ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2244, 2 September 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FulloF-Breniian's vaudeville company are providing • a capital entertainment at His Majesty's Theatre- this week, and the various turns were received with demonstrations of approval by last bight's audience. Among tho artists appearing during the performance are: Sterling and Love, English comedy duo; Phil Percival, comedian at tho piano; the Bartletts, aerial acrobats; tho Bright Sisters, song and dance artists; tho New York Comedy Four; and Hart and Kenney. "THE DANDIES." Tho "Orange Dandies" played to an appreciative audience at tho Concert Chamber (Town Hall) last night, and this evening this clever costume comedy company will repeat their opening programme. Their ensemble items are a strong feature of tho performance, particularly the pot-pourri from Balfe's "Bohemian Girl." A new. programme will be introduced to-morrow night. THE KING'S THEATRE. -This week's picture programme at the King s Theatre, headed by the great Vitagraph drama, "Lost in Mid-Ocean," and rounded off by the brilliant Keystone comedy, "Mabel's Busy Day," is proving exceedingly popular. Latest war cables are screened every night, and capital music is supplied by the King's orchestra. "Harry Lauder, tho Lord o' Laughter," in his great golf match, was screened last night, much to the amusement of those present. "EVERYBODY'S PICTURES." "War Dogs of To-day," a splendid film showing types of all the combatants in the present war, created great enthusiasm at "Everybody's Pictures" in the Old Opera- House again, last night. During the screening of this number Mr. Harold Grey sang- tho patriotic song, "Britons All," for which he was warmly applauded. Supporting items on tho programme included: "German Samoa" ,_(topical),' "Barnyard Flirtation" (Keystone comedy), and "Mother and Wife" (Edison drama). The theatre is open/' continuously from noon onwards. MAOMAHON'S NEW THEATRE. Tho "Cosy Corner of Picturedom,'-' as Macmahon's New Theatre in Manners Str.eot has been happily christened, continues te attract more than its share of public patronage, and at yesterday's session there t was again all too little room in the new building for those who I were desirous of witnessing the. entertainment. The chief attraction remains the very fine film of "The Silence of Dean Maitland," a. story which has a particular charm for. the domestic circle, | tor which the theatre is frankly out to cater. This strong picture will be supported to-day ..by an entirely new series of : photo-plays. _ Those will include a number ot scenic,, comic, and industrial pictures specially selected for this theatre only. On Saturday next the managment. will produce a startling new picture entitled "Absinthe," based upon Marie Corelli's pitiless novel, "Wormj wood." This picture is intensely roalistic and intensely human, almost ' pathetically so. The cast employed includes Leah Baird (the prettiest actress of a decade), MadameMea (Sarah Bernhardt's leading lady in Australia), and Kirig_ Baggot (one of America's finest emotional actors).

1 THE EMPRESS THEATRE. ■■.. The- first production of the Kalem Company's new "World" series of adaptations of famous plays, "A Celebrated Case,"' is proving a great at--1 traction at the Empress Theatre continuous pictures. Tho screening of the 1 film occupies over an hour and a quar--1 ter, and is brimful of stirring incidents. 1 There are some fine spectacular battlo scenes of the war hotwoon France and England about the middle of tho eighteenth centurp, including the famous battle of Fontenoy.' The main subject is supported by other -attractive numbers. ."A Celebrated Case" . will be shown again to-day and to-night.-HARRY LAUDER. It falls to the lot of few artists to receive such, a welcome to Australia as was extended to Harry Lauder on his arrival from America to commence the present tour throughout 'Australasia. Tho Sydney "Daily Telegraph" says:—"The comedian, who woro as his kilt the M'Leod tartan, and smoked a meerschaum pipe of unusual proportions, greeted his Scottish frionds on the wharf with a beaming smile as the Sonoma drew to' her berth. He was practically mobbed when he landed, and the scene as he drove through the streetß was most exciting. Thousands thronged the streets, and people clambered on to tho motor-car, and refused to leave. After Mr. Lauder entered hi» hotel scoreN waited hour* in tho streets, in the hope, of catching another glimpse of the star, and when he came out on tho balcony a cheer of recognition came up from the street below." In. each town in the South Island where Mr. Lauder has visited, remarkable demonstrations have been made ok his arrival, and it was at times almdst impossible to get him through the crowd'. Tho Wellington season commences on Saturday, and will extend till September 11 -with a matinee on . Wednesday, September 9. The box plan !is now open at the Dresden. . ' A well-attended concert in aid of the Good Shepherd Mission, Mitchelltown, was held in St. Peter's Schoolroom,... on Monday evening, resulting in a good sum of money being realised. Songs ■ were given by Mrs. Foster, Master Pankhurst, and Miss Clapshaw, piano solos by Mr. Kellett, and several violin items by Master O'Brien. A feature i of the entertainment was a comedietta 1 entitled "A Domestic Entanglement, i which was well carried out by Misses ; Thornton, Wixon, Hogg, Fuller, Lyon, ] and Thompson, while a character sketch, i "David Copperfield and the Waiter, : by Masters Dentice and ■ Power was ] much' applauded. Miss Lulu Arnold and Master Power also gave several reel- } tations. Mrs. Cyril Clapshaw played 1 the , accompaniments. i