ENTERTAINMENTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 591, 10 December 1920, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

POPULAR PICTURES.

A SUPERB FILM

One of the finest pictures screened before a Pukekohe audience of late was "The Woman Thou Gavest Me," the star at the Oddfellows' Hall last Tuesday night. The acting was masterly and the scenery very line, rar.g ing from the Arctic snows to tin sands of Egypt and the tea plant;: tifrns of India. Hall Crane's story i-

not meaningless; it is a story of rea' life, and bears a message, convejint anew, and in beautiful garb, the ok ! truth that neither wealth nor soda' status, the gratification of ambition; nor the wiping out of the old.gi.ievances of a father by the sacrifice o f his daughter for vengeance bring hap piness. If man and woman -.nam for the love they bear towards eac' other they at least start out with tlv first essential for true and abu'inf happiness, but the author of "Tlit Woman Thou Gavest Me," with hi.fine perception for things of the heart, knew that once the snored flame of love is smothered in the bog of materialism life has lost its sav our. The picture itself, enhanced by the intelligent accompaniments of Mi Barker (a rare jewel among the provincial picture pianists), gave the audience superb fare. It is giver out that Popular Pictures .have more films of similar quality coming forward; if so, there will be a rush at the early doors.

'THE WOMAN WHO GAVE. - ' The plight of an American woman who marries or is married to an enemy of her country is not pleasant at the best. Many American girls are married to foreign noblemen and live in countries where everyone has an intense hatred of Americans and everything American. The men of these countries are usually notorious for their cruel treatment of their wives, and since the war American wives have suffered all the more. In the latest William Fox photoplay. "The Woman Who Gave," which will be shown at the Oddfellows' Hall to-

morrow (Saturday) night, Evelyn Nesbit gives a realistic portrayal of a girl who marries a Bulgarian prince just before the war commences. Iri traits, the Bulgars are a curious mixture of Turk and Russian. Some of the Russian Grand Dukes have had much the same characteristics as the Bulgarian princes. There was the Grand Duke Boris, who was notorious both in his public and private life. The story is told of him that during the Japanese war, he went_ to the front as a general in the Russian Army, in a private car loaded with wine and members of the Imperial Russian Ballet. While in Paris some years ago Miss Nesbit met the Grand Duke Boris at several entertainments which he gave, and had numerous opportunities to study his character. Many incidents true to-the nature of such a man have been injected into the photoplay which heighten the realism of the intensely dramatic action.

TUESDAY NEXT--"POOR" BOOB." .They were all agreed that Simpson Higlitower was a bonehead- -a poor boob. The number of mistakes he made were positively startling and the blunders he committed were scandalous. No wonder his front name was censored to "Simp"! Really, he deserved it to be. But as a supreme cnoi" he blundered into becoming a millionaire, And to cap all, he won the heart of the sort of girl you've diearned about and never Uioughl v, as possible. You must come '*;> the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday, when "Poor Boob," Bryant Washburn's latest Paramount picture, will be screening. "Poor Boob" was written by the author of "Twin Beds" and '"Baby Mine." The predicaments that Simpson Hightower gets into and the mistakes he makes are amazing. .He makes so many that the picture will keep you locking with laughter. And then li > blunders into becoming a millioni'iie and capturing the heart of the prettiest girl in the world. But Low? "THE LOVE AUCTION."

Kdmund Lawrence, of the William Fox staff of directors, has returned to the active list and directed Virginia Pearson in her latest picture, The Love Auction." which conies to the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday, December 18.

STRAND PICTURES

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11

Harry Carey, nppearing only in Universal Special Attraction, will be screened in "Human Stuff."' in these super-strenuous Hays it's a positive treat to have some one like Harry Carey to bring us back to sanityhe's so lazily, laughingly human. Harrj doesn't take life as seriously as most of us. Ho suspects it's pretty much of a bis; joke, anyway, and he'd rather trip up the lean and hungry Cassius in his picture and make him bust his, nose than plug the poor villain with a six-shooter. Easy and natural, full of seemingly unconscious mannerisms that make you laugh, is it any wonder that human Harry Carey has come to be the best liked of all Western character players? See him in "Human Stuff," and you'll see one of the best pictures the screen has ever known. TUESDAY.

Jo]fn Barrymor». the noted American character actor, will be seen at his best in one of Phillip Oppenueim's most popular novels. The play is entitled "The. Test of Honour;," and is adapted from "The Malefactor." For sensation, depth of thought and characterisation this picture excels. Episode one of "The Lightning Raiders" will also be shown.