ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2388, 18 February 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE, current week's programme at His Majesty's Theatre is well up to the standard. There are some very clever artists appearing on the bill, notably tho Dental ltiskitts. This duo perform some wonderful feats with their teeth, their trapeze work is a feature, and' during the whole time they occupy the stago there is, not a dull moment. The Magpies have introduced new novelties in tho first part. This talented company have been well received nightly. Mr. Phil Smith and his partner, Miss Jessie Barloe, have become firm favourites with lovers of vaudeville. The Soho .Trio have danced and sang their way into popular favour. The various other artists do their full share towards tho evening's entertainment. KING'S THEATRE. The leading attraction at the King's Theatre this week is a splendid dramatisation of Marie Corelli's great work, "The Vendetta." Tho chief incidents in this remarkable picture are founded on an actual occurrence in Naples during the war. of 1848. Every detail of tlio tragedy is portrayed and tho acting and stage setting are of the best. Tho film is over 7000 feet long, and its production occupies the whole of tho sccond part of tho programme. Some excellent 6cencs are shown of the British troops moving through the snowclad country of Ypres, etc. The supporting programme is one of merit, and it includes some very fine subjects. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "The Battle," a vivid graphic war story, with a splendid love episode running through it, is one of the "star", items on the bill at Everybody's Theatre this week. It is a picture which has to bo seen to bo appreciated. Charles Chaplin, the Keystone Company's comedian, is also to be seen in a screamingly tunny comic entitled "Those Love Pangs." This versatile comedian is seen at his best in thin particular picture. "Memories in Men's Souls" is tho title of. a powerful story of tho days that are past. Other pictures include "Santa Oatalina Island," a beautiful scenic, and the Goumout War Gazette.

PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. To-day will be change day at tlie People's Picture Paluce, in Manners Street, when what is dcscribad as one of the best programmes yet seen at this theatre will be submitted,. The .leading feature will be a Neptune drama, "His Just Deserts." The story deals with a spy. Ho and his wife are employed at ail hotel, where tho pair glean all possible information from visitors. Un being told by tho manager that, being of tho enemy's country, ho must register, the spy refuses and plans a desperate ruse, which ho carries through. However, he is finally detected and shot. Other new pictures to-day include 'Cracksman's Gratitude," -"Strength That Failed," "Algy's Busy Day," "Regeneration," and "The Eclair Topical Journal."

THE EMPRESS THEATRE. Tho change of programme at the Empress Theatre Continuous Pictures todayand to-night will bring forward a striking topical film "The March of the Maori Contingent.'' The subject is stated to be a vevid reproduction. It will be supported by the Imp Company's "feature" drama "No Quarter, described as a stirring and realistic enactment. There will also be up-to-date travel, scenic, industrial, and comic subjects. The Empress full orchestra,commences nightly at 7.30 o'clock.