AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 15 March 1927, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY THEATRE. When speaking of motion, pictures, one may pardonably misquote Shakespeare and say that subtlety is the soul of wit. Gone are the days of slapstick popularity. “Exit Smiling,” the new picture at the Cosy Theatre this evening finally, is typical of the latest phase of screen comedy. Its star, Beatrice Lillie, is also a distinctly new and original type of comedienne. * ‘ Exit Smiling ’ ’ is almost a play within a play. It is a story of a travelling dramatic company—playing their fearsome melodramas in apathetic backcountry towns, the actors doubling for each other in the most incongruous ma rider, and all the time seeing a tense little drama of human hearts work out its destiny. Miss Lillie makes a masterly study of the pathetically humourous drudge. It is an extremely difficrilt part to portray, yet this new star makes her exit smiling and triumphant. Jack Pickford acts with his customary skill and polish in the main masculine role. Other players are De Witt Jenwings, Doris Lloyd, Harry Myers, and Tenen Holtz. A good programme in support. Reserves at Henderson’s. OPERA HOUSE. “Irene” deals with a young girl of lowly parentage who aspires to be a “lady” some day. She is evicted by her parents because she could, not keep her job, and finds a position as an errand girl to a decorator. She meets the hero, son of a wealthy mother. The hero falls in Jove wjth her at first sight; she, to®, learns to love him. The hero buys half interest in a modiste establishment and gives the heroine a position as a model. The heroine induces the hero to give a position to two girl friends of hers, too, so that they might chaperone her. None of the girls tells her mother that she was a model in a modiste establishment. The hero induces his mother to give a reception to society fokl at their borne for the purpose of displaying their latest gowns. While the exhibition is on, the mothers of the three girls, having found a clue that gave them an idea that their daughters were there that night, go to the house, enter forcibly, and drag their daughters out. The hero follows the heroine home, and, after convincing the mother that he was really in love with, .her daughter, is permitted to enter and embrace her. The scenes of the gown display at the hero’s home have been done in natural colours; they are extremely beautiful. Splendid supports. Book at Henderson’s.