ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 30 November 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. A couple of hours of good fun. is obtainable at the Grand Opera -House, where the Clias. Klein comedy, "Potash and Pcrlmutter" is being produced. The comedy has an Amor'ican origin, and it humorously with phases of business life, -The Hebrew clothiers of New York are quaintly depicted, and excellent entertainment is provided by the company's dramatisation of this interesting phase of li£ in the great American city. The o>mpany producing the play is a verv (tipable one, 'and some of the acting is jery line.

HIS MAJESTY'S-THEATRE. . :The new talent included in tho bill at Jjis Ala jest j s lhcatre last, evening was ef "unusually , good m quality, .'as it was" dverse m character..- In tne first 'part jae audience- made the acquaintance of iLr. George Dixon, "the musical Jack-in- ■ j-ie-box," so named- s,'merely'' because, he jiakes hij .entrance irom a bos,, stored ■yith a variety of instruments. In- a Jutch dress, 'against a Dutch landscape, tie newcomer made' sweet music with £ie concertina, • lull size and in miniature, made <i musical ■ meal. at a table, e'ery ; article on which produced a note 43 tne manipulator simulated the act' of his dinner. ■' Another specialty tf .the.coniic t musician was a iylophone jigged up as the ribs of a loose-jointed gieleton. Anotner good turn direct from that provided by. Nelson and .;>elson', two acrobats who perforin feats u; astonishing dexterity on stilts.. Th 6 jiauner in which these clever . people Jnoct; one auouier aoout, - and perform feats that call for strength and skill -in acrobat in ordinary aroused something' approaciiing entnusiasm.' ' Henri j'rgiph, tne inebriated cyclist, balancer, juggler, whose agility on the single yheel is as amazing as it is comical, reAlined to favour, and Mr. Phil Percival, lie comedy pianist and raconteur, raised jiug liter uucoiilined until a person in the 'audience, who had evidently- pursued the' t mDer-ftnted patmyay not wisely but too ■jell, interfered with the jokist's flow, yhen the interrupter was shown the toor, Mr. - Percival scored by- making a speech about nothing in part'cular, and' ''improvised- on, Ohigwin's •Blind, Boy" song cleverly oil the. baby g :and. ijheaand Carter . provided a jvetty' and refined musical -act. ■ Mr. jjhea is , a singer of Irish. > songs of the stamp, . and Miss ■ Carter. is a very charming hai'pist. 'Gerald; E. (mffiu, a "broth of a. bhoy," in an einergreen costume of the seventeenth century, who, modestly announces nimself as /'•lreland's sweetest: singer ■'and .prime ■jiinister of folk .lore," exercised a sweet .'•finpr 1 : in i). number of vaudeville Irish a)hgs,;and-,mostly- about' the; ould. home ; and mother, and told some Irish-stories v ith more'or. less. po,iut;-J'.: The' La: France Jros. are a' couple of adept head r balancers, v'ho could apparently go through life:-'up- . down . by. the . ease m -which tfiey do the. apparently impossible. Ope <^ ; the brothers takes his wine,-smokes a csgarettej reads a paper, »and plays a and a : drum whilst his system" is : pivoted on the' crown of his head. TwS acceptable singers are the : diiettists, the l'o Roy Sisters, who wero-heard to, best advantage in "Irish Eyes'' are Smiling." ;jf]ie Lee Aldous Trio repeated their clever ajng and dance act, supplemented ,by a g?blin dance by the, male member, of the : party. . This bill should attract large c'jdiences throughout! tho week."

