ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2851, 16 August 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

t HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The feature of the current bill at His Majesty's Theatre is the comedy sketch, Mac Saw," by the Bunty Comedy Company, i'onsistiug'of Aliss Jean Clyde, Air. David G'uquhart and Mr. Abie Barker. Connor and Witt, American duettists, sing very pleasingly a number of popular melodies. Also on the bill aro Kitchie and Kliftie, acrobats; Campbell and Walker, comedy balancers and jugglers ; and La Blanc's Travesty Stars. THE KING'S THEATBE. The film holiday trip from Australia and New Zealand to London, via the I'acific Islands and Canada, "The All Hod Route," has proved a popular attraction at the King's Theatre this week. A large number ot school children attended tho matinee yesterday, and the theatre was again filled at night, many 'beTng unable to obtain admission. The film is interesting throughout, at the same timo being very entertaining. .A. good supporting bill adds variety and .humour, particularly bright being tho Anita Stcw-art-Earlo Williams comedy. The present programme will be screened each afternoon and evening this week, and on Saturday next "The Hosury," a 7000 ft. feature film, which is claimed to bo ono of tho o be=t : pictures produced by the Se--1 iff Company. Miss Kathlyn Williams ami a strong'cast lnivo been solccted, and it should be noted that- the picture has not been previously in Wellington, '

. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Tho programme which is being shown at Every body's Theatre this vrcck includes an excellent Triangle production, "Tho Raiders,". Tho story shows how. the plot, of a dishonest clique to run down tho value of a railway stock in tho absence of tho president, of the company, was foiled by tho intervention of a stockbroker's dork. T-I. B. Warner, who is seen in the role of Scott Wells, the broker's clerk,,is a very fine actor, and in this picture he . is given every clianco to display his talent. The supporting items include ollicial war films, showing tlio facilities., for delivering letters at tho front, the" "Gaumont Graphic," and a very funny Lit bin comedy, "Otto the Artist." EMPRESS THKATEE. . Only three days are left for those who have not soon tho big attraction, "Sealed Lips," at Hie Empress Theatre. -Air. William Courtomi.i\> as the minister who could not, resist temptation in the hour of trial, gives a performance that trill be long remembered. Maxwell GrayV skill in weaving colourful and enthralling romance is at its best in this narrative. From the moment when tho minister meets the woman who caused all "his great tribulation, until ho makes tho only reparation in his power, there is no cessation of interest or action in the play. ' The supporting programme is an excellent one. The dramatisation of "Fivo Nights" will be screened on Saturday. SUBMARINE PiCT^UEES. At tho Town Hall Concert_ Chamber to-morrow .evening Messrs. \V. and l' 1 . Williams will present the remarkablo Williamson Submarine Motion Pictures, which lay bare the liitherto hidden mysteries of the mighty ocean. These pictures are actually taken from the bed of the ocean, arid they reveal all tlio weird and fantastic, beauty of tho vast under-sea garden, the curious fish, both harmless and dangerous, which haunt tlio skeletons of. shins that "have found a resting-place in Davy Jones's locker. The Auckland "Star' says:—"Not only

were the photographers able to take moving pictures ot the odd-looking lish and fantastic growths of the ocean floor, but they were able to produce a film that compares with those made with all the advantages of dry land and sunshine. Many extraordinary sea phenomena are shown, and a thrilling picture is shown ot' a number of sharks, one of tho monsters being attacked and killed by one of the Williamson Bros., in full view of the camera. The whole picture is most instructive and interesting, and should achieve considerable popularity." The box plan of reserved seats is now open at tile Bristol. "SAN TOY." "San Toy," one of the merriest and most tuneful of musical comedies, is to be revived by the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society at the Grand Opera House on Saturday evening and for the succeeding weelc. This charming work was revived recently in England with great success. Musically tjio work abounds with lovely vocal numbers, including suuli familiar songs as "The Petals of the l'lUiii Tree," "A I'osy from over the, Sea," "The Moon," ihe "A.8.C." duet, ('Lovo Has Come from Lotus Land," "Ehoda oml Her Pagoda," "Tho Little China .Maid," "I Al.eau to Introduce it into China," and "The Butterlly." Features in the comedy are the quaint' little chortles of the six little wives ot the grejit Yen How, the majcstical march of the "Emperor's Own," a bodyguard of. Amazons, under tho leadership of Miss Marie Fix, and the splendid \finale of the first act, when San Toy decides to earn tho Emperor's pardon for hor silly old father by becoming a girl soldier, Tho music is haunting and catchy, and, thcro is hardly a melody right through 'the score that will not linger in the enr. ; Tho box plan is now open at the Bristol, where tho. plans aro already showing a; healthy sign of a, financially successful' season. Air. Tom Pollard is sparing no offort in staging "San Toy,.'' and the gorgeous dresses' are being planned by Mi'S. J. Hannah.