ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2272, 5 October 1914, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A now programme will be presented by tlio Fullsr-Brennan. management at His Majesty's Theatre .to-naght ; and a number of artists new to Wellington will make tlieir debut. Chief among the newcomers are the Two Miltons, comedy skaters, whose work is said to bo characterised by extreme skill and neatness, and concludes with a knockabout and tumbling scene which is reported to evoko much merriment. The hrst appearance is also announced of White and Grey, two English mu&ie&jl comedy artists, whose turn consists of light and good singing, and a number of novel stage lighting effects are introduced. The Great AVestin, an American importation, will appear for the first time in a novel series of impersonations of celebrities past' and present. The Storeys, ragtime exponents, will reappear for a short season in the latest developments of the popular craze. Mann and Franks, whose musical sketches created such a favourable impression last week; have been re-engaged and will appear in an entirely new comedy. The Three Lessos lull submit new feats of juggling. Miss Rosa Loader will include several new items in her "Slavey" act. Dr.vsdale and Fay, Maud Fanning, and her juvenile assistants, and Arthur Elliot will appear in new numbers. MACMAHON'S NEW THEATRE. On Wednesday next a complete change will be made at MacMahon's Theatre when a strong programme will bo submitted which will include two star features. "In the Clutch of the Ku-Klux-KJan," a gripping, mysterious drama in four reels, and the beautiful story'of 'The Rosary.'! The former subject has just scored a very great success in Sydney and made a sensation in London. "The Rosary" is being rovived in- response to numerous requests. Tho song-picture is founded on Florence Barclay's beautiful poem oi that uam&. Tho incidental .musia, itself a strong attraction, will of course include a perfect setting of the music of the song. A recent revival of "The Rosary" at the Princess Theatre, Auckland) drew record business for a week. To-night's programme, in addition to "The Lights o' London," will include the Auckland contingent leaving for tho front.

"MABEL AT THE WHEEL." To-night's star presentation at the King's Theatre is a big and breezy Keystone comedy in over 2000 feet of filmed fun entitled "Mabel at the Wheel," which is described as "the king comedy of all comedies," and is said to contain a hearty laugh in every inch of the picture. • Those well-known silent mirth-producers,, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin are at 'the head of a strong cast and the clever pair are said to bo seen at their very best. Tho action of "Mabel at the Wheel" is provided by the Californian Grand Pri* Motor races at Santa Monica, and fun is said to flow as swiftly as the auto's fly. "Gaumont's Special War News'.'is charged with matters of interest, -.. including : Great Britain in Arms, Outside tho War Office, Response to Lord Kitchener's Appeal for 50,000 Men, Marching through London, Recruits for Naval Reserve, Guarding . Somerset House, Gorman Liners at Falmouth, Scenes at tho Thames' Embankment, -The Kaiser's Grenadiers, Hydroplanes, and the London Scottish on the March., Other films are: "Departure of the Auckland Forces," "The Burden" (drama), "Breeding French Horses" (interest), "Story of the "Willow Pattern" (legend), "Relaying a Railway" (industrial), "John Bunny's Scheme" (vitagrapli comedy), aud "The Free Lands of Harney" (Pathe scenic). Seats may be reserved at the Dresden.

"ORDERS UNDER SEAL." At Everybody's Pictures throughout Saturday the scene resembled a beehive, large numbers of persons being unable to gain admission. To.-day.'s all-new programme begins at noon with the first screening of a new copy just received from London of that splendid play, "Orders Undor Seal,',' which was so successful when previously produced hero at the opening of tho Opera House ns a picture theatre. It is a DanishDutch naval drama presented in 6000 ft. of.yery fine photography, and is conspicuous for wonderfully good acting and elaborate mounting. A contemporary said of it: " 'Orders Under Seal' possesses all tho component parts of real drama, truo love, intrigue, plot, counter plot, hair-breadth 'scapes, the downfall of vice and the triumph of rirtue. It is a film which for sustained interest (no Bmall feature in a fivereel play), magnificent photography,, unique original effects, and really human acting ; easily beats all previous melodramatic productions and in its ■ turn will take some beating." Supporting subjects include: "Gaumont's Special War News," which sTiows: Britain in Arms, Outside the War Office, Response to Kitchener's Appeal for 60,000_ men, Marching through London, Recruits for Naval Reserve, eto., etc.

THE EMPRESS-THEATRE. "The Isle of Adventure," described as a thrilling dramatic feature, will appear at the head of the new programme of the Empress Theatre continuous pictures to-day and to-night. An English boy, George Walburno, and his mother are spending their holidays on the coast of Brittany.- George befriends Mark, an old outcast fisherman,, and the old man determines to show his gratitude when the opportunity should arise. R one day George and some playmates are caught in a storm at sea. in an open boat, and when all hope has been abandoned old Mark rescues the lad. "The Great American Flood," a topical subject, will exhibit some extraordinary scenes of the big inundation in Ohio, whero five thriving cities were destroyed. There will bo several other entertaining films.

■ ■ ' SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON. At the Grand Opera Houso on October 13 and 14 Sir Douglas Mawson, the discoverer of the South Magnetic Pole, will lecturo on. his experiences in the Antarctic regions. Lacking the more dramatic features of an expedition primarily organised for the discovery of the actual South Pole (as were Scott's and Amundsen's), Mawson's party was chiefly concerned with the accumulation of scientific data and with the exploration of lands hitherto untraversed by man. Nevertheless the narrative of the ! adventures and perils encountered by the gallant and intrepid littlo band is packed full of "moving accidents by flood and field; of hair-breadth escapes"; of acts of high.human devotion and incomparable heroism. Dr. Mawson's journoy eastward with Lieutenant Ninnis and Dr. Mortis'and a couple of sledges; the sudden and awful disappearance of Ninnis, who was engulfed in a treacherous crevasso; the death of Mertz, the unparalleled and stupendous return journey across a savage waste, in the face of blinding snow, physical weakness and dwindling provisions, a journey occupying thirty interminable days, and besot with,hardships; tlio miraculous finding of the cache containing food,' and tlio .ultimata arrival as the Aurora was steaming away in the distance—all this goes to make a most interesting recital of adventure. Tlio lectures will be illustrated by a sereis of magnificent bioscope pictures, in addition to many beautifully coloured Blides. The plans will be on viow at the Dresden on Friday next.