ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2825, 17 July 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. J'our new turns inako their premiere in this week's bill at fuller's popular house' to-night. .A gentleman bearing the ext.vaordiuary rc-put&iKm of being the "worst juggler in the world" hearts tho list. Mr. Freddy .lames is the performer possessing this seemingly unenviable title. Ho was engaged recently in America by Mr. Ben J. Fuller, because ho was causing all America to laugh at his indescribable inferiority in juggling as a profession. Com by and Brown will appear for the first time at tho local house, and tho Ernestos, comedy acrobats, and Harry (.'ash, comedian, are also on the programme. Clark and Wallace and tho Nowmans will complete one highly diverting half of the excellent programmo offered. Tho other half will be allocated to Mr. Victor Prince and hi.s Revue Company in a new production called "Kisses and Quids," or "A Nice Thing it it Gets About." The same programme will |;e repeated all the week, and a special matinee is announced for Wednesday afternoon.

"CABIRIA" TO-NIGHT. It would be futile to try and describe in a few paragraphs the stupendous film production, "Cabiria," which is to be shown at the King's Theatre to-night. The picture is a procession of sensational happenings, thousands upon thousands of people in many of the scenes. The burning of • the Roman fleet is a scene that has never been excelled in kinematography. The siege of Cirta is another tremendous happening, while tjie eruption of Mount Etna, Hannibal's Army crossing the Alps, the-Tpmple of Moloch, are monumental achievements unique in picture history. "Cabiria" has exceeded i(ll records in Auckland, and the reserve bookings in Wellington are reported by the management to Ix 3 in excess of the highest previously known here, which was for "Britain Prepared." . The plans arc on view at the Bristol. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The new programme to be submitted at Everybody's Theatre to-day promises* to be of a most interesting nature. The feature film is a four-act comedy-<lrama by the London Film Company, from the well-known novel "Booties' I'.ibv," by John Strange Winter. Readers' of the book will remember the unhappy marriage of Ruth Grace, and how./ when forced to earn her own living, she left her baby girl at the barracks. How the child became the pet of tho -regiment, and how, ultimately, Booties discovered the parentage of little Mignon make a charming romance, brightened with clever comedy, but with a powerful plot throughout. Other pictures to be shown are "The Siren," a Vitagrapii drama; "Mutt and Jeff in the Trenches," a clever cartoon comedy; and the Gaumont Graphic., EMPRESS THEATRE. "I'h® Labyrinth," a five-act World Film Company's production, which has been sensationally successful wlierem- it has teen shown, will be screened at tho Empress Theatre this week, commencing at 11 a.m. to-day. Tho picture gives a glimpse of life as it is behind the footlights, and reveals the manner of tho life of those wealthy men who are really the parasites_of the profession. Florence Burgess, a singer at cafes, is compelled by force of circumstances to seek a living on the dramatic stage, and achieves remarkable success. She falls in love with a clergyman, and the final scene* show Florence, secure in the love of her husband and safe from tho labyrinth of difficulty and impelling temptation with which she had formerly been surrounded. Beautifully produced, the play contains many striking and sensational incidents. ' CITY ORGANIST'S "CENTURY" RECITAL. Mr. Bernard F. Page, the City Organist, gave his hundredth organ recital at the Town Hall on Saturday evening to a very fair audience. Tho orgafiist opened with Holloway's "Suite ' All- - with its four delightful movements, "Prelude Chorale," "Courante," "Duo," a lid "Finale Alia Fuga," following with a charming "melodic" from Rachmaninoff. A "Canzonet" (Bernard Johnson) was played with oxcellent effect, as was also Elgar's "Sonata in Ct,' J which included the Allegro Maestoso, the Allegretto, the Andante Expi-essivo, and the Presto. "Das.Rheingold" (Wagner) also figured 011 the list, the excerpt being the closing scene from "The Rhinegold," representing the entry of the gods into Valhalla. Wagner's "Prize Song" (from Act ,'1 of "Die Meistersinger") followed, and then came Cesar Franck's "Finale in B Flat" as a brilliant period.