AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16425, 20 January 1919, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

5 • S- OPERA HOUSE. After- a very successful rua of five weeks the Delevale Minstrels finished their season | on Saturday amidst great enthusiasm when many floral and other tributes were handed jto the various artists. To-night will see the i first appearance of Tom Haverly and his ; popular musical farco players in a new revue j "Tho Kaiapof Cup." This ia described- as a • racy revel, redolent of the turf, and is • said ; to be one of the best in tho company's repertoire. The Kewpio Kids will be seen in some of their brilliant acrobatic -ballets- ) Several well known performers arc in the cast, including' J. P. O'Neill, Billy Moloney, Chas. Lawxenco, Claire Uoyd, Ruby Kennedy, and Coral Warner. In the first half the Gilfain Trio will mako their appearance >] in a diversified assortment of international songs and dance 3. Others duo to appear in- ! elude Jones and Raines, in song und story, ' Brull and Hemsley, oomedy chaiacterisa[l tione, and Nellie Kolle. The box plan is il now on view at Milner and Thompson's. i j EVERYBODY'S /THEATRE, i Norma Talmadg© is the star in the select feature: '"Ghoats of Yesterday," which will I be screened for the first time at Everybody s 'Theatre to-day. She has a difficult part, in so far as she has to play two exactly f diverse roles, first as a gentle young wife V who dies, and then as the wife's double, an I emotional dancer in a Parisian cabaret. The * husband, still grief-stricken ut the loss of e the wife he loved, chances to see the. dan- ® cer, who, in appearance, is her counterpart. I- But in temperament there is all the differa ence in the world. The story pioves through g scenes of great dramatic intensity, in which . the cabaret-girl hovers between the world ' of temptations she has been accustomed to and the call of this man whom she has "■ learned to love, and who is strangely fascin--6 ated by her. The ending is said to bo one •- of rare beauty, and makes a deep appeal to j the highest emotions. Norma Talmadge _ throughout does remarkably fine work, and is convincing in whatever mood she pora traya. Tiiofo are stated to be excellent sup--1 1, porting films. r . ,GRAND THEATRE. tl j "The Man Who Stayed at Home" is th« 0 leading attraction at -the Grand Theatre this J week, and it is stated that the screen adaptation of the famous drama of the samo name is equal in all respects to the play 9 which met with such succeed when staged | in the Dominion xooently. The film is an J English production—the first film that has been. seen, from tho Home' Land for eome considerable time. One of the features of picture are a number of naval scenes " J which wero 1 specially photographed by tho j [ permission of the Admiralty. The well-known English actor, Denis Eadie, takes the lead--1 • i"g pole - while Alma Taylor, another artist - : of the first rank, has been given an cxoelient j opportunity to demonstrate her rare attainI ments. Tho supporting •programme includes. l ; a Metro! film, "Revenge," which features c Mies Edith Storey, and 17th episode of "The . ! Great Secret," 'and a laughable Chri6tio " ! comedy, "Never Surprise Your Wife." Spo- ■ j cial muoio will be provided. 5 QUEEN'S THEATRE. " j '.The Price Mark," in whicli Dorothy DalJ' ton (whose triumph in "Tho Flame of tho i Yukon" will be remembered by picture theatre-goers) will be seen at the Queen's ' Theatre all this week, was selected by Thomas ' H. Ince for this talented young artiste, 1 because of the manifold it i offers for both comedy and emotional act- » ing. Tho scenes are laid in Cairo and New . York City. Effects that have hitherto been impossible of -achievement in photography, and scenes that rival in sheer. beauty the grandeur .of a master's painting, are. said ' to bo seen" in abundance throughout the film. The supports, are "Her Blighted Love" (Mack . Sennett), a Burton Holmes Traveloguo, and American Gazette, and chapter 7of "The Raili road Raiders." STRAND THEATRE. An excellent caste headed by winsome Marguerite Clark, appears in "Rich MacPoor Man," the premier film of the now programme screened at tho Strand Theatre on Saturday. "Rich Man—Poor Man" is a play of laughter mingled with tears. There are many unusual features in the piece which is one ; well worth seeing, iieeeton, a brutal old financier, drives his daughter from him for prwiT T '* n g to wed the man of her choice, and years alter, her eon unexpectedly discovert his identity, hut w face of what his father had told him ho refuses to reveal , himself to Beeston. Through tho aid of forged documents a servant girl named "Betty" ia palmed oft on Beeflton as his ' Beeston becomes very „f },«. 'tense situations follow which, ia an excellent supporting including "Fly-Ball," a most amusing Jester "American Gazette," and "Travels Burton-Holmes." The programme will be repeated to-day. j CRYSTAL PALACE. "The Kingdom of Love," featuring Jewel Carmen, heads the now programme at. the Cry Sal Palace Theatre Way. Supporting fitos include "A Keyhole ("Sunshine" comedy), "TJe ( Wide, Wrong *Way«" and Mutt and Jeff e 75-Mile Gun. LIBERTY THEATRE. , ■Beautiful Anita Stewart will appear on the screen at the Liberty Theatre to-d»7. in "A Million Bid." The cast includes E. K Lincoln, Harry Morey, Julia Swayne.Gordon and Gladde James. The sup 2 orting programme includes "The Heart of a Girlfeaturing Barbara Castleton. ! TRAMWAY COMEDY COMPANY. The Christchurch Tramway Comedy Co. will appear at the Choral Hall on Wednesday evening next, and give an entertainment on behalf of the Navy Heroes' Dependants' Fund^^^