ENTERTAINMENTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 583, 12 November 1920, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

POPULAR PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT.

Eugene Walter's "Paid in Fifll," s with Pauline Frederick, "empress of | < emotion," in the lead with a bril- f liant cempany, is the star for Popu- 1 lar Pictures at the Oddfellow's Hall I to-night, and will be well supported. 1 Starting next week Popular Pic- < tures will show on Tuesday and Sat- 1 urdav nights. ' " I LYCEUM PICTURES. < - I SATURDAY. The introduction of Jane Eyre, best ' beloved of all fiction heroines to the screen, in the Select photo-drama "Woman and Wife," starring Alice Brady is a not/able event which has been awaited with the keenest interest. This masterpiece by Charlotte Bronte has made Jane Eyre a household word, and sharing in her popularlity is the unfortunate Roch-' ester, whom she loved so devotedly. This world-famous novel enjoys a doubly-high reputation, for seldom is a classic hailed by generation after generation with such love and interest by readers of both sexes of all iages, and in all lands. Jane Eyre has been translated into a score of tongues, and in each of them the book easily holds its own as a favourite of favourites. Alice Brady as the unfortunate Jan% needs no fulsome praise '—she does not act the rple—she is Jane Eyre. There is also a comedy and a. gazette. MONDAY'S SPECIAL. A story of secret seevice in tho East entitled "The Pagan God", and starring the noted English actor, H. P. Warner, is the big feature for Monday night's special screening. "The Pagan God" is a bizarre and thrilling story of plotting and intrigue, full of Eastern" 1 colour, which provides a strong . visual and dramatic background. The Chinese "Tong of Freedom" administering the third degree., a glimpse into the underworld conspiracies of China, and the thrilling rescue of Americans from a gang of the Oriental stranglers is shown. An American secret service agent going into a nest of a revolutionary Tong ■ in the interior of Mongolia, becoming 1 a "hatchet man," and participating in , the secret meetings of the wily Chin- . ese, is the job undertaken by Bruce • Winthrop in "The Pagan God." Wai'- . ner has a difficult role, but he portrays the character superbly, and is always master of the situation. Usual i prices only are to be charged.