ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2494, 22 June 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. All the now artists appearing this ucek at His Majesty's Theatre, as well as those who have stayed over, are cle.vor. Maud and Gill are a team of trapeze and trampoline performers. Tho lady l'risks and prances a little, and then helps the man with some very 'high-class trapeze and bar feats. The tricks aro not in any way spoiled by the performer's assumption of cccen- j trieity. Ho really is entitled to his programme description "excruciatingly funny. - ' In the last scene of all tho lady unbinds her wealth of hair, and the man, himself hanging strangle from a wire, picks up his partner by the hair and raises her some feet from tlw boards. Victor and Cothilda make sport with mechanical dolls and ventriloquism. There is the usual irrepressible boy doll, tho baby-that-cries doll, and a "coloured" doll, that sings a coon song and does a frenzied noisy clog dance. The act features "Little Gladys, tho only child ventriloquist in the world," and Miss Gladys, quite a little girl, gives a very good performance. The Musical Goolmans, from America, do not niako music as other musicians. They play all manner of instruments, all of them strange and wondcrlul, and they play them amazingly well. This is the really remarkable part of their performance—that they play well. The instruments, or something like them, 'have been here before, but never anybody who could play them so well. George Edwards and Miss Rosio Parkes have new songs and new jokes —a much more amusing turn than they gfiVe last week, and Mr. Edwards recited a _ verso about a young soldier from Timaru which would please Timaruvians hugely. The "Hiree Ruddles two girls and "Charles Chaplin"—are as as they were before. Dan Thomas simply compels laughter, K-ozeal and Ross repeat their comedy juggling show, and Courtenay and Shaw smg again. THE PANAMA EXPOSITION. Topical pictures of the great European war have from time to time impressed upon the public in this part of the world something of the real value ot the Kinematograph in bringing to notice real live scenes of events thai would otherwiso be lost to all save the lew who witness them at tho time. One ta.jes a lilmic trip, as it were, to the actual placo where the event was enacted, and sees it produced again. For those who have beeu unable to seo tho I anama Exposition at San Francisco, the picture being shown at the King's theatre this week will open a spectacle of educational value. The initial screening last aroused the greatest interest. The scenes include the opening ceremonies with a view of the many distinguished personages who were present'; Australia's dedication day, showing a United States guard of honour. presenting arms beforo Mr. Alfred Dealdn; the New Zealand Pavilion; and all the great speakers at the celebrations. Moro wonderful, perhaps, is the architecture of the "City of Palaces," of which tho dominating attraction is the 'Tower of Jewels," wherein the rays of the sun by day and the searchlights by night aro reflected in countless beautiful colours. 11l conjunction with this groat film there is shown the most exciting motor-car race that has eior been seen. Almost every mile of the race— the Vandsrbilt filmed. The accidents were alarming. To give some idea of the pace at which the cars went, the winner averaged 7-1 miles an hour for tho whole journoy, having completed his first lap at the terrific pace of 00 miles an hour. Supporting items on tho programmo include capital dramas and comedies, and a series of animated cartoons cleverly exec ited under the title of "Bill and Joseph's Downfall." These remarkably clever cartoons were drawn "by tho famous artists, Srrntry, wiio has taken the legend of Jack and Jill as a topic. Musical accompaniments are supplied by the King's Symphony Orchestra. EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. A Keystone comedy, entitled "Ambrose's Sour Grapes," is one of the feature films on this week's programme at Everybody's Theatre, where there wore crowded sessions last evening. The comedy lias a real plot, the laughter being raised in consequence of twin sisters being so much alike that their own lovers could scarcely distinguish the one from t'lie other. Most of the Keystone Company's joy-makers are m the cast, and the extraordinary situations which arißO are made the most of. The interest is sustained from start to finish. Another goad comedy is the Vitagraph Company's production under the name of "Eats!" In this Billy Quirk and Lee Beggs contrive to amuse the onlookers by their attempts to obtain high-class dinners without paying for them. Tho Lubin Company is represented on the programme by a 2000 it. drama of modern society life, "The Rainy Day," which is capably acted by the star artists of tho company. It tells htfw a young wife economises to help her husband, who repays her with neglect. Eventually the loving wife triumphs over her rival and regains her husband's affection. The Gaumont Graphic contains several interesting views of tho war, notably the Russians in the Carpathians. The loss of the giant liner Lusitania forms the subject of a series of pictures taken by the Gaumont Company, when tho survivors reached land, the scenes around the shipping office, and scenes at the hospitals. This is one of the pictures that should not be missed.

EMPRESS THEATRE. Yesterday was cliange day at tha Empress continuous picture theatre in Willis Street, and. the new programme was responsible for attractmg large numbers of people to all sessions. The current week's films are well up to the usual high standard, which has been maintained by the management since the theatre opened. A Keystone comedy heads the list, and it is well worth seeing. It is a two-reel film entitled "The Home Breakers." Some of the situations are ridiculously funny, and quite out of the ordinary. The central figures in "The Home Breakers" are those two well-known Keystone favourites, Messrs. "Ambrose" and "Walrus." Hero they have ample scope to display their respective abilities as mirth producers. Mr. "Ambrose" figures as a bank director, who indulges in a flirtation with the wife of his clerk, Mr. "Walrus." Tho director's wile, on the other hand, is attracted by "Walru?" and the fun is Associated with the many and varied complications which ensue. The climax comes when the director and Mr. Walrus take refuge in tho bank safe, and the janitor locks the door. The two decide to elope. Meantime Walrus, who has had financial trouble, decides to rob the bank. Ho goes to the strongroom door, and with the aid r/f a powerful explosive blows it open. Judge his surprise when, instead of finding the required money, he discovert! his wife and the direotor of the bank almost suffocated within. Included amongst tho supporting pictures is an exceptionally fine Lubin film, "A Nameless Fear." "The Stenographer" is another good film (jiving one an insight into American business life. Two topical films are the latest war pictures from the front, and a Cines Company production, "Tho Allies' Chorus." A very conspicuous picture, and one of extreme interest, is "The Lusitnnia Outrage," which shows most vividly wme intensely touching episodes which erpniTi'd immediately after the sinkiii;;. Tlic film onahlos /spectators to realiso the sufferings of the survivors.

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