ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2646, 17 December 1915, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A capital bill is being presented, by the Puller management at His Majesty's Theatre this .week, and judging by the full houses the programme has boon appreciated. Armstrong ami Howarth, two bright comedians, have a fund of nierry- ; mating to their credit, while Stirling . and Lowe make the time pass quickly iu a gay little comedietta entitled "I'all- , ing In and Falling Out." Decas, and the i versatile Henri French, perform wonderful acrobatic feats, ami Phil T'ercival delights with his racy patter. Other artists who appear are Charles and Diana, Delavnle and Gilbert, Ted liussell, Pord and Davis, Vernon and Sinclair. A nuv tinee performance will be given to-mor-tow, commencing at 2.30 p.m. THE KING'S. The programme of photoplays at the King's Theatre, which is meeting with much appreciation for its varietv and merit, will be shown for only two" moro nights and. a matinee to-morrow afternoon'. The VitagrapH Comedy "C.0.D.," or "Three of a Kind," is a clever and novel idea, with many highly amusing situations, splendidly acted and produced, and the supporting pictures, "includii/ST "King Albert of Belgium at the •Front," A Girl of "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep," "Tlj.e Isles of the Zuvder Zee," and the latest Pathe Gazette, are all of a most interesting nar ture. 1 "THE , PRISONER OF ZENDA." On Monday next a feature of more than usual interest will be shown, wheJi the London Film Co. • presents a gorgeous spectacular production of Anthony Hope's famous play,. "The Prisoner of' Zenda," which is described as 6000 ft. of romance and adventure. Henry Ainley, the noted English actor, has .been east for Rudolf .Rassendyll; the dare-devil young Englishman,- who takes the place of the imprisoned King of Rauratania, and Jane Gale plays the beautiful Princess Flavia with a strong cast in support. EVERYBODY'S. The last two days of Everybody's grand programme, which includes a melodrama of a sensational character, "Secret Agent from Russia," which is the 13th episode of "The Million Dollar Mystery, and "The Steeplejack's Revenge,' an excitihg story of love and jealousy, and also two good comedies, "Over and Back," featuring beautiful Fay Tinckner, and Billy . Joins, the Navy," a Billy Reeves story. It is announced that Monday will see Che initiation of the new bill, which is swong in dramatic subjects. The star picture is' a thrilling drama, "Tracked • by Secret Service," wherein is depicted the startling adventures of secret service'detectives, in their search for counterfeiters. Norton, a reporter, assists the police, who, a- 'er desperate bring .about break-up of the gang. ' s 'be fourteenth episode of "The Million ■ Dollar ■ Mystery." Another -splendid drama, "The Guidinj* Light," portrays an intensely exciting seaside inculent. Comical-Charlie Chaplin is cleverly cartooned in a series of pictures call- : ed Charlie Chaplin's Busted Romance," .and the caricaturist has taken advantage i of every comical expression oil Charlie's ' face. Other good pictures include "Foil- : ? 'j.. a S??,! 1 comedy; "Through Switzer- ' land ; The Gaumont Graphic." The • music by the Symphony Trio, under the 1 conductorship of Mr. Herbert Blov, is a , feature of the entertainment.

THE EMPRESS.

A very realistic story of London's, unfol( l«l in "Tho Man in tie Attic, adapted from the story o. Charles M'lJvoy. The picture is meeting with groat .approval from excellent houses at the Empress. Supporting the top-liner" is a thoroughly interesting Topical Gazette, containing mam- scenes, having' to' do with the word war. John Bull's Animated Sketch .cook depicts, some clever work from tho pen l of Dudley Buxton, anil several extremely.. funny cartoons of the inimitable Char es Chaplin. A World Film comedy entitled Mashers and Splashers" is causing muolu merriment nightly. Tho him depicts many humorous incidents at one of America's big bathing resorts, scheduled for next week's programme is • another of the Vitagrap'h Broadway features, in which that clever and versatile artiste, Edith Storey, has (the lead, lhe him is staged amongst some scenes ?£ 1 ■ , splendour in the great NorthW«tof Canada. It tells t'ho old story ol the eternal triangle-two men and a woman—and what happened amid the wide untamed spaces of the mining coun-

; ■ • THE MURIEL. STARE SMSON. Formally years J. C. Williamson's'attractions, hare stood pre-eminent in New Zealand, and the announcement that the dramatic event at the Grand Opera House is the bißcest offering for 1915 .from this firm .of , amusement caterers should he sufficient to exoite the, interest o playgoers. On December 27, ite+i ft" 1 F , or " wiU •». present ed for the first time here, with Miss Mn"e Stanv. supported by Mr. Charles A. Millward, in the lending: role. The seison..is limited-to 12 "Bought and Paid For will be staged for five ni"hts and will be followed by two other suirccs?es,'rr T Nobody « Widow" (four nights) arnT Under Cover" for the last three nights of the season. Miss Starr last an pea red in Wellington in "wfthlT t he haw ,-with remarkable success, but her appearance in "Bought and Paid For" is acclaimed her greatest achievement. The btory of. Bought and -Paid For" illustrates the lengths of insolent proprietorship to which a drunken husband may go m ration to his wife. Miss Starr will play the wife, and Mr. Mill, ward will impersonate the drunken millionaire husband. The box plans for the season will open at the Bristol next Ihursday morning at 9 o'clock.