ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2650, 22 December 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

• HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' In addition to the new performers who Hade their first appearance 011 Monday evening, : Mr. George Frcdo,-. billed as 'Theßaron of Holland," an entertaining American monologuist. and . entertainer, and | Miss' Anita Primrose, a winsome comedienne, made their debut in Wellington last evening and were given a favourable reception. The St. Leonards and tlieir-French poodles present an extremely attractive act, in which the pretty and well-trained poodles make no end of a hit withs-tho audience. Sterling and Love are particularly good in the "Huntin'g" sketch, .Con Moreni is fine in Dago character sons®, and, i)e Car is a very agile acrobat. Ford and Davis and Gilbert and Delavale also give merry contributions to n good programme;

the KING'S. The second screening of Anthony Hope's masterpiece, "The Prisoner of Zen (In," ■at tho King's Theatre last night, was wi-t- ---. nessed by a'large audience, who were de- ' lighted at the magnificent result of tho London Film Company's work. The story of the young Englishman who bore such a striking resemblance to the-King of Ruritania, and how. through many stirring and exciting scenes ho saved the , throne for the king, .and renounced his love for the beautiful princess, is vividly and powerfully told. The many scenes and settings) especially the gorgeous Court scenes, are' beautifully reproduced. The Pathe Gazette is very interesting, and the cartoon comedy of ; Charlie Chaplin is clever and amusing. A beautiful scenic study of Bath, England, . completes a 1 strong programme, which will bo shown throughout the week, , including two screenings on Christmas Day. : : EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Tracked by Secret Service", is the . Alluring.title of the 2000 ft. dramatic film ijow being reeled at. Everybody's Theatre. This is a' picture in which Norton, a clevor, pressman, discovers a plot to ruin many innocent people. ' The Secret Ser- - vice is informed of. the scheme, and aje . successful in tracking ' down the gang. Other very good piotures to be seen at this theatre are "Foiled"," a good- comedy, • "The Guiding Light," "Chaplin's Busted Romance," the Gaumont Graphic, and "Scenes in Switzerland."' ■ : THE "EMPRESS. ■ ' • The star attraction is one of the Vitagraph Company's Broadway features, entitled "O'Garry of the Mounted." It, tells a story of adventure and romance, staged amongst some exceptionally beautiful scenery in the heart of the: Rocky Mountains. The. film is meeting with, ivell-merited' approval from large audiences nightly. On the same programme 'is a thoroughly amusing Keystone comedy, iu which. Syd. Chaplin is seen in , many highly strenuous and ludicrous in- . cident-s leading to a farcical climas. The Topical Budget is full of interesting sidelights on the war. One particularly . notable scone is laid, in Serbia,, ana 3hows a body of Serbian reinforcements leaving'for the front. .There is a fine educational subject showing the manufacture of bamboo articles by natives in. Africa. Some excellently chosen and executed musical numbers' accompany the screenings. ■ ■ . . MURIEL STARR'S FAREWELL - SEASON;. ' .. A play of engaging qualities,.'said to be .ldmirably balanced on its dramatic and ' comedy sides, and to be presented by a company, thoroughly in. accord with its artistic demands, "Bought and Paid For," ' ■ to be played for the first time' at the Grand Opera House on. Boxing Night, ' should have a successful season.'., Miss ' Muriel Starr is' saying lier farewell to • Wellington, 'and her gifts of emotional sxpression and the short touches of irealism which-she gives, to the dominant , traits "of her work;, have stamped thispopular visitor as an; actress of true tal-1 ent. The season of "Bought and Paid For" has an additional attraction of being, the means of introducing, sin artist of such calibre as Mr.-Charles A. Millward, whose .interpretation . of" the inil- ■ lionaire is said to be one of authority arid power. Another newcomer, Miss Dorothy'Davies, well equipped with-the tem- . perament and ability for comedy role 9, is also a member of' the company. "Bought and Paid For" is the composi- . tion of a clever dramatist, who has real- • ised that in the entertainment of the public there' mu6t be the capacity for ' laughter a3 -.well as tears. . It is stated that where, the author has scored is in the ability to keep the dramatic motive always superior to the irresponsible eler ments of humour. On January 1 the.com- ' pany will present the successful American comedy, "Nobody's 'Widow," for four • nights, and-for the last three nights of the season an exciting-drama of the secret • service, entitled ."Under Cover," "will be . staged. . The box . plans for .the season ■ of twelve nights will open at' the Bristol to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. . CONCERT AT V.JI.C.A. ' A concert arranged,by Mr. Will Goodie, in aid of the,, Boy, Scouts' Christmas camp at Titahi Bay,'; was held; in the'T.M.C.A. Assembly Ball last evening. Items were contributed; by Misses Janie : Petrie, J. Stewart, and Zolma Hugo, Mrs". S,. Ken- ■ nedy, and Messrs. W. Jennings, Drew. W. P. Connors, Zante -Woodj Watson, H. F. Wood, Will Goudie, and the Lyric Four.