ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE NORWOODS,

The very unusual typo of entertain- 1 inent offered by Professor Norwood and party at the Grand Opera House amused i and. puzzled another tig audience last , night. The audience shrieks with unre- . strained laughter nightly at the queer ' things that Professor .Norwood gets tho ( subjects under his influence to do. Tho Norwoods are appearing nighty for tho ; romainder of the week, cnanging pro- : gramme every. night. .... ■ HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ; There are some clever people appear- : ing at His Majesty's Theatre just now, • and the entertainment offering this week ] •.? excellent. A welcome reappearance is . that of Miss' Jessie Barloo, who appeared ■ heio with Mr. Phil Smith some months ago. Miss Barlce sings coster songs in true coster character. Other aJtista 1 showing are Gerald Griffin, Miss Margaret Jewell, -Miss Bora Oberman, Los- : tor Brown and Co., Starr and Starr, A thai Tier, and Peggy Ross. All amuse in their several ways, and all their ways are very good.. A matinee at special prices is to ho held at 2.30 this afternoon. THE KING'S THEATRE. "The Bugle Call," the remarkably good Triangle-Ince photo-play j and the fine supporting pictures will be screened at the King s Theatre at the matinee this afternoon and again to-night. This picture has "made , good" • because of the combined strength and sweetness of its story, and for the clever impersonation of tho brave young'bugler boy by Willie Collier, jirn. A feature in the film that attracts much attention is the daring foats .of horsemanship by the Indians, probably, the best that have been showing for realism and sensational effect. A good comedy, "Mr. ■ Jack, Doctor by Proxy," tbe "Pntlie Gazette," and the "Destruction of a Fokker," are al9o shown. On Saturday a six-reel Blue Ribbon feature, "The Island of Begeneration," will bo shown for the first time. ■EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Capacity business lias, been the rule at Everybody's Theatre during the week, the "Secret Orchard," a Lasky fivc-Teel drama, starring Blanolie Sweet, being the main attraction. .'There are some vory sensational and pathetic incidents in the final scenes, and the picture carries with.'it a great moral lesson. Much fun is caused by Frank Daniels m a Vitaeraph oomedv. entitled 'Mr. Jacks Hat and. His Cat," while the "Gaumont Graphic" and a beautiful scenic aro strong supporting items. E'MPBESS /THEATRE. Playgoers are reminded that tliey have only three moro days in which to enjoy the delights of tho present fi« programme at the Empress Theatre. Cliimm'ie Fadden," the dramatic feature, ii so good that it should not be missed-'? 'The humanity-vol the. .story, is above any previous offering of tfle celebrated Paramount Company. In the end tears and smiles mingle in. an altogether pleasing, manner. In addition, fne latest and funniest of the new .MutualCJliaplin farces is shown. Charles Cliaplill is seen in the tolo of (i fireman, Ho is sliriekingly funny, ana thero are probably more comic situations to the foot than in any of his previous efforts trf the, yard. J.f tliore is anyvno who imagines that Chaplin ,o fin not mako them laugh "Tho Fireman" will prove ho can. THE CROWN THEATRE. Tho success of "Tho Plunderer" at tho Crown Theatro shows that Uio management lias truly gauged the public taste. Tho special charm of tho great Fox. film ■ is that every pieco of action takes place in tho wilds of . a mining region, and in.,tho depths of u great mine. Crown Theatre patrons _ are ablo to seo the (luaf'tz galleries, -the slopes, and tho,levels just as vividly-as if they spent a day in • the Wailu mine—and, of cOiurse, with greater' comfort. Tho film piViaeer hjas caught the atmosphere of a mining camp in tho happiest fnsl|ion. Tho "rough and tuniblo" in wliiiih • tlyo ge,niail but -rctealnto Bill Fnrmim deals out rough and prompt justice 'to a crowd' of rowdies' who 1 have kicked an old man to death is a mastcrpieco of film noting. It roused the audience last night to enthusinsm, and they only realised tho limitations of tho photo-play when tho hem did not como out to bow his acknowledgments. "The Plimd«rer" is ; being shown all this week, including a special matineo at 2.30 this afternoon. "PEG O' MY HEART.!" V ' ■"Peg o' Sly Heart," to be staged by J. and N. Tait next Tuesday at tho Grand Opera House, is the eiemplifica--tion of a young lifo that might have been turned into a tragedy, but whoso lively Irish temperament and bubbling hnppiness and lilting Irish broguo suffice to keep her out of the slough of despair, and make her the little sunray that she is.' Peg is sent to England from America to be "made a lady of" in a prim, stolid, British home.: Here Peg, with her dog and her parcols and her quaint gown, lands, and. life at first for the liappy little soul is made a purgatory. But she wins out in-the end, and eventually proves herself the loyal, little woman that she is. She wins her lorer and her relations' respect and • regard, and how she does it all is .the theme of the charming story that .T. Hartley Manners has written around Peg, and called "Peg ; ol My .Heart." - The box plan opens at the Bristol to-morrow. DR'AMATIC RECITALS. .! The juvenile pupils of Miss Betty •Purdom and' Mr. Culford Bell will give two dramatic recitals in the Concert Chamber next Friday and Saturday, tho proceeds of which will go to the Wellington Branch of the Countess of Liverpool's Fund for providing wmiforts. for tho soldiers in the trenches'. The programme will bo. different each evening, and includes several short plays and sketches, all in costume, as well as a goodly sprinkling of ; music, singing, and dancing. Over sixty'children are to take part in the. entertainments, and two very interesting evenings aro promised. H'er Excellency the Countess of Liverpool has consented to bo .present.