ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' Tho new programme to bo preseuted lit His Majesty's Theatre to-night is stated by the Fuller-Brenuan management to be one of the bast they have produced for some considerable time, Lno first half of tho programme will be devoted to the Magpios, a musical comedy company, said to be-exception-ally talented. Their entertainment, which is stated to be of tho most enjoyable description, mid quite complete 111 itself, includes sonic excellent solo singing, chorus numbers and the best variety of musical comedy. The combination includes; Mr. Lon. "Vernon Hate of the Crimson Ramblers), Miss Cissy O'Keefe, Miss Pearl Livingstone (soubrette), Mr. "Billy" Maloney (light comedian), Mr. Kennedy Black (musical director), Mr. Clifford O'Keefe (basso), and Miss Iris Edgar (vocalist and 'cello soloist). Another important first up. pearauce will be- that of Mr. Bert La Blanc, an American delineator of Hebrew occontricities. This artist has recently concluded a lengthy engagement as principal comedian with the Grafters Co. ■■ \'waxy, the wandering violinist, will introduce several new numbers into his novel entertainment. The programme will be furthor strengthened by tho inclusion of Kelly and Pollock, comedy duo; The Three Newmans, trick cyclists; Matilda and Elvira, Spanish dancers; and Miss Eloise Taylor, soprano. The. programme will bo'repeated for six nights, and' a matinee will be given on Saturday.

THE KING'S THEATRE. A new programme will be screened at the King's Theatre this evening. The l»'g picture is "Tho Wrath of the Gods." It is described as a powerful appeal to human 'emotions. It is a genuine Japanese story, and was produced in Japan with the. assistance of the best American and Japanese players. ■ According to an old legend, Toya San, daughter of Lord Yamaka, the last male descendant of an old Samuri family of Japan, is accursed of tho gods, and'is shunned by all. An old prophet, Takeo, msikes it his business to explain to all young men'that should Toya San marry it would displease, the gods to such, an extent that the volcano Sakur'a Jima, which has been inactive for'over twenty years, would become active. An American ship is wrecked off the coast, and Tom Wilson is rescuel by Yamaka, who in order to keep Toya San away from the village people, lives alone on the beach. Wilson tolls Toya San of a new God more powerful than Buddha, and .persuades tho girl to marry him. The old prophet tries to prevent this, but fails. Sakura Jima becomes.active and the village and country are shaken b.V a tromondous earthquake. Yamtka is killed, but Wilson aud Toya San escape. Among the supporting pictures is a high-class vaudeville sketch, ontitled "Feathered. /Acrobats." It is described as a charming variety film. "Colonel Heeza Liar's Shipwreck" is a comedy reckoned te provoke "waves and tidal waves of laughter." Then, also, there is "The Record," a film of intense interest. ■ •

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. Commencing to-day at noon, a nr-vel programme will be screened at Everybody's Theatre. Two big feature films will bo screened, and; in addition, there will bo a supporting bill of great excellence. A specially powerful Vitagraph drama of newspaper life, featuring the ladies'' idol, Maurice Costello, entitled "Her Big Scoop," will bo screqned. Fanny Stone, a society reporter on the "Eaßlo," is .treated very shabbily. Fanny meets Bert Bailey, a newspaper roan, and they plan revenge. Various startling scenes, including a bank robbery are introduced into this picture. Another of the famous Keystone comedies, starring Charles Chaplin, the comedian, is "The Face on the Bar-room Moor," a burlesque- on the poem of the same name. A panorama of Belgium from the River Meuse gives a, splendid idea of this country. The "Gaumont Graphic" introduces the latest war news. "The.Joko on Jane" is a bright, breezy comedy, while "Wireless from the War" is lightning sketches of war events. > ,

PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. ."Lucille Love," the girl of myetery, will appear on the screen at ; the People's Picture Palace again to-day. The thrilling story is continued, and the adveutures of tho girl are desperate indeed. Freed from one danger, another is soon upon hor; but pluck and ingenuity generally enable her to win out in ■ the meantime. Once, while Lucille is waiting' for her fate to bo decided ehe glances listlessly" out of "a barred window, and sees outside Lieutenant Gibsoii, the man she loves.. There ensuee a desperate encounter between two bands of men, and Lucille and others escape through an underground tunnel. The spy Loubeque is here cornered and ,held up at the point of a revolver. But in a moment the door against which tile spy leans rapidly revolves and puts .a barrier between captor and captive. Lucille again becomes a captive, but deep and secret planning culminates in nn exciting motor-car escape after a long and severe struggle with Loubeque. There will be other interesting pictures on the bill, including , the big specialty '."Hie Bolted Door."

MAOMAHON'S NEW THEATRE. The. holiday, programme to be shown at. MacMahon's Theatre to-day and tonight includes a beautiful allegorical story of repentance and redemption, entitled "Though Your Sius Bo As Scarlet," a picture said to be without a peer of its own class. Another lengthy photo-play of. infinite charm is "Her Father's Story," a drama of graphic purpose and of vivid incident and action. Two other pretty stories, "Northern Hearts" and "A Mother's Message," have a strong aud appropriate domestic appeal, and two diverting comadies leaven the mare strenuous items on the programme. To-morrow there will'be a complete change of, programme.

THE EMPRESS THEATRE. "Men and Women," billed as a powerful drama by .the K. and E. Company, will be presented for the first time to-day aud to-night at the Empress Theatre continuous 'pictures. The play was enacted by the famous A.B. Company's players at the A.B. studios. The mountings are stated to be on au elaborate scale. ". The screening of tho tilm occupies over three-quarters of an hour Miss Daphne Wayne, who appeared in the. role of Judith in "Judith of Betlvulia," takes one ,of the principal, parts. Robert Stevens, , a bank cashier, serves six years' imprisonment for embezzlement. On his release he goes West, where he becomes a millionaire. Agnes grows into a beautiful young woman, and while she is on a visit to New York becomes betrothed to Will Prescott, brother of Agnes's schoolmate, Dora. Prescott takes, money from tho bank where ho and his sister's lover Ned are employed.' Ned is charged with tho theft of tho money, but Will confesses to Agnes that he has taken the. money, and latter admits the theft to the direcors of the bank. • Agnes's father refunds tho stolen amount to the bank. •Will in turn wins out, and Agnes remains true to her lover. There will be a special supporting programme.