AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, 23 March 1920, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

TO-MORROW NIGHT. The.Big Boom Picture of Masterton in 1920 commences a threo nights' season to-morrow night. The manjr citizens of Masterton will lie interested in the big boom moving picture taken of the town of Mastefton-i Many ideas have been pat forward from time to • time for to try and;, boom our progressive town, and m. feel suro the splendid effort put forward by the Picim-e Company, witb; the assistance of the John Swinsop' Co., of Wellington, will be appreciated when they see the splendid results obtained for the purpose of booming' Masterton. This picture is to ba shown all over New Zealand, and! should be worth many hundreds ~of pounds as an advertisement. Included in the evening's entertainment are two star artists, Mr Gold,, the clever pianist, and Miss Fairclough, the brilliant soprano singer. A special matinee will be held on Thursday afternoon at 3.15, to enable mothers,and

all the school children to attend. Matinee prices are adults Is, children 6d. THE PABAMOUNT. The William Fox feature now showing at the Paramount Theatre is entitled "True Blue;" and gives our old*hero plenty of scope for his splendid dramatic powers. Another good feature is that entitled "The Dawn of Understanding." There is action, and near tragedy, a combination that commands and holds the interest of all. There is pictured first, with consummate skill, a caravan of prairie waggons crossing the plains in the days of '49, carrying Sue and her parents. Then the hermit ranch of Ira Beasley, by itself a part from Bolinas Plains, where Sue's mother dies, and she is left by her father to Ira, and remains with the uncouth man, not because she cares for him, but because she has come to loathe her-father. Ira loves her, but is too shy to speak. Then is pictured Sue, the loneliest picture in all the vast Western plains, doomed to drudge her life away. And then the one brief romance in her pathetic existence, a fleeting glimpse at what she imagines love might be. She gives refuge to a circus acrobat fleeing the sheriff,' and yields to his importunities to elope, but Fate interposes, a tragedy is narrowly averted, and Sue's romanco opens out into a happy union with the man who loves her. THE COSY. The current programme at the Cosy Theatre will be shown finally to-night. The series is a splendidly varied one. It has drawn good business. A splendid Sunshine comedy, "Her First Kiss," which is on the bill, is one long scream of fun, and sliould not be missed. The star turn is a really fine onej and "Through the Wrong Door" is frankly composed and produced to jhase dull care away, and it is so well interpreted by Madge Kennedy and the cast in general thSt the effect is -a very pleasant one.; Miss Kennedy acts in a most, appealing manner, particularly during the love scenes. She •toftena and beautifies by some very fine acting the role of a bright young girl who throws over her fiance and elopes with, a man she scarcely knows. In the new dignity of one who sympathises with the man her own father has deliberately tried to ruin, whom she is assisting to achieve natural justice, Bhe plays the part so conviniingly that the sudden change of mind and heart is not only excused but approved most cordially. John Bowers, in suport, is manly and effective, and the remainder of the cast is admirably typed. There will be a'matinee to-morrow afternoon at 2.30. 'THE LUCK OF THE NAVYi" I Fresh from a remarkable run of Wo years in London tiie great naval drama "The Luck of the Navy" will be introduced by the Allan Wilkie Dramatic Company #t j the Opera House on Monday evening. The plot is described as being skilfully conceived, and is brimful of exciting episddes which do not exceed the bounds pi possibility. The herd is the commander of a British submarine who 'finds himself ensnared by a gang of Hun spies in England. Mr Allan -Wilkie takes the principal part, and Miss Frediswyde Hunter-Watts will appear as his fiancee. ) "THE EOTTERB." 'H. F. Maltby's famous, comedy /'The Rotters," which scored a tremendous success in London will be presented by the Company on Tuesday evening. The chief character is Councill Clugston, an illiterate selfmade man who is bent on keeping up a reputation for ultra-respectability in order to aid him in his endeavours to gain the mayoralty of his town. His family, however, fail utterly to behave in keeping with Clugston's ideals, and in the end the worthy Councillor himself revealed as a consummate hypocrite. _ There are many most ludicrous situations, and the dialogue is brimful of humour. Mr Wilkie will figure as Clugston's chauffeur, Miss Frediswyde Hunter-Watts as Miss Clugston, and Mr Edward Landor as Clugston.