ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2628, 25 November 1915, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

"POTASH AND PERLMUTTER." The box plans for the seven nights' season of "Potash and Perlmutter," commencing at the Grand Opera Houso on Saturday next at 8 o'clook, will bo opened at the Bristol this morning at 9 o'clock. "Potash and Perlmuttor" was adjudged the cleverest comedy over seen in Australia. Potash and Perlmutter are partners in a suit and cloak store in Now York, ■and though they are perpetually abusing each other and quarrelling, they na-o united by a tie of the strongest loyalty, and affection. As a'series of character types, true to life, the interpreting is supreme. Moreover, the author has succeeded in making from a particularly, •'interesting book 'a more highly interesting .play. Nor is it all'laughter; there is occasionally a dramatic touch, that draws "the onlooker to the verge of tears. A splendid play, finely done, and one that everybody should take an early opportunity of witnessing. "Potash and Perlmutter" will be presented here, with the same company that assisted in making the play so marked a success recently in Australia, including Messrs. Paul Burns. v Sam Howard, and, Sam Lo Bert, and Misses Margaret Vinton, and Lizzie Wilson, all of whom were in the original production in New York.,-.' . > HIS "MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Going Some" finds the Elton Black Rf-vue Company in a particularly lively inood, making fun in the fresh, spoutane--ous manner which earned them their good namo in "Sure Thing." Mr. Black is always interesting as a laugMer-pr'bmoter, and the vocalism of, Mr. Pctor Brooks, tho Keystone Quartet, Miss Pearl Livingstone, and '.Dainty Nellie Quealy, ■ makes a company of entertainers ' well worth while, Eddie Marshall, the tdover statelier in chalks, and Billy ICincnid; the Caledonian jugg(er and acrobat, are tho brightest luminaries of the second part. THE KING'S. " Excellent business is being done this week at the King's Theatre, where Prank Danny's delightful novel of London life, "The Heart of a Child," is being shown. This fine output of the Loudon Eilm Co., who have given us such splendid pictures as "The Middleman," "Brother Officers," etc., is of a very high quality, tho contrasts of life in tho East End and West End of London being cleverly shown. Tho story is a clean, wholesome one, with much bright humour, as well as strong situations, and the acting is very good indeed. "The Cathedral at Reims" is another fine picture, showing tho damage the German guns worked, and also showing tho 'defensive methods of the French in the surrounding district. Other good pictures are "A Woman of None,' a powerful Reliance drama; "Relentless Daltou," a cartoon comedyj and a particularly interesting Gazette.' The musb of the King's Orchestra adds largely to.the success of the programme.

(~ '' THE EMPRESS. >' The Vitagraph Broadway feature, "Prom Headquafteis," continues to draw largo audicrees to the Empress. Tho film depicts a story, that is'not at all ..impossible in the business world of to-day. The superb acting of the leading artists, Anita.Stewart and E<m'lo Williams, is a feature of,the production. Tho picture bears evidence of unusually good .'direction—the work of VitagraphV greatest producer, Ralph. lace. Supporting the "headliner" is "Tho Trcntino," a very fine scenic film showing the lost province, for the recovery'of which! Italy is now fighting Austria. Several of the recent battlegrounds are shown.-.- The Topical Budget! is responsible for -much of interest concerning the war: a hospital at Hookstaed (near the firing line), Britsili reinforcements on the march,;and a big crowd in Trafalgar Square is. seen listening to a recmiting speech by Mr. Horatio Bottomley, the well-known editor of "John Bull." 'Several amusing comedies and Lubui cartoons are on the programme. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Shanghaied" is the title of tho tenth ,#> jjode.,i.in,';,the apparently...interminable .escapades-.of Korence ■ Hargreaves-. that are embodied in "The Million Dollar Mystery,'" a story of adventures that beggars those of Baron Munchausen and the dear old fake, De Rougomont. Other good piotures, at this theatre, are "NapoIfton, the educated chainpanzee," "An Hour- of Freedom,"-' "Nearly a Prize Fighter,", and the Gaumont Graphic.