ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2679, 27 January 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

i COMIC OPERA SEASON. "Our Miss Gibbs," the opera which achieved, an almost unprecedented success on its first presentation to the Australian public, is reviving its former success in the present Wellington season. It has Iwen played twice to hi" houses in the Grand Opera Honse. The cast in this production is a very strong one. The part of Mary Gibbs, the pretty shopgirl, is played by Miss Minnie Love, a dainty actress, and a pleasing vocalist. Most of tho fun of the piece is made by Mr. Phil Smith, as the eccentric, country cousin from Yorkshire, Mr. Leslie Holalnd plays the part of tho amateur burglar (the Hon. Hughie Purripont), and succeeds in making a ridiculous character seem as ridiculous as h« ought to seem. These two players, along with Mr. Reginald Roberto, in the role of the real crook, "Slithers," make enough fun to keep the piece merry. The opera will be repeated to-night, and on Friday night the company will present "Paul Jones," featuring Miss Florence Young. Miss Young svas in the original Australian production of "Paul Jones" but her first important part was Casilda in "The GondoHers," over 20 years ago. Since that tlmo 3lis« Young has played many part 3 in many plays. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A wide range of sentiment and humour is covered by the programmo at His Majesty's this week. f iiie Neapolitaines are expert musicians. Pollard and Jackson, and Ford and Davis, are soloists and singers of duets that appeal, . while comedy is presented in an enjoyable form by The Quealeys, liable and iVlalfe, and George Fredo. Miss Anita Primrose is a charming . comedienne, Les Teodorwicz are gymnasts who thrill, and Kipp and Kippy are jugglers of more than ordinary merit, while Leonard's performing dogs axe intelligent, and entertaining. This team of artists keeps the interest sustained at a high pitch, and the show is one which should have generous patronage by lovers of vaudeville. BLETSOES' REVUE. The Fuller management anticipate that His Majesty's Theatre will prove inadequate to hold the number oi people who will desire to see the Bletsoe Revue Company in their initial production, "Fun in a Sanatorium," at His Majesty's Theatre on Holiday evening nest. The production, which is said to be a most diverting one, will contain a lot of fun, which will be liberally contributed by the doctor, nurse, and patients of" the quaint institution. Roy Rene, as tbo Hebrew medico, will be responsible for most of the laughter, and is. stated to be really clever in Jew comedy parts. The Blctsoes—Maude and Albert—are big factor* in the success of .the. piece, and Carrio Franks, Horace Mann, and the rest of the company lend valuable help. The ballet girls are dainty and sprightly, while the stage settings and light effects are reported to be uncommonly good.

THE KING'S. "My Old Dutch," the splendid 6000 ft. feature film.-at the King's. Theatre, is attracting large audiences nightly,' the sincerity and high quality of the acting making it one of the outstanding films that have been shown locally. The story is simple in construction, and follows the life of a London costermonger and his wife from courtship to old age, but withal is a etory of' compelling interest, and often of tense dramatic power. Humour and pathos are cleverly intermingled; there is' a delicacy and sympathy rarely seen in many of the incidents, and. a realism that is convincing. Albert 'Chevalier as "Joe, the ,Coster, and Florence Turner as, his "old Dutoh," share tli9 honours between them, though every one in the long cast are "as to the manner born." The special music and the reciting of-the words of Chevaliers 6ong. "My Old Dutch," aid in the success of the evening's .entertainment. A clever and "Edison" picturo and the fathe.. War Gazette complete the programme, whioh will be shown throughout the. week, inch a matinee, on .Saturday, afternoon. yi EVERYBODY'S. . The programme running at Everybody's this week has as a feature a melodrama, entitled "The Underground R.iver,". which teems with incident, and is the nineteenth instalment of "The Million Dollar Mystery," and carries the ".udience step towards the story*s dramatic ending. Convey, is well represented in "When Conscience Sleeps" and "Think of the Money," both of which are filled with amusing situations. Another good film is "Housekeeping Under Cover," and the "Gaumont Graphic" is also being shown, EMPRESS THEATRE. Big business is being done at tho Empress Theatre this week, the attraction being a picture entitled "The Valley of Lost Hope." It is a powerful and realistic story in four reels dealing with the adventurous days of the great gold boom in California; One of the most / terrifying train smashes ever filmed takes place in the last reel. Another scene which is very well carried out is that deputing the birth and growth of "a boom town." The love of the pretty sister of the fighting parson for tho «>n of the promoter adds a vein of romance which offsets the many rugged and thrilling scenes, smong the supporting pictures are interesting 6cenes showing some guns and torpedoes taken from the Emden, which was sunk by H.M.A.S, Sydney. There are many good comedies on the programme as well,