AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16437, 3 February 1919, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

I ~ 4 OPERA HOUSE. Once again large crowds -wore unable to pain admission to this popular tlwatio oa i Saturday night. The usual change of froI' gTamme will be made this eveuing\ when« the Tom Haverly Revue Company will be eeen in the third adventure of "those inimitable Irishmen Murphy and Casey. This is oni titled "Murphy at the Cabaret," and p^oanises to be as successful as the fonnor productions. Plenty of clean comedy is assured, togotbor with catchy eongs, pretty dreeaea, and some mow clever ballets by the brilliant l\ewp : e Kids. A newcomer to the vaudeville section. i« itbcl Vaugiaii, an American comedienne, who has been a distinct erucceea on tie' Fuller circuit. Muxfayne, premier xylophouist, Jones and Raines, entertainers, and that clever couple of character delineators, Bruit and Hemoley, will also-appear. The usual matinee will be hald on Saturday, end the

is on view at Milner and ThompQUEEITS THEATRE. Charlies Picnic, a 3*reel Chaplin, was screened for the first time in Christchurch a 'the Queens Theatre on Saturday, to crowded and delighted audicncca at both day and night sessions, and will ho screened there again all this week, e < o, 4.15, 7 and 9.15. The -management wish to • draw picture patrons' attention to the fact that at the Queen s Theatre pictures and raufiic start ehsrp at 2, and a#am M 7. -What Money Cant Buy, a Lmeky "fexturo de luxe," starring Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, supported by Theodore Roberts and Hobart will be the other main attraction The plot is raid <0 be clean, whoLeeome strong, and dramatic in ev#ry sense of the word, and covers a wide sphere of action, ot royal interwoven witli a thrilling- romance. • STBAND THEATEE. Tfcere were large attendances at Saturday's swrions at the Strand Theatre, when the weekly change of programme was screened. Tie star film waa "The Judgment House," a Qtory full of dramatic intensity with an excel. I leirt denouement. Jasmine Grenfall, heirbss to a fortune and a, name, takes a ycai out I of her Me to spread her butterfly wings ■before losing hereelf in matrimony. Then I comes disillusionment, and later suapicion ! open quarrels between, her and her I band. A murder occurs, dooms of intensity follow, and then.comes tie denouement. Sup- i porting' films include "Eomanoe and Brass ; Tagks,' a satirical comedy, and the "'American Gazette." The programme will be xepeatcd to-day. EVEBYBODY'S THEATRE. . Th» <Joldwyn enperfeature, "Thais,'' e farring Mary Garden, will head the new programme at Everybody's Theatre" this afternoon and evening. "Uxais" is produced on a scale of unexampled splendour, and the aim unfolds a story of deep human intoreet. \ Special music by the orchestra will embrace selections from "Thais" (Massenet), ,? L,a Bohemo," "Madam Butterfly," "Persian Gardon " "Cleopatra Suite" (Ochmlex), and "B*l- • 1 Sgyptian" (Luigini). Supporting* Items J?T. e .. n 1 Yitagraph drama, "Vanity and Sables, "With the Foresee in Africa" (topical), the latest; Path© -Gazette, a Roscoe AxbricClo comedy, and a Mangle comedy, "The Winning Loses-." '

GRAND THEATRE. a sensational film, "The Surrender of the German Navy," heads the new programme i to bo screened this afternoon and evening at ; th© Grand Theatre. Most thrilling is the sight of the. German war vcgogls steuning between the majestio lines of British battleships. There will be also screened the Metro film, "Riders of the Night," featuring Viola Dana,' the second instalment of the serial, "Tbo Scarlet Runner," a Christie comedy, and a topical. Special music will be played by the Grand' Orchestra. I CRYSTAL PALACE. j _ The story <rf -Unknown 274," the big Wil- ■ liam Fox photoplay, starring charming June j i Caprioe, which heads the new programme at ' Crystal Palace this week, is that of a girl who ri3c<i from en orphanage to the position of the wife of a New York "millionaire. Many of the scenes are gorgeous, and others quite unusual. The supporting 'films are of a highclass, and include a marvellous "Sunshine" comedy, entitled "A High Diver's Last Kiss," Marguerite Clayton's latest comedy-drama, "The Pallid Dawn," Mutt- and Jeff cartoon, "A Quick Lunch." The box plan is at The Bristol. LIBERTY THEATRE. j The new programme at Liberty Theatre to-day will' be headed by the powerful Triangle drama, "Everywoman's Hufiband," in which Gloria Swansea plays - the star part. A second feature will bo "A Woman of Redemption," featuring June Elvidge, The fifteenth episode of "The Fatal Ring," entitled "Xhe Dagger Duel," will be also screened. ENGLISH SONG RECITAL. This evening, in the Masonic Hall, Gloucester street West, at 8 o'clock, Mr Sidney Williamson will give an English song recitaL The programme includes songs and quartets i chosen from earlv as well as modern composers, and should prove a treat to muaiolovenj. Ifr Williamson will be assisted by Mies Ethel Johnson and Mrs Alma Carey.