AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 14

AMUSEMENTS.

| OPERA HOUSE, >The sparkling playlet, "Tho Grand Hotel, yiiaa repeated at the Opera Hons* a Irnge audience lost night by Walter George's ffcnshine Players. The vaudeville programme 1 Xitribnted by Eddy Martyn, Gli«ly» Verona, iL Eruns, Miller and Rainey, and Hutey and ■Bent, wao iiglJy appreciated. There -will bo afjnatinoe to-day. '| ' COMEDY XEXT WEEK as greater crystal palace. - mamma bo presented at Greater ur^sx for the last time to-day ffiheWg Symphony Orchestra will pi* a^rweS B will°^ a tern)ed * ce^' ai the big theatre, as the manager, Jlr . . Bcebe, t&I preset two Universal eatnre Tomedies each five thousand fee* 111 c l g toe 'best' Joe Martin two-reel comedy m vliich the clever monkey has , date. The first of tho five-reelers ■JSSJ&i bv nd G^ n Wai r , Who T7ili be favourably remmnbered foi: her ver> Ini acting in "The Secret Gift"' M££ screened at Greater . Crystal Palace .even weeks ago. While' not billed as » fasiuon, Ihow? it ifl claimed that four of the bestrfreeaed actresses on the screen have W»P or " tont roles in "R»ky Business, and as the scenes Of this very in. Santa Barbara, California, an ultra-iasmon able resort, at the height of the social eoaeon, the feminine players are £ indulge their taste for exquisite gowns to the utmoßt. , ... The second of the big features is astraigMout comedy from, fit art tofmiah. Thonamo of this piece "Once a Plumber, with tne OTer-popnlar and welcome Lyons and Moron in the stellar parte. Tho story of Onco a .Plumber" tells of two young plumbers who=o •worldly ambitions lead them to social, finan- ' cial. and romantic heights, from which tliey drop with a thud to'tho steadier lovel of. their /former honourable existeij.ee. Xhe film js one continuous laugh from end to end, and ludicrous situations follow each other in rapid Wuccession. A novel feature of One® a ' Plumber" is that the two stara, Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran,. each have two leading ladies, and, like "Risky Bsiness," it is a lavishlydreesed photoplay. Another mirth-provokmgl -film on the lengthy programme is a very fine two-reel comedy featuring the clever nionker Jos Martin, 'and besides, the latest issue of 'the International News film will be screened, 'v; In' addition to tho pictures tho usual fine iftitiWcal treat is aesnred Greater Crystal PaJ»6c© patrons next week, as the conductor, Mr 'Alfred J. Bunz, has selected an excellent list Wf numbers for. the big.Symphony Orchestra, •the "particulars of which will be announced in Monday's 'Tress/' The bos plan is at The or Beats mdy be reserved by telephoning numbei\ 3768.' DOUBLE ATTRACTION AT THE ,v. LIBERTY THEATRE. A double star programme, comprising pictures and music, will be presented at tho -Liberty- Theatre toAy. "The Forbidden Woman" is the star -picture, It is an Equity Ijiuper-speoial, and 1 features-Clara. Kimball . -^Soong.. .The musical entertainment will be . by Miss Cairio Lanoeloy and her . • Maids. "The Forbidden Woman" is. a picturieation of' the novel by Lenore J. Coffee..'. Miss Young ; one of the screen's and her portrayal of the alluring' Parisian ©peratio star Is one of the most de,L ,-lightful performances »he has yet contributed. igebus. 'gowns, hats, and furs. She is cup- ' sported by Conway , Toarle, Kathlyn Adams, vack Mackinnon,Winter Hall, Jiguel Lanoe, Carrie Lancelots musical party comprises aT "vooalist, pianiste, violiniste, and .'oellist, and they provido'a pleasing entertainment. Miss • 'Lanceley, Who possesses a rare soprano voice, - .