, THE KING'S THBATBE..; : VThere .was, the usual : crowded'house at $e King's Theatre last , night; oil ; the .'occjsion of the change of programme. ; The crtief attraction in,ithe .new.- series'iis the Appearance of Maurice/ Costello in the Vita graph Co.'s feature 'film, •: "The. Evil Men Do." The plot is novel, inasmuch 'ap it.'dispenses . with the; more 'common tirpe of'-fiero; and heroine, .'and replaces them", with characters ' true 'to life:"' Mau-l-ace Costello's part in that! of a young Ivusband' more' fasoi-cated than . loved* by ifa- 'wife. The latter' proves-;'faithless, , afid the ypung husband, heai't-broken, and penniless,, decides to start-afresh; in.life. Qiit in the West, he'begins-.work'on..a T .inch, and is urged on to-success by the Mnd sympathies of a young -woman, whom loved when a child. -In these* circumstances, success •eohies rapidly. . The wife, njoiv deserted by her new. lover, returns, complications follow, in which it is that' the cause;-'of their rnin has stnee become "married to his. friend of : brighter .days. The close is. sad. ' The'; wife/who strayed is-shotiby.'the "other ji)an,"- and then it .is that the who Kjive played so important? a part in the little trase'dr realise that they are united /by a mutual sympathy.,; The play is an impressive one with many striking situations. The supporting items' include Ten Cent Adventure" : (Majestic cojnedy-drama). "Picturesque ' ..Liguria" fooloured- scenic);' '"Shocking .'.Stockings" (farce-comedy), "Cartoon on a Beach" /Kdison comedy), and the latest "Tomcat Gazette." music by the King's Symjjpon.v Orchestra adds pleasure-to the' entertainment.- • \ ;

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. .- 'Fun runs high at Everybody's Theatre this week, where in the new programme is a fine .comedy, entitled, "The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus," by the-.Keystone pompany. The picture features that inimitable - pair . of 'laughter vendors, Chester Conklin and Mack Swain. The pair are cast as burlesque soldiers serv-, j jig. under a fat, peppery, and comical old general. Both love the general's fair danghter to distraction, and set about their wooing in most laughable fashion. One who does not' progress as much as the other adopts the subtle plan of keep-

ing his chief well informed' of the advances of his rival, and the irascibility of the general gives tlio favoured one no end of worry. The situations arc much top funny to describe, but suffice it to say that m the whole 2000 feet of the film there is not a duTl momont. "In the Path of the Express," the 11th episode of • "The Million Dollar Mystery," is a drama full to overflowing witli thrills. The niuch-harassedß Florence having escape?! from the Black Hand gang, is making her way homo with her rescuer when her pursuers, the Countess and iier associate, again get on her trail. They board the same train, and are seated close to the escapees, when the train is wrecked. The' commotion in tho carriage is vividly depicted, in the midst of which Florence is again carried away. She is. taken by her abductor to the dfen of eard-pluying desperadoes, somewhere in the woods. The ruffians (who, by the way, in their efforts to appear desperato rather over-reach themselves) attempt to frighten Florence to disclose the whereabouts of her father's wealth. "Her rescuer Liter appears on the scene, and he is also captured by'.the. gang. - .'He-.is bound hand and foot, and placed on the railway lines. ,Flofcnce in the meantime escapes, aiyl is .just in time to rescue hini. ■ The police appear, and a thrilling escape is ones more completed. Another very appealing drama is "Not Wanted." The Gaumont Graphic and the departure of the Earl of Liverpool's Own and tho 7th Reinforcements complete an interesting programme. EMPRESS THEATRE. A romancb of tho high seas is ffie story which is being told in' picture form at the Empress Theatre this week. It is entitled "What Happened on the Barbuda."- Briefly told, the-.story is as follows:—Dr. Dislow is making a trip to South America to attend a patient. His daughter Ruth accompanies him on the Barbuda. _ . While on the high seas the crew, mutiny and lock up the • passengers and officers. The vessel runs, ashore on an island, and the gang go ashore, and force Ruth to accompany them. When ordered to make some coffee for the mutineers,, she does so, and places in it some morphia tabloids she had brought with- her in case the worst should conic. She escapes to the ship, and manages to free: one of the officers, who sends a wireless .call to a United States warship, n-hicb arrives in time to take prisoner the gang. There is a charming romance, and any amount of thrill and realism in the portrayal. The shipwreck scene is most sensational, "and' is 'One of the best seatale''spectacles that the Edison Company have "yet /produced. . The supporting programme is well above , the ordinary this week. It . supplies subjects which should satisfy the most fastidious tastes. A. scenic film; "Cliffs .of Flnjnbaroujh Head," ,is .well Worth seeing. Other pic-tures-are:—"Faithful-to the Trust,",one of the Komic Co.'s fun films, and a Lubin comedy. "Artful Artist." The "Topical Budget" is full' of good things, and it gives the latest happenings at the front.