements who, while in gaql for a crime he did not commit* incurs - the enmity ofa prisoner whose pl\>t he divulged. The man, when Zac’s term ends, broods over, his spite until such time as he gets out, and then it is that he breaks up the hope Zac has made for the .motherless waif’of one of the prisoners. THE DIVINE WOMAN. The glamour of the theatre and the human interest that underlies the spectacle of the gilded butterflies of the stag<e—these are the elements that make “The Divine Woman” the mqs.t dramatic and impelling story that Greta Garbo, the famous Swedish star, has yet appeared in. It is baaed on the life of the immortal French actress, Sarah Bernhardt, and tells of loves, hates, successes, and failures of a peasant who climbed the dizzy heights to success and became the toast of a nation, only to lose the only man she had ever loved. ; TURUA PICTURES. WINGS. “Wings,” shqwing at the Turns Hhll tonnight (Friday) and Saturday night, is undoubtedly the greatest aviation picture that has come to the screen. In addition to really wonderful stunts, there is a powerful add gripping story right through which holds a grip on the audience to a remarkable degree. “Wings” will be preceded each evening by an absorb-* ingly interesting film entitled “Knights of the Air,” depicting the history of aviatippi from its inception right up to the recent Kingsford Smith success. RANSON’S FOLLY. On Tuesday next “Ranson’s Folly,* featuring Richard Barthelmess, will be screened* It is a sensational story of the early ’eighties, whpn bandits roamed and Ried men prowled the western frontier areas. Added colour is provided by the inclusion in the supporting cast of many genuine Indians. “MENDING BROKEN MEN.” LECTURE TO-NIGHT. The Rev. Charles Chandler, who, under the auspices of the Auckland City Mission and the Discharged Prisoners Aid Society, will be Lecturing in the Gaiety Theatre. to-night, is, a young man of very wide experience. Prior to joining the Rev. 5 Jasper Calder last January he had been engaged in similar work in Sydney for. a number of years. He is a great believer in studying human nature at first hand; hence it is not surprising to learn that he has trajnped for hundreds of miles in Australia with “billy and pack.” He is also a rioted 1 ' contributor to the Press of Auckland, Christchurch, and Sydney, and in addition has two books to his cerdit already published in Australia. Those who miss hearing Mr Chahdn le,r this evening, will, according tb reports which have reached us from elsewhere, be missing one of the greatest .treats in which ani audiepce in Paeroa has ever been invited to participate.

The lecture will commence punctually at 8 p.m., and the chair will be qccupied by the Mayor. There will be no charge for admission, but a collection will be taken in aid: of the work.