ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5379, 25 January 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

AURORA THEATRE PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. JIM THE CONQUEROR. The story of “ Jim the Conqueror,” written by Peter B. Kyne, is a romantic one, the scenes of which transpir,e in Italy and in the,western cattle and sheep country. It deals with the struggle of two factions —■ sheepmen and cattle barons—for land and water rights. A deadly feud is waged and in the turmoil of battle, a man and woman, fighting on opposite sides, edevelop a love romance of poignant interest. SATURDAY NIGHT. THE DEMI-BRIDE. The story of. “ The Demi-Bride revolves around a French miss who leaves a secluded school to fall in love with the most popular man in Paris. How she shows him that heart-breaking is, not the sole psrogative of the male sex, how he falls in love with her. and then finds his care-free past rising to baffle :him, is told in a bright, and breezy fashion. THE HEART (OF MARYLAND. “ The Heart of. Maryland ” is a stirring and glamorous melodrama of the days of the Civil War, imbued with a vitality and beauty., which make? it of unfailing power oyer the hearts of humanity. TURUA PICTURES. OUT OF THE STORM. In “ Out of the storm,” showing at Turua to-morrorw night, beautiful Jacqueline Logah is in one of her best portrayals. The story is a forc,e£ul narration of a girl’s love and the great battle she fought to save the life of the man she married. IN OLD KENTUCKY. On Tuesday next “In Old Kentucky ” will be screened. It is a highly romantic turf drama, and screened) amidst the blue grass of Kentucky. The war blows to young lives and indirectly to older lives form the theme of the plot. A special vaudeville act will also be' given by Chun Yuen Tai, who is a clever Chinese entertainer in Oriental magic and lightning double-handed cartoons.