ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5373, 11 January 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

AURORA THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. HELL’S HIGHROAD. A gripping drama of a wife who gained all the power in the .wo,rid but the; power, to hold her husband’s love is “Hell’s Highroad,” to be presented this evening. There are many iiiten's-p scenes, beautiful women, and elaborate fr'ocking, midst -the' atmosphere of the super luxury of. the homes of the rilch. - SATURDAY NIGHT. MAN, WOMAN, AND SON. How far can a man afford to dis-; regard a woman’s past ? This is the dramatic keynote of “Man, Woman, and Son.” This picture is a sensational exposure of what goes on behind the scenes of a great newspaper. Jeanne Eagles, a celebrated' star, appeare opposite Gilbert as the Society Editoresjs of thie paper on which Gilbert himself plays the ro.le of a cub reporter. He is unsophisticated, dazzled with life, madly in-; fatuated with her; she is worldly wise, flattered by his ardent love, but unwilling to exchange her life for. one less assured. Then drama, stalks in.

A RACE FOR LIFE.

“A Race for Life” the adventures of Danny ,O’Shea, who goes with his dog, to the Southland, via box ear route, there to become a jockey for a turfman who has enemies who try to poison the horse, apd succeed in imprisoning Ninty. The uncanny intelligence which the dog shows in extricating himself fr.om all his troubles and in spurring his pal to victory provides a s,tory which will make the house rock with cheers. TURUA PICTURES. FAUST. The newest interpretation of Mephistopiheies, Satan, or v the Devil is that rendered by Emil Jannings, the distinguished character actor in the great production “Faust,” which comep to the Tur.ua Hall to-morr,ow nioht. Jannings makes of the evil one a being almost human in his every move, yet with a swiftness that is not in any creathre on this, «;arth. Magic and. romance., mingle in this powerful drama of a man’s love for humanity —and a girl. THE FIRE B.RIGA.DE. In “The Fire Brigade,” to be shown on Tuesday night, picture-goers will se;e an attraction of striking dramatic quality. The biggest blaze in screen history staged by Are chiefs themselves. Twenty ejngines in action, every known piece o.f fire fighting equipment, hundreds of fire-fighters, all in a mighty human drama full of h'qar.t throbs and thrills.