ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A very strong company of artists are appearing now at His Majesty's Theatre, iiiid tho nightly crowds are as big as ever. Maximo is a wire dnncor who has a daring and novel act, showing marvellous skill and confidence on the slack wire. His most astounding feats are done when lie simulates drunkenness, and his pretence is almost convincing, New people this week are the Mullaueys, clockwork specially dancers, Monsieur Neckelson, a magician, performs somo very clever sleight-of-hand tricks, concluding un entertaining turn with a nag tableau. George Murphy juggles-ft little and . talks a lot, and his talk hs very amusing. Other artists appearing are Sinvin and Thompson, Miss Hilda i'clstdd, Brown.and Sorlie, Miss Bloise laylor, and Bates and "Wade.

THE KING'S THEATRE.The successful Mary Pickford picture entitled "Mistress Nell" will be screened twice'to-day, at 2.30 p.m.-and 8 p.m., and for the last times to-morrow at the same hours. 'The excellent programme has been attracting very large audiences, and all have been more than delighted with the charming romantic comedy, and especially with Miss Pickford's happy interpretation of "Mistress NelL who by her wit and daring saves a ; Kings honour. The picture will long be remembered with pleasure. "THE JUGGERNAUT." On Monday night : next "The' Juggernaut," a powerful railroad drama by tlio Vita»raph Companv, wifh Anita Stewart and'Earle Williams in the leading roles, will be screened for the first time in Wellington, at the King's Theatre. The title of the picture refers not to the great hideous sacrificial car of ihe Hindus, under which the bodies of its victims vjere crushed, but to its modern counterpart, the great railway trust of America, which for ihe sake, of big dividends crushed tho lives and souls of _ men. As a picture "The Juggernaut" is said to be a wonderful example of the technique of modern motion pictures. A powerful and realistic story steadily and_ logically develops into a sensational climax when a speeding express tr»in crashes down through a faulty trestle bridge into tho water below. For realism and sensation such a scone lias liot hitherto been seen on the screen. The picture will.beshown twice ( daily all next week. THE EMPRESS. "The Wolf" continues to attract crowds to the Empress. This six-act Lubin feature tells one of the most powerful stories of romantic adventure seen in years. The life in the far north of Canada during winter and summer is depicted with raTe fidelity, and the actors and producer must have spent many months in thoso regions in order to.,obtain the scenes the films show so clearly. "The Wolf" was picturised from tlie book by Eugene Walter, whose tale»s of the wilds are' so well known. The I'athe Gazette accompanies the main picture. Tlie feature for next week is "The Daughter of Darkness," a sensational story. of a woman who wan ostensibly a dancer and music-hall artiste, but ill reality was a clever thief, whoso daring exploits had baffled tho detectives for years. The battle of wits between the woman and . the guardians of the law is said to provide plenty of thrill and excitement, and at the same time contains that'heart interest which is easy to associate with a beautiful woman 3 daring. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Tho Tigress"- is the feature picture at Everybody's Theatre this week. It is in essence a story of a double identity, after the pattern of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and one of'the complications introduced is ii. detective interest. It is a food strong story, splendidly represented iy Julia Swayne .Gordon and Leo .Delaney, in the loading characters. Tbero are two other films which tell stories something Ims ambitious -in character, and theo are the usual news of tho week 'films. . . TITTELL BRUNE/ Miss Tittell Brune, one of the best know:n Australasian aotresses, who played • the leading part in such dramatic successes as "Sunday," "Leah Kleschna," "L'Aiglon," and "Merely Mary Ann," is appearing in 'film drama, and she occupies the leading part ih. tho big, gripping, threo-part dramatic play Esther Redeemed," which will be screened on Monday at Everybody's. This tense story of an outcast girl, of' criminal parents, brought up in sordid surroundings among criminals of every kind, is told with picturesque realism. Whether such a girl born under disadvantageous circumstances can have lier yicqs, eliminated by an operation on the brain is worked out irf a telling way. The part of Esther in Miss Tittell Brune's hands is acted with that fidelity to character that was one of Miss Brune's greatest charms when she .played 011 the legitimate stage.. She plays the neglected girl perfectly, and then develops. into a careless, crime-loving - woman. Her whole life again changes, and she becomes a successful woman of society. The varying characters aro played by Miss Tittell Brune with fascinating charm and dramaticppitero iter that explains why MisS Tittell Brune occupied so great <1 jpnsiiioii 011 the Australasian stage. Apart from the story there is artistic tnste and finish in the photography, and' the whole production marks another advance _in the world of films. Splendid pictures have been arranged to support the star feature.