ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1894, 31 October 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Despito strikes nnd lock-out, the attractive programme presented at His Majesty's Theatre continues to draw largo attedauccs. The ■ Croydens aro of tho many excellent turns appearing nightly, their specialty being clogdancing. Tho Yardel Bros. gain much applause for thoir. stirring acrobatic feats, and hand-balancing. The Three Breves and Tom Armstrong are two original and amusing musical turns, winch at times reach a very high standard. Cther artists were Miss Gabriello Hope, MisS May Brilliant, La Perio, Lalla Brooke, Johnson and Conway, and Desporado and La Rose, in a clover trapezo act. THE KING'S THEATRE. ' The cosy King's Theatre has a reputation for first-class programmes, and this is more than sustained this week, tho quality of the films, without exception, being more than equal to any that have been- screened for a long time. "From Circus to Racecourse is perhaps the leading film, -if only from the splendid setting' employed. "The Siot" is a comic of the first water—a positive scream, while "Tho Viuago Blacksmith," the "Pathe Gazette,'. and "Fire Department Yokohama" are other films which go to make up this programme. "LE3 MISERABLES." For Monday evening next, at the King's Theatre, the management announces a special rovival of tho popular picture "Les Miserables." . Tho immense success which attended the film's first presentation in Wellirgton, when it was shown in two series m different weeks, was so pronounced that it should bo safe to predict that the present reproduction will also prove eminently ( satisfactory. For this occasion tho two sections liavo been combined, and the massive work will be exhibited in one grand series on tho same evening as a complete entertainment. This management is the first to screen "Las Miserables" at ono sitting, and tho public will no doubt bo fully alivo to the advantages of tho innovatiou, as it will allow Hugo's masterly story of the life of Jean Valjean, convict, to be followed without the break in tho narrative which was inseparable from the former method of showing the film. Specially arranged appropriate music by tho King's Orchestra will accompany the unfolding. Box plans for the season are now opei at the Dresden, and seats may bo roierved for any evening. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. 1 Tho neiv programme at the Empress Theatre continuous pictures yesterday includes three "feature" dramas—tho A.B. Company's "A Modes;. Hero," the Lubin masterpiece drama "His Conscience," and a story of an intelligent lioise, "BlacK Beauty." Tlio first-men-tioned relates liow a young married couple engage a man to help in their spring cleaning. The stranger is really a thief, and during, the .husband's absence ho tries to steal some silveiware. Another man. obtains entrance to tho house and attacks the mistress. The hired house-cleaner' heroically rescues tho woman, and then decamps for fear of tlio police recognising him. In "His Conscience," a Lubin drama, a noted bank thief is about to wed a beautiful heiress when ho is recognised by a detective. Torture! by tho thoughts _ of. his crime the man confesses everything to his fiance, and gives himself up tp the police. "Black Beauty" is a talo of a highly intelligent liorso whoso mistress is tied up by somo outlaws. Tlio horse bites through tho bonds and releases the girl. On the back of her steed tho girl hastens for help, and is able t-o hring about the capturo of the gang. The scenic study "Bucharest," is ft fine production. Tho comic section includes "Father's Chicken Dinner" (A.B. farce-comedy), and "The Hit of the Seasa.i " (Pathe comedy). TH3 COMPETITIONS. Hie New Zealand Competitions Society's third annual festival, which opens in tlw Town Hall next Monday, bids fail' to bo the largest festival of the kind ever held in New Zealand. The list of special prizes in singing and elocution, etc., eclipses that of any other society with the exception of Ballarat. There is a very bi" syllabus, »nd all tlio items aro exceedingly well chosen. There is about £750 in prizes included in which is a grand Chappell piano, valued at £130, Which is. being presented to the winner of the piano contest. The full programme for the opening'day will be m to-morrow's paper. Box-plan for season and ordinary tickets is now open at the Dresden.