• -will give' ; a ' budget of operatic gems, ~y ballads, And national lilies Doris Midy .dletoh .ia .the 'oeillißt, and heir tone and° techniqne are said to' promise a-, .great future. - 'Miss 'lrene Watts, a tdented English piaiiEntertains ati the piano todi is aleo a ■ vocalM and monolognigt of ability. , Miss . «<Jec]le, Steyens,. the 'Violinisto, lias .woh th® v • '.?ipplaßse'of London audiences. An adequate A mipporting programme consists of the Pathe . iGitfttte, Budget,. the> latest ejpisode, of v -. "The Invisible Hand/' Pathe Raview No. 75,. : andj'©on't;, Blaine, - the ■ Stori," s Chester .i - Orohestra, will give as beautiful work, "Lo, > <flnte)!; and Mr, P. L,' Woledgo (cWjs i .STBAIP) THEAfRE. - \ "ThaJ Littl.ft. Mouse,'' a WiHiam -Btox •• Wodubtion,' vnd .tn» first etonang vehicle of : • Sionjia. Lovely; mil be eoxeeiM at the Strand • fThSitxi. to-day. The• story 'in the. mdin iwith. a; bedntifnl • andttalented woman, ,>% %Whoj > "bec'ainso.'of . her .retiring and' eonserva';titlo:af:"tho? little. 'a ;wprldly-w«imiji., whq, hM wcqrtlilosa ohap who u ! credit fW;' Ker literary - geniua : its of. ooimw, : and finally dhroroes her oh ~ ; «in|aice; Iw> 'she .both fame and 'Sni in' •' the ead ,gains .'Another tiie leadmgr Pblke, Here |ti||lejaic:||6f thd whom ho .later l.'.o»p- - yearsi' imprison- <&• her. '. -Wilh ; him 'and.twt> other • ivshis new' Across' the border, and 'iojdenCfto the» party • when the : .«ho pistol, falls • '{intention .of % n>aa.. she has loved, 'i mwdeted ■ his '«ftor the vl>sr": • the . heat of . her die with ~ him V-*fe vtho soon -by ■ the gidjs tells, the ferae her .'-Australian' •••• r .^i£S;!'£& cthe ArtistsJ Priiaoe -M» tq'presented' at 'Everybody's : S;! 4 *" k "itho -■ «to? 7-, <#' i >in; - - gtun ""aeoomplßhod his' spoking at { Lwiid»',' ; he.':h#d- eet- ae. rhis f While 'trtfll ja' etrugeling sculptor,' - tuQR- batqf./gH 1 conrso - and k^e.-. Biit. at a later hap-'' ;is. -heantifully' '.■.wk ilaro-swlndi > promises' to bum ' for !oiM^sHitfVthißy , ;.hio. second- vehicle,. ana hy Lfla Leie aßd - ' : .Tfa : production,.is the first of ; for Burke in the picture, "The . Frisky :'■ hj- '.the other ! . attraction Clyde Fitch faioo of-Mikiilwtf&miW-l&i: Ttomwid Dillaa directed., s'S: ; i& sthiß.- pwfei<»i Mias: Burke has; an ttltoher -,more. rJimii' zvtheCv WO :hnr hreesy qualitiee. She ! : who - is ; i?'"¥lnMwm- in Baris. ea "Ftuir," and • the : story to save her sister from risk of' losing -the -man * J abe' laves. Needkae to say, Mms- Burke ,'the .moati "stunning" gowns f o'n'-.tfae and many of them v'< in Paris expressly for. this . - ;leading am be given bj- ;; .' ■ Everybody's "Select" ' Orchestra, , ; i--imder tho'diteotfon (of Mr W. J. Belling'%'i.liamJt>'.' Reserved 'seais may be" ob- -. BrwWl or hy 'phmiing , 4925. ' ' ghaotTtheatre. . ne ' y ptogramme to-day : and to-night tw° lea(AWtttw in the tperialuow running. 'Sehtniot produotaon,, !'The' Langh-k-feSitM -Pajitf,'' 'is stated •to be_ one of the best SfccSSet Acwn;.frbm; tbiia fsmoua stndio.. Not tet ;it ■ snahlm . Mi* to aitam to heights of !w®*'lnH>tSb'ital .actinsr ttat plaoes bene, amongst iof: the soreen. ' The pio:|®mP«orV f6llows the lines oi; Mia Reynoldfe the ending is unusual, ti« p*> #iiW«>^'; .att'cla««e«: «4 pjcturecwpttnally', -tb >. : lh9<i6 -iros kD®ii . "Til li-p Irffrfif •'— i :• tripmpn. Mr the world. Her support w da-

scribed as not- only a satisfactory one, but a relief, because of -its. original lines of development. The other feature is entitled "The Purple Cypher," end shows the popular Earle Williams in one of his hest soles to date. It. is said to be a smashing story of 'Frisco's Chinatown, with extraordinary mystery and intrigue with a wonderful climax that -is startling. The "Mocraridere," a sensational serial, will t» show" again, when it is stated that the tonth is even more exciting than its predecessors. .-I'Ji.® yrrioea aro aa usual, and the bos plan is at Tho Bristol until noon, thenco at the thea-tre (telephone 2934). RIDGWAY'S CIRCUS. Ridgway Bros will present their new circus and trained animal exhibition at New Brighton to-night, and at Sumner on Monday night.