ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1803, 16 July 1913, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. The current vaudevillo programmo at tho Thoatro Royal is indeed a strong and good one. Boforo u large audionco last ovening Rolvos gavo an interesting performance, oxeouting somo Tatlher skilful balancing on a revolving pedestal. Mac and Maroq mado. "a good impression in song, patter, dance, and tumbling. Other membens of tho company contributed in a, f acceptable manner. Tho programme will bo repeated this evening. THE DANDIES. This evening tho Dandies will appear for the last time at tho Concert Chamber. or . V 1 ® remaining nights of their sucoessful season—Thursday, Friday, and Saturday—they will appear in the Opera House. Their entertainment last night drew a large. and enthusiastic audience. HIS MAJESTY'S. Tho loading film on the bill this week at His Majesty's is ono entitled "Great Possessions." It is a remarkably good film, both ia tho originality of its conception, tlra splendid acting which has been put into it, and tho realistic way in which tlio various plots and counter plots aro developed. It concerns the fortunes and vicissitudes of one Paul, who, when the scone opens, is a poor lad, left by his tuthw, who has through stress of circumstances been forced to emigrate in tho caro of "friends." These prove, however, to be friends only in name, and when the immigrant, who has mado a fortune, Mites to his boy, enclosing a large sum of money, the boy has disappeared on account of tho cruel treatment meted out to him, and iiis so-called friends appropriate the money. Tho picture unwinds in many scenes, one' wheiei Paul is working in a Paris dollrnaker's shop, to which placo comes'' a little girl, the daughter of Paul's guardians. Years then roll by, and Paul's father, on the eve of returning to his native land, is accidentally shot, and on his deathbed he charges a friend to seek out his boy, and to tell him that his fortune awaits him at a certain address in Paris. This is overheard by an adventuress, and the messenger is waylaid and robbed. The woman' proceeds to Paris, whore she contrives to captivate Paul by her beauty, and thus secure his fortune. Meanwhile, the comes on tho scone, and finds at thp dollrnaker's a broken-hearted girl, weeping because her lover Paul became estranged to her through the wiles of tho adventuress. The messenger convinces the boy that in the adventuress lips his deadliest enemy, and ho finally returns to the arms of tho little girl of . the doll shop and shares his fortune with her. Tho supporting pictures are good. They include "Gaumont Graphic," 'Photography and the Blotter, "Rambles Through Bass in the Pyrenees," "Sisters All," "Collecting the Bill," and "The Rivals." THE KING'S THEATRE. Pride of place on tho current programme at tho King's Theatre is held by a film which tells of tlio tempting of ono James Gardner, a married man, who has worked his way up from a low position socially. He begins to loom in what is called "tho public eye," and ail opportunity is afforded him of rising still higher in tho social scale, but his wife, who is of humble birth, proves a stumbling block. Divorce is suggested to Gardner as the means of reaching the goal of his ambitions, but he repudiates , the offer, and quickly shows the tempters that it is largely owing to his helpmeet that he had achieved his successes. Then tho wife receives her just reward, and they mount tho social hill together. Tho supporting items are also worthy of mention. These include: "Pilgrimage to tho Crimea," "The Pawned Bracelet," "Puzzled," "Pathc Gazette," "It Made Him Mad,'" "Mount Egmont," "Hadji, the Up-side-down Man," and "Max Limler and tho Pancakes." SHORTTS' THEATRE. Tlio new programmo at Messrs. Shortts' Picture Theatre is certainly all that is claimed for it, and tho attendance proves' that tho public are not slow to take advantage of a good bill. "Saved by Wireless," tho star- film, /tells The story of how the daughter of a ranch owner, through the instrumentality of. a land wireless station which is in charge of her lover, is' able to outwit and mete out. justice to a gang of desperadoes who have taken possession of the ranch and aro planning to make off with the cattle and horses. The supporting items are also good, ono (an excellent portrayal of exjjfrt hand and body balancing) being especially worthy of mention. EMPRESS THEATRE. The last screening of the ourrent programme of tho Empress Theatre continuous pictures will take place to-day and to-night. There are two big attractions—"Tho Price of Pardon," a powerful domestic drama, and a thrilling A.B. enactment, "Tlio Stolen Loaf." The remainder include the Edison comedy, "With the Assistance of Shop," in which a sagacious dog is one of tlio principals, "The Gaumont Graphic," replete with topical events of the day,"Squashing a Bobby," a farce-comedy, and "Baby Wow-Wows," a puppy study. A now series will bo presented to-morrow. i ."THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON." On Monday next George Marlow's dramatic company, fresh from their Melbourne season, will open for nine nights at tho Opera House, with the sensational melodrama, "The Night Side of London." This piece, whicli is from tho pen of tho celebrated playwright, C. W'atson Mill, is said to have proved a big success everywhere, because of its fine dramatic situations and the excellent blending of clean, wholesome coniljdy that pervades the drama throughout. Tho play deals with many aspects of tho lifo led by certain sections of tho community in England, and there is drawn ■ a powerful picture of tho gilded life of the Empire's capital. Tho fate of a lonely girl in London is picturesquely described, and it is stated will bo excellently acted by a powerful combination of dramatic artists. A novel srono will bo .that showing a typewriting agency in London, with the girls at work, and the temptations that are thrown in their way. What is described as a brilliant scene, too, is that showing the interior of tho Night Club, London, where supcrbly-dnrssed women are , seen surrounded by a number of admirers. A feature of "'l'lio Night Side of London" will the scenery. The box plan will bo opxied at the Dresden oil Friday mxt at 'J a.m., while day sale tickets will be available at Christeson's. CONCERT AT Y.M.C.A. ■ A concert in aid of the Moral and Physical Health Society was held in the Y.M.C.A. Assembly Room last evening. Tho hall was crowded, ■ The following contributed to the programme: —Misses Nora' Natuscb, Eileen Driscoll, Betty Purdoml Madnmo Brainsby, Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher, Messrs. J. F. Carr, B. Gilchrist, P. A. Deveroux, C. Hickmott, AV. F. Howse, Hamilton Hodges, and R. S. Allwright. Dr. Platts-Mills, Mrs. Natusch, and Messrs. Ramsden and Hamilton Hodges were tho accompanists.