AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3614, 29 October 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THE KING'S < < GRAY WOLF'S , GHOST " H. B. Warner, the famous star, has a virile and colourful vehicle in '' The Gray Wolf's Ghost", a screen adaptation of Bret Harte's exciting tale of early California days, hte fascination and glamour of Harte's characters are graphically portrayed and the story has lost none of its gripping intensity in its screen adaptation. The action of the play begins when Harry West, whose father has deserted him and his mother many years before, 'goes in search of his father to demand justice for the wrong done. "Strikes and Stars" is a Sunbeam comedy of convict life, featuring Hank Mann and his beauty girls. Pearl White will introduce some now and sensational situations into that serial of serials, "The Lightning Raider." f

TOWN HALL PICTURES. "SAHARA" o Even though the H.C.L, prevents their ever owning them, all women love a display of sartorial luxury, and in gowns of unforgettable beauty that 'are displayed by Louis® Glaum in "Sahara" there is a special appeal to the gentler sex; over thirty costumes adorn her in the varied scenes, and she was never so beautiful and pictorial before in her career. Six of the creations arc from Paquin in Paris, while ©very one is the last word in modern fashion. Few pictures have been staged with the luxury and entire disregard for expense that make "Sahara" one of the most notable screen triumphs of t to-day. !

''Sahara", rich and sumptuous in setting, colourful and powerful as to story, its scenes shifting from fascinating Paris to enchanting Cairo and the sun-burned desert of Sahara," with Louise Glaum the sumptuously-gowned star, will be screened at Town Hall on Saturday. A story of woman's frailty, her appalling vanity and final awakening to wifehood and motherhood and all they mean, "Sahara" furnishes for Louise Glaum an opportunity she has nevier had before to show her capability in roles requiring both beauty and emotional talent.