ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2000, 6 March 1914, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"AUIHHN;." Tiie success attending Ceorg'e Witioughby's initial pantomimic ventwre •"Aladdin," now attracting such Jsrge audiences nightly at the Opera House should augur well for succeeding similar ventures by that predlwcr.' With such artistes and artists as Miss Carrio Moore and Miss Grace Palotta and Sir, Percy Clifton, the oii.joyabltmcss of the pantomime is assured. The- second of the tango teas is to be held this afternoon.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE: There are some very attractive vaudeville "turns"'Oil this week's programme at His Majesty's theatre in. CWrtciiay Place. These.inchido: Sidney Bael), the .Welsh entertainer*; George Jlowloy, ' American dancer; Tom Leonard, come* dian; and Miss- Agnus Bawes, soprano balladist. -; The enjoyaMo turn provided by the Musical Lassies will be presented for the last time tcwright and t-3*Ki(J!> row night.

THE KING'S THEATRE, For remarkable photography aloiie the leading film on th& current grogrimme at the King's Theatre, entitled "Between Man and Beast'* is well'worth seeing. ' Besides being such an excellent example of kinematagrapheir's art, the film contains a most appealing story, and abound* ia unusually djfamatio situations. The Keystone Company, now famous for its irwsi-stiblc comic films, is to the fom with an absurdly comical farce "A. Bad Game." Other films are: "Floating Woods hi North Sweden," i "THe New. s?e*la.nd Animated .Keview," "The Gawmont Graphic," and "Daddy's Soldier Boy." There will lie & matinee to-morrew afternoon.

"THE JimACLE." Monday night's' reprodaction in. pic turcs at the King's ■ Theatre of Bheinhardt's great wordless, religious; mystery play, to bo slttrtvu i.n 6.otlQffc. of film to the accompaniment of Uiimperdinek's Bpecially composed music played by an augmented orchestra, is said to tniak an epoch in kinernatography. • It ia what is known as & jyrioscapij pjaj', which title is defined as a caiftbinatiob of kineraatbgraphy, real actots, oheira, and choristers, and: special music, every clicrd of which synchronises with an action in the pictured storj;. These erabellishraents will accompany'the present Bcreeniug.' The Juanner of pfs&efltation departs from the us.ua.-l pictUrp routine, in that stage scenery is ployed. On entering the theatre-, a scene depicting the jngssivo front of a cathedral greets the eye. At the toll* ing of a bell, the.doors are thrown open, and the young lium, Sistc* Megi-ldis., is seeivthrougli the a.per.t : u:j'.e< 1«e Story discloses a strange- drettm," in which tho nun sees herself seloeted 'as the chosen instrument of-her Oilurch to go forth into the world, "ih'ero to pass through varying vicissitudes, for the purpose <af 'demonstrating the power of" the Oliufch to, ultihVately reesl-1 its' erring ehildreu back to sanctity. The play is an adaptation by Rheinljardt made for the stage from an oM fe-man legeiid., The success pf "Tho at Coire-nt Garden, at Olympia, London, and jit Australia has been,of a p.-roKoimesd »a j ture. ' Owing to tlio costly nfttaro ef the production, a V&ty sliglvt mcreago been made iri tie cost of admission tn the" dress circle.' Box plans for the full season are available at the Dte-s----dren. '

THE EMPRESS THEATER. ;"Aii Unseen Terror," ..a' tlmlling Kalem dramatic feature, Was the star attraction of yesterday's ii.ew programme at the Empress Tlreatrti continuous pictures. Itaiik Leonard devotes himself to the study of crinwfto-l-ogy, much to the disgust; of liis fatherj and liis fiancee, AlHirc, TtjpJ, ,a niio has a desire to get rich qui.cjctj , , samblos on tfi,6'Stock Exeji»ng«, und loses heavily. Ho yields to a suiMen temptation,, and 4 wow ftn the hft.n kills Prank Lcoiia-rd'a father. TuHy robs him, and with the ilUgottai gams, he Rambles on the Stock Exchange with most successful,results. Ftaivk, in the meanwhile, is struck with; tho idea; that his father's murderer will return tt) tiio BCCKe of his crime. S-e watches ontly, and eventiialj.y his. vigil is Jewarded,. for Tnlljp revisits the spot. His tortured mind canjures up a vision of the crime; and &e striijjglea witti liis imaginary victim. Pranli; Iwrrrics to his side, and detains TuHy;., uut iust s>. tho police arrive, the unhappy man falls lifeless to the ground, A little Jove story frown roiHw? the plot adds, interest to the drama. The rest cf tho protrramnie , ineludosi "The enfiineer's Revenge" fttrbin'.S 'rftijway seiisntional drama), '"iTjo Miner's Request" (S. and A.. Western- drqin-a). "Marino Shellfish" (Nature study), aiid' several others.'