ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2620, 16 November 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sevorul new artists made their ap'|>earance at His Majesty's Theatre last evening before a large audience,- who were evidently proof against the rough wearier. Chief among the newcomers was Eddie Marshall, an extremely deft leftfland eketoher in chalks, whose youth is . emphasised by an Eton evening suit. Mr. Marshall's specialty is sketching people ■in tho audience,' which he does with more .or . less fidelity after nominating their location in the_ auditorium. He also caricatured the Kaiser cleverly, and did a capital ■ sketch in colours of a typical ivorth American Indian. Morris and Meeker aro too very Towdy patter comedians of a distinctly aggressive American style, whose weird talk is so boisterous and overlapping that it was not at all clear where some of the jokes came in, but the .automatic doormat stunt created hearty laughter. Another newcomer was Kincaid, whose smart juggling act was given an air of originality through the performer's adoption of the kilts a-s his .stage habilanients. He created considerable amusement by juggling potatoes, and by inveighing the audience into assisting him by throwing . them on to the stage to be caught by the.prongs of a folk held in his teeth. He.also .did the Cinquevnlli cannon-ball act very neatly, and juggled them with surprising dexterity. Miss Rose Lee Ivy relied on her unrestrained vocalism last evening, and evidenced the possession of a lively comedy sense in When You Marry for Looks" and "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along." Alsace and Lorraine supplemented their musical act by selections on the saxaphone and bagpipes. The violinist played a lengthy 'Faust" fantasia, and also raised an un:ertain voice in -song. The first part was supplied by the Elton Black Revue Company, who gambolled amusingly in' a broad burlesque entitled "Ho, Yokohama/- which encompasses the experiences of stranded dramatic company in the land of' the Mikado. Naturally a misshapen Fujiyama towers in t_he background of a scene, wherein the melodrama 'is wildly burlesqued, with _Mr. Block as the. awful pirate, Miss Kate Howard as the. heroine, and Mr. Harry Quealy as the. actormanager. Miss Pearl" Livingstone and the tuneful Keystone quartet also helped the show along, whilst Mr. Cashman sang, very sweetly the evergreen "Sing Me to Sleep" number. This programme will hold the boards for the present week.

THE KING'S THEATRE. Headers of ''The Sea. Wolf" have marvelled at 'the author's success in relating »uch a delightful love story amid the records of mad brutality, but there are parallel cases in history, so that the fiction is not beyond reason..' To put the story forward in picture form would at j.S. appear to be an exceedingly difficult task, but it was attempted by tue Hobirt Bosworth Company, and when the picture has been seen; it will be generally acknowledged that- the difficulty was overcome.. This is-not to be •wondered: at when it is known that enor mons expense was incurred in the production and that nothing wis left undone that might contribute to its success. The picture is indeed a combination of able > acting, splendid staging and perfect photography, and patrons of the King's The- * jtre' wete unanimous in their approval of tho first' local screening last night. The leading role was played %y Hobart Boswortn himself and his work in the film Ji. t° say the least of it, quite high class. The Sea Wolf" is the captain • of ■ the Ghost, a sailing vessel, which sets out on a seal-hunting trip to Japan. While leaving San harbour she picks np a drowning Burvivor from ti ferry boalj sunk in a collision during a fog. Be is a literary oritic, and by a strange set of oircumstances, is thrown into the company of a youug poetess, who .is jjioked up with other survivors later in the voyage. Cutting adrift in a small boat, they are cast np on an island, and dfljtiny brings the partially-wrecked sail-ing-vessel to the same shores. By this time the cruel captain has been deserted by, his orew, and has also been stricken bliDd. Even now he oontinues to praotlso fiendish' tricks, 'aiid",it: is with .'the preatest' difficulty that'tho "stranded pair fit out the vessel to. oarry them back, to home and happiness. The film is in four parts and oocupies the whole of the evening's programme: Capital musical items are provided during the entertainment by the King's Symphony Orchestra.'

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. That serial of sensation, "The Million Dollar Mystery," still holds pride of place in the programmes at Everybody's Theatre. This week's instalment—the ninth—unfolds a very thrilling talc. A gang of most unscrupulous people set about the abduction of Florence, 'a millionaire's daughter. A countess who- has played havoc with Florence's love affairs, sets the desperate machinery in motion. A little moody as the result of the recent estrangement with her lover, Florence lays, herself opeu to the sinister 5 suggestion of insanity put forward by the countess and her iriends; Two unscrupulous doctors at the behest of the gang testify to the poor girl's insanity, and she is smuggled-aboard a liner en route for Russia. Becoming desperate she, on learning that the ship is goin«- to pass through a fishing fleet at midnight, decides to make a jump for, it. Accordingly •in the stillness of . the midnight hour 6he leaps from the liner's side into the sea. A fisher boat comes to the Tesctie, and Florence once moro evades tho clutches of her enemies. "Hearts to Let" is a touching little drama of dove, ishile good comedy is represented in "Billy's Debut," featuring Billy Reeves. Topical pictures are shown in the Gaumont Graphic, and

instructive pictures are "Big Gun Manufacture" and "The Highlander Milk Industry." EMPRESS THEATRE. At the Empress Theatre there are two pictures . of outstanding merit being Shown this week, which should appeal to' the most fastidious tastes. One is a very fine comedy by the Keystone Company entitled "Fatty's Tin Tjpo Tangle." This picture is much funnier than anything that the company has yet produced in Wellington. When Mack Sennett, Keystone's new director, took up the reins of office,' he made an arrangement by which the output of the Keystone Company was reduofcd to one 6tar attraction per week. The result is that tho Empress Theatre management is among the first to procure "Fatty's Tin Type Tangle," and it is a picture well worth seeing. Tho second attraction on the bill is a thrilling detective drama, "Tho Counterfeiters," in whioh Sexton Blake, the picture-lovers' idol, is seen in the title role. The drama is in three parts and-is one of the most powerful yet seen, and abounding in thrilling incidents. One scene depiots a man lashed to a huge wnter-wfteel to drown. One of the best racing picture.'! seen here for some time is the raco for the Melbourne Cun of 1915. film was produced in Wellington for the first time Inst evening. A good Impression of the crowds, the horses, scenes on the lawn and terrace, and last, but by no means least, the raco itself, can be seen to advantgae. The latest War Gazette is also full of interest this week and many happenings at the front are stmwn clearly and distinctly. The programme will be shown iijain to-day at all sessions.