ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2879, 18 September 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS JIAJESTYS THEATRE, llessrs. Fuller will again present a change of programme to-night. Starr and Starr, a heavy-weight comedy couple, will make their first appearanco here. "The Funny Fat Folk lioni 'Frisco," as they are termed, have with great success in the other three Now Zealand centres, a success which wis but a reI petition of 'their Australian seasons. | Miss Dora Oberinau, a soprano, with a big reputation, will also make her Wellington debut. M:i3 Obetman is said to possess a charmin; personality, and she, too, lias beon responsible lor )>/g ovations in Duncdin and (Jhristchurch. The next newcomers aro the Eurasians, exponents of the black ar'qs of the Orient. As an act of magic And Ipjordemain, this is eai<J to equal, if not surpass, anything else the Empiro City has been presented with in this pirticular line. Hiss Jcanctto Speilman, tlu? young American, who scored so well iast week, will be responsible for new numbers and monologues. The Four Kings will put on an entiro change of programme, as also will the Newmans, bhipp and Gaffney, Sully and Fennel', Sally Brooke, Graco Compton, and Ives AVarton. The bill will be presented every night this week, with a matineo on Wednesday and one on Saturday. KING'S THEATRE. "A Child of the Paris Streets," a striking five-part drama, produced by David W. Griffith, was the feature of the new programmo presented at the King's Theatre for the first time on Saturday ovening. The new picture is sure of an unusually successful run, and it should result in a big harvest for the judicious management. The storv is a distinctly novel, one, and owes much of its success as a film to tho charming personality, and capable acting of the dainty young actress, Mao Marsh. She is kidnapped by a gang of Apaches, who seek to bo revenged, upon her ' father—a Supreme Court Judge—and is brought lip .bystreet robbers in a niannor that makes Tier tho most expert thiof _of tho gang. Simultaneously with an introduction to a young American artist, 6ho develops a dislike for her manner of gaining a livelihood, and eventually 6he runs away. The picture is carried to an eminently satisfying conclusion after many thrilling and entertaining happenings. The supporting programme is also one of merit, and included an interesting and beautiful scenic, entitled "A Tour Through the Ausable Chasm." This wcok's "Pothe Gazette" is Tery entertaining, giving news and views from all parts of the world. A film which is of interest 10 both old and young is "Some Inmates of the Paris Zoo." Tho programmo will be produced nightly throughput the week . rill Saturday next. Matinees will be Held on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Comedy, with thrills, was tho ruling feature in the change of programmo at Everybody's Tlieatro on Saturday., The causo of the merriment 13 "Crooky," a film '1000 ft. in length, by tho Vitagraph Company. It presents the doings in society of an escaped convict, and is a modern comedy ot errors. Frank Daniels, an original comedian, is "Crooky," and he plays his part well The same company lias a good dramatic study, "Tho Turn of a Card, which is different from the usual dramatic story. Harrv Morey plays the leading part) and ho is supported by a clever company. An official film .of tho French army in Alsace is graphic, and shows with what deter-, initiation the French are preparing for tho winter campaign. The Gaumont Graphic contains several very interesting topic# There is a review of Canadian troops, the training of British soldiers in tho working of a big field gun, and the consecration of tho flag of R.M.S. Kent in tho Canterbury Cathedral. Charles Chaplin in moving cartoons is 011 the same programme. There were large attendances on Saturday, and "Crooky" and tho supporting items will afford merriment for many hundreds during the week. EMPRESS THEATRE. "Far From the .Madding Crowd," from the novel of Thomas Hardy, was screened at tho Empress Theatre 011 Saturday, and it promises to bo one of the biggest successes of all the photo-novel plays. Produced by the director of "My Old Dutch," the play contains more dramatic values than the book. The plot turns on the life of a country girl, who has inherited a farm. Her suitors are many; amongst them is the man who owns the adjoining farm, and an Eng- , lish officer. The oMcer, who, by the way, is a bad lot, cajoles the girl into marrying him, after a six days' courtship. Shortly after this*, an episode of his guilty past is sheeted honu! to him, and he disappears. Farmer Boldwood, threatens to shoot him, should they meet agaiu. Want of money drives the officer back to his unhappy wife. True to his word, tho farmer shoots and mortally wounds him. • He then gives himself up to the police. Eventually the girl marries her first lover, whom she had rejected when affluence was thrust upon her, and happiness is l;.ers at last. The supporting programme is an excellent one. "THE DIVINITY OF MOTHERHOOD." It would hardly have been thought that "The Divinity of Motherhood" was a suitable themo for picturing, but modern art lias overcome all difficulties, and the picture of that name will be shown at the Britannia Theatre to-day and at even- session for the. remainder of tho ~-etfi. The story is familial—that of the unwilling mother,' who renounced her maternal responsibilities for the giddy glamour of society, only to repent futilely in a childless maturity, Incidentally the picture is embellished with, a number of beautiful studies of the blossoms of babyhood that rtakes it emiucufcly attractive. Although the picture is admittedly a problem play, the theme is said to be Bundled with delicacy of treatment that makes tlio vivid 6tory acceptable to everybody, of whatever age or-.temperament.. It is strongly cast and impressively acted, with Marguerite Fischer in tho leading Tole. rho cost of the production of this pictme has necessitated an addition 111 the prices of admission for this week only. ORGAN RECITAL. Mr. Bernard Page, city organist, resumed his scries of popular organ recitals iu the Tovru Hall on Saturday evoning, after a spell of several weeks. During the intervening time now seats 'have been installed in the gallery of the large hall, and the audience present at Saturday's recital were able to appreciate the playing of Mr. Pago under much more comfortabil conditions than previously. There was an absence or ocho in the hall, and every noto struck on the big organ sounded • forth deal ond distinct. The programme was a lengthy one, and judging by the applause it was well appreciated. . A new work by Bach (Fugue in G majqi) was: a.fane effort, land deserves special mention. Othor items on the programme erC: Sonata (Audante-Maesloso, A,lc £™\ Andante, and Allegro con moto), by Salome, Debussy's "Prelude from I* Damoisolte Blue"; "Lo Petit Borgor' ("The Little Shepherd"), a sweetly pretty movement! "Prelude from L'Enfant Prodiguc, by Dcbusser and Jongens Pcnsco Dau°mne¥i. 2." The concluding item was Moussorgsky's "Tho Gato of tho War riora," SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS. Several membors of t' lo Society of Musicians, all of whom aro well-known instrumentalists, will contribute rtjjms at a grand concert at tho Town Hall 011 Wednesday evening next. rho concert is in aid of dependants of sailors. His Excollency the Governor and tho Countess of Liverpool will attend. Art' ists to appear are:-Mossrs. Bernard I. Page (piano and organ), Sigurd Lestrap (baritone), Haydn Beck (violin), R. fa. Blow (baritone), Miss Scgriei, Miss Dnscoll, tho Wellinzton Harmonic Society (conductor, Mr. H. Temple White), and tho Wellington Orchestral Society. Tickets arc being sold at 2s. each, and reserves can bo bad at tho Bristol,