ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2769, 12 May 1916, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

, t "UNDER- FIRE." The J, C. Williamson Dramatic Com pany played to another big audience a' the Grand Opera House last night in fhi war play "Under Fire." Mr. Juliui luiight, us Captain Larry Eedmond, play ed the lover of the first act ivith easi ond charm, and was vital and gripj>iii| where rapid speech and lively action wen needed. .An admirable performance wai given by Mr. Louis Kimball as Charlii Brown, the American journalist win strolls round looking for war and lands it the thick of it. Miss Lizette Parkes wai splendid as Ethel Willoughby, and he: acting was marked by a commendable re straint in the more dramatic scenes.. Tin Keener}' is particularly good, and Trend 27 is if anything just a, little too near am too realistic to be comfortable. _ The or cliestra plays . appropriate music wide: the able direction of- Mr. J. J. Drew There will be a repetition to-night an< each following evening until Tuesday. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATEE. An act as unique as it is clever is givei ■by "Bailey's Posing Dogs" at His Ma jesty's Theatre this week. These intelli nient and highly-trained'animals are re sensible for large diulienccs nightly. Tinj l ot and Mnrjono give an acrobatic per formance of morft than usual merit, wnil< other good turns are given by Miss Myrt Gale and Littlo Sadie, Barnes and Barnes Carlton Max, Monsieur Poincare, anc Armitage. and Hi no. A matinee will, lx held to-morrow afternoon;, commencing a'l 2.30 o'clock. THE KING'S THEATRE.John Mason, iii the ./Famous Players' dramatic film "Jim tho Penman," portrays with great force and skill the character of tho man who for many yearlived ■ a double life, and his heart'was seared with dosp remorse, but Who wa? unnblo ta throw oft' the shackles of his criminal career. Tho programme is in every respect'oiio of tlw beSt that has keen'seen—superb, production, a powerful plot and remarkably good acting all helping in the success. Tho picture and the fine supporting programme wjll be screened again this afternoon and evening, and also 10-niorrow afternoon, and night.. "THE MOEALS OF MAECUS." The Famous Players Co. are. keeping i consistently high lovd of produotioii in ill of their recent photo plays, and'this s especially noticeable in "Tho 'Morals if Marcus," Hie live, reel 'adaptation of William' J. Locke's' popular novel and ilay, which will bo shown at the King's L'heatro all nest week,' commencing on Vloiuhiy -night.' An excellent cast has icen selected, with Miss Marie Doro.iffio jeautiful and clever screen star,, in the rart of Carlotto, • the girl who ."escaped Tomii Turkish hiaeiu, and reached. Lonloh, only to find, herself stranded and riendless. Fate brought, her, under tho irotectinn of the scholarly Sir Marcus jrdeyne.' The uncouveri'tional girl turned, lis world upside down, but after.many idventures romanco and' Happiness came o the ill-assorted pair. A fine supporting program mo lias been arranged. , . EVEEYBODY'S THEATEE.' • The cuivent week's - -programme ■at Everybody's Theatre is well 'up to tho usual standard. A. splendid drama, entitled "The Lamb,'-' featuring Mr. Douglaß Fairbanks and Miss Seeiia Owens, is the leading attraction. The picture unfolds a story of exceptional interest, (iiul the -acting and general production of the film contribute largely to tho success that lias followed it. Topical events of much interest are contained in -the Gaumont Graphic, wh.ile 'there is also another good supporting film entitled "Historic Oxford." , "THE GOLDEN CLAW." A Triangle Kay Beo : five-reel drama, produced by Thos. H. Inee, will be tho special feature at Everybody's on Monday. "The Golden Claw" is a domestic drama of rare power, magnificently acted, and it tells a dramatic story of a man who went money mail, and so lost the love of his wife. It is a [ilay Which every woman and every married man will appreciate. Miss Barrie Barriscalo, who plays the leading role in. "The Golden Claw," is the fascinating actress of many notable productions in the legitimate unit photo-play .world. She is a New Yorker by birth, and made her debut in pictures with David Belasco in "Tho Eose of the Eancho." Since tlwn she has joined the .Triangle Pluyovs, and lias-been most successful in her artistic conceptions. ~ • EMPRESS THEATEE. A picture full of thrills and chuckles would be a terse description of the attraction at the Empress Theatre, "Convict Lyndon at Liberty." - The drama is really a swiftly-moving love story, that begins in a Bohemian set in London, and continues through the adventurous career of Dr. Lyndon, till it reaches a happy conclusion, aiuid scenes of strife and combat in a lonely lint near Devonshire. The London. Film Company has i.ot produced anything better. While possessing numerous tense and dramatic' scenes, "Convict Lyndon at Libertv" contains quite a number of funiiy incidents, which are woven into the story in a pleasing manner. THE MAEY PICKFOR-D SEASON. Commencing on Monday, the Empress Theatre will be starring Mary. Pickford in that intensely human play,. "Bags." It is a graphic and intimate character study of piquant frankness of the life in a Montana mining town of a. girl who has been roared by a churlish and pov-erty-stricken father. Her natura is left to develop itself; she becomes a terror to all the youths of the town; she is also a menace to her father when lie comes home from the saloon. The goodness in her nature is always showing. Romance, however, comes into her life, and it awakens the heart of the child, till it becomes a spirit of bloom and freshness, and. creates ambitions that are'happily realised. Tho story is intensely vivid, but it never relapses into the commonplace;, in surpasses .in reality and human appeal any plioto-play of recent, years, and is teeming with sympathy aiid humour.

THE CROWN THEATRE. To-night will he the last occasion on which patrons of tlie new Crown Theatre, in Alolesworth Street, w ill have of seeing this week's programme. The feature of the bill is m line dramatic study, entitled. "Scandal." The film occupies the whole of the second half of tlie programme, and the principal characters in the play are portrayed by thoto'excellent artists, Phillips Smalley a.nd Lois Weber. Two good comics are contained in the programme; namely, 'Sonic Detectives" and "Bill's Plumbers and Plumbers' mils." The "Eclair Journal" is full of good topical subjects.