ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2727, 23 March 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

' "CHARLEY'S AUNT.' * This evening in the Grand Opera House, the "Charley's Aunt" Comedy Co. will commence their three night's season of Brandon _ Thomas's world-tamed comedy, "Charley's Aiint." Considerable interest is attached to tho coming performances, as this is the company's first appearance in Wellington since their successful New Zealand tour, when over tiro hundred performances of the "Aunt" were given, and record business done throughout New Zealand. The cast, if anything, has been iifieiigthcned by the inclusion of several performers who were unable to make the tour. 'Mr. Norman Aitkeu's capabilities ns an actor are well known to Welliiigton audiences, and his impersonation of Charley's Aunt from Brazil is one of his star parts. Mr. Aitken will be supported by his brother, Mr. Kenneth Aitken as Mr. Spettigue, and Mr. W. W. Crawford ns S'ir Francis Chcsney; Mr., C. Bently Kuskcll as Jack Chcsney, and Mr. Herbert V. Wood as Charley Wyckham takes tho part of two undergraduates, who, to carry out their love-making, persuade their chum, Babs, to impersonate Charley's Aunt. Mr. Phipps Williams will appear ns Brassett, a collcgo scout. The ludy members of the company are Miss Mario Fix, Miss Huby Scott, Miss Pauline Brown, and Miss Hurdinge-Maltby, all well known to Wellington audiences. The box plan is now open at the Bristol.

, r HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. io "Maximo," billed as tho Cuban Wonder o i» undoubtedly the chief "draw" at Hi r- Majesty's Theatre, this week. He is : a Black-wire walker of considerable ability ! while his imitation of a drunkard on tin ,' wire is quits a star feature. Nikkclsoni ._ (a frenchman) does some wonderful con '" hiring, and has a few quite new tricks ti " his credit. Other good artists are Georgi Murphy (juggler), Slavfn and Thomjjsoi r (sketch artists), Ted Stagpoolo (dancer am '» contortionist), Miss Koise Taylor (Iml 0 ladist), Bates and IVndc (comedy acrobats), v and Miss Ililda Felsted. , THE KING'S THEATRE. a There is uo doubt about the great ati traction which Mary Pickford exerts on - the majority of picture-goers; her latest - success, "Mistress Nell," being no exception. The picture, which is being shown f twice daily at the King's Theatre, is ~ in itself an excellent one, with a good } stwy of a semi-historical nature, telling of the abortive attempt to wreck tho ■ throne of Kngland when Charles II was King, and how the loyal little actress— \ the King's favourite—Nell-Gwynnc, outwitted the conspirators, and earned the 1 monarch's gratitude. With Miss Picki ford in the part of the impulsive little . madcap, the picture-play reaches a stan- • darrt not often attained. Fine photography. ■ beautiful scenery, gorgeous dressing, am" i a most capable company of actors, all add to the genuine success of the film. The . supporting programme is also stronger than usual, "The Traitor," by the Bosworth Co., being es]iccially good. The programme will bs shown all this week, and on Monday next, wliat is described as the colossus of railroad dramas, "The Juggernaut," in which the popular artists, Anita Stewart and Earle • Williams, are seen to very great advantage. What fs claimed to be the biggest railway smash ever seen on the screen makes a startling climax to a great story. EMPRESS THEATRE. "Tho Wolf"—a Lubin feature of exceptional power—is tho cause of crowded houses this week. The story, which takes six thousand feet of film to unfold, is by that well-known writer of stories of the wilds, Eugene Walter, who also wrote ' 'Paid 1 in Full" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," etc. The picture describes in a most gripping series of strikingly realistic settings, a story of romance mid revenge in the snowbound wilderness 'of Canada's Tar North. The many scenes or life in that country during winter and Milliliter are novel, and at times more than ordinarily beautiful. Notably so is one scene depicting a dog team crossing a snowfield, with the setting sun as, a background. There are many intensely dramatic htipneniiigs throughout the portrayal, and these are most cleverly enacted by Lubin's talented nlayers. It is said that not since "The Snoilers" has there 'been presented a six-reel feature of tho class readied, by "The WnU," The Pathe Gazette supports the big picture. . . EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. A feature film of snecial attraction heads the bill at Everybody's Theatre this week. Entitled "The Tigress," the picture sim[ilv abounds in dramatic situations, which are .interpreted'to-their- full by such lino artists a<; Miss Julia Swayne, Gordon and Leo Didaney. Tho plot is deeply interesting, and the scenery and photography are ex'eel'ent. Good supnorting numbers are "Where Breezes Blow"," "Almost a King" (comedy), and a fine scenic by the Ciues Company. The Gaumont Graphic is of specially topical interest. -j TITSBLL ERUNE. 'Miss Tittell Brune, who was such a favourite with the playgoers of the Dominion when she appeared with such pronounced success with the J. C. Williamsou dramatic companies, and whoso interpretation o.f the leading part in that entrancing, fascinating play, "Sunday, is still talked about wherever the stage is the subject of conversation, has joined the ranks of' the photo-play artists. Miss Titter'. Bruno will bo seen for the first time in pictures on Monday at Everybody's . Theatre, whea she will play the leading part in a powerful dramatic threepart feature, "Es'ther Rodeemed," which portravs an absorbing story as towhethel a child bom hi snunlor and crime can be shorn of its vices by an operation. This is a problem that was solved, and the solution is seen in this "picture drama.