ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 995, 9 December 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

* ■"THE GIRL OP OSTEND." Although the foundation on which the farcical comedy "The Girl of Ostend" is constructed is not original, the comedy is really as fresh as paint, in tho hands of .Fred Graham's capable little company. Laughter, hearty and long, followed the unwinding of the screamingly funny situations last evening. Mr. Graham was • admirably suited as a somewhat errant young married man,' Charlie Sparrow, who is led into a wild flirtation with an attractive girl on tho beach at Ostend, which flirtation is biographed and subsequently shown to an assemblage, which includes the, male principal's wife and mother-in-law. His acting and singing were alike excellent. The other leading . members of the company were in keeping with their leader. "The Girl of Ostend" will make her final appearance to-night. THEATRE ROYAL. • There is quantity and there is also' quality and variety in tho bill which is being put forward at present by tho Fuller Vaudeville Company. Every performer in the lengthy programme was accorded a hearty welcome last evening, and several of the artistes were' spiritedly assisted in the choruses by enthusiasts in the pit. The management announce "Amateur Trials" for this evening. Tho booking is already heavy, and as about twenty entries have been received a novel evening's entertainment is anticipated: On Monday night the Anderson trio, acrobats,-will make their first appearance. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE; The picture programme at His Majesty s underwent a complete change last evening for tho second time this week. Hie management was rewarded for its enterprise by the sight of a. house crowded with patrons, who viewed with evident approbation the excellent selection of pictures thrown on the screen. Conspicuous in a fine series of dramatic studies was tho picture entitled "The wrgm of Babylon." It details in animated scenes the story of a pair . of .numble'loYCTs who triumphed, after many vicissitudes, over the might of a great king. The picture is remarkable for the barbaric splendour of its setting. One of the best scenes shows tho gorgeous revels of the Babylonian Court. "The Oath and the Man" is a vividly dramatic story of the French Revolution. The handsome wife of a young perfumer is lured away by a grand seigneur, leaving her husband desolate.. The revolt of the peasants opens his way to revenge, but he holds his hand, and teaches the nobleman born a lesson in true nobility. Wilhe' is the brightly-illustrated story ;of a 'tenderfoot" who abandons the inanities of Eastern .civilisation to go out West and "grow up with the countrv." At first he has a rough time in the bunkhouse and at the round-up, but in tho end the worm turns, to the exceeding discomfiture of the "punchers"' on the ranch. Apart from its more serions attractions the programme includes many good pictures cast in lighter vein. One of the best is a bright little comedy based on the sudden resuscitation of an allegedly dead Irishman. "Resourceful Robert" is another gem of the comic variety. Travel pictures that were screened include some splendid views of Turkish village life. In its "details this film throws considerable light on tho everyday habits of a. nation about which very little is popularly known. A remarkably fine tinted film shows a welltrained squad of soldiers in tho Indian. Army exercising under arras and in the gymnasium. The programme includes many features of merit apart from those that have been named. It will be repeated this evening.

THE KING'S THEATRE. The excitement incidental to "Tunny Fishing in Sicily" provides material for one of the most interesting of a-series of capital films screened at tho King's Theatre. The new programme is a really fine one, and there is probably no more touching picture run off than one with the more or less unattractive title; "Her Mother's Wedding Gown." An idea of the experiences of the big-game hunter IS given in "Hunting the Hippopotamus on the Nile." "Tho Death of President Lincoln" was another capital study, and the selection of comic items was right up to the highest standard. A prize matinee is. announced for to-morrow afternoon. STAR PICTURES.

An/excellent programme of up-to-date pictures is being shown at St. Thomas's Hall this week. The usual matinee performance will be given to-morrow afternoon.

VALDARES AND. GARRISON'S.. EN: TERTAINEKS. Trick cycling by. the four VaHares, an exhibition of light and heavy-weight juggling by Eeggiardo, canine trick's by this artist's trained poodles, and vaudeville specialities by Mr. Jules Garrison and his two Roman Maids, compose tho leading .features of tho entertainment to bo presented by the Valdares and Garrison's Entertainers, who commence a seven nights' season at the Opera House to-morrow- evening. It is stated that every artist on the programme has appeared at ■ leading theatres and music halls. . "THE MESSIAH." The Wellington Musical Union will give a performance of "The Messiah" in the Town Hall this evening. Mr. Robert Parker will conduct, and the solo-, ists will be Misses Rita Lyons, and May Driscoll, Messrs. C. H. Stephens, and J.,' A. Doherty. The box plan is at tho Dresden. SUNDAY CONCERT. ~ In the Town Hall on Sunday evening next, the Wellington Professional Orchestra will givo its last concert of tho season. In to-morrow's issue the programme (which will include a number of items by first-class vocalists and instrumentalists) will be published. The concert will (jonimence at 8.15 p.m. Tho bos plan for "The Messiah," to be produced by tho Wellington Choral Society, on Friday evening next,- December 16, in the Town Hall, opens at the Dresden Piano Co. this morning at 8 o'clock