ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2680, 28 January 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"PAUL JONES." To-night at thb Uraad Opera House, J. 0. Williamsons lloyal Comic. Company will apear in Planquettes fascinating comic opera, "i'aui Jones." I'iK reception accorded Miss Florence Younii in the role of Paul Jones during its recent Sydney revival willj it is Stated, long be remembered by those who were lortunate enough to be present, the audionco snouting its delignt tor over five minutes. Without any doubt, Mi&s Young's rendering of ''The Lee Shore" and "Ever, and liver Mine" was encored 111 Auckland recently no less than three times, l'hil. Smith, as Bouillabaise, Mr. Charles Albert as Petit Pierre, and Mr. C. 14. Bantock as Bouquet, have every opportunity to dismay their genius for lunmaking, and the comedy element is a feature ot the performance. Mr. lteginald Eoberts, as .Itufin'a, has a good singing part, and Mr. JJerrek Hudson will be able to display-his versatility in the role of Kit Kestral. Miss Ethel Cabman's singing and acting in the part of I'vonne nas lavishly praised in Auckland, and Hiss Minnie Love's Chopinette is, it is caid, a perfectly dchgiutiU impersoiiution. Only tho one representation can bo given of "Paul Jones,"- and to-morrow night and on Monday next the company will present the musical comedy. "Tlie Quaker- Girl." On Tuesday and Wednesday "Ma Mie Rosette" will bo staged, and the season will close with three re j presentations of the famous London Gaiety piece, "The Dancing Mistress."

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The musical features of the programme now running at His Majesty's make a strong appeal to patrons. Miss Anita Prinnoss. America's great character comedienne, provides items of a humorous entertaining character, the Neapolitames are accomplished musicians, while George Fredo is an inimitable musical monologuist. Other good turns are. those of the Quealys, Ford and Davis, Kipp and lvlppy, who are in their last nights, Mable and Malfe, Les Teorderwictz, Pollard and Jackson, and Leonard' 6 canine marvels, a generous bill of fare which is being duly appreciated. BLETSOE'S REVUE CO. The appeaiance of the Bletsoe Revue ('omgtiny at 'His Majesty's Theatre on evening next will take the "house'* a little "out of the rut" of strafghf vaudeville. Albert and Maud Bletsoe need no introduction to a Wellington audience, and their return with a mil company of 18 artists and "show girls," and a brand-dew revue, full of vim and fun, should be welcome. The initial offering will be' "In Vacntion Time," a clever combination of musical comedy, and faroe, crowded with gorgeous spectacle and ingenious effects. This revue has been tho most, successful of the many novelties obtained from the United States by the lirm, and it is said to furnish an entertainment outrivalling anything of the nature yet presented on the circuit. Mi6S Maud Bletsoe and Mr. Albert Bletsoe will be supported by Mr. Horace Mann (vocalist and actor), the American soubrette Miss Carrie Franks, and the company. ■ THE KING'S THEATRE. Seldom has a. picture been more keenly appreciated and more heartily applauded than the feature film, "My Old Dutch,'" showing this week at the King's Theatre. Althougli very large audiences have - attended, the picture cannot bo shown in Wellington beyond to-morrow night, with a matinee to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The picture is one that appeals to all by Its humanity and convincing realism. The coster as depicted by Albert Chevalier is not the vulgar drunken "Hooligan" that some imagine, but a bighearted, hard-working fellow, who shares his joys with his "pals" ' and faces his adversities' bravely. "Joe'' and his "old Dutch" are a lovable couple, and their varying fortunes cannot fail to arouse the deepest' sympathy in the most hardened picture-goers. The acting of Chevalier and Florence is a reveler iion in histrionic art, and it is no exaggeration to say that nothing better has been seen in Wellington. The mu6ic by the King's Orchestra and the reciting of "My Old Dutch" by P. S. Latham add not a little to the success of the picture. The suporting film 6 are also excellent. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. A desperate swim for life by a girl is depicted in realistic fashion in "The Underground River," a melodrama now showing at Everybody's Theatre. This is the nineteenth incident of "The Million Dollar Mystery," which has only two moro weeks, to run. Fields of interest, pathos, and humour are covered by tho Gauinont Graphic, "When Conscience Sleeps," '.'Think of the Money," nnd "Housekeep mg Under Cover," the last being a domestic drama. The other, supporting films are also good. EMPRESS THEATRE. The big attraction at the Empress Theatre this week is a picture entitled "The Valley of Lost Hope," which tells of the early gold raining days of California. Included in the realistic scenes depicted is ono of the most alarminr trnin smashes 6«r fUmwli - fitter incidents mo eoually

well shown,- and the 6tory ivhiob runs through them is one of romance and brave and stirring deeds... The other pictures in the programme show, a diversity of subjects, including the guns and torpedoes taken from the Emden after she had been smashed by H.M.A.S. Sydney.