ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3054, 16 April 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THM'ItE. Some "short time ago Wellington vaudevine patrons were introduced, to the wiiolwoiue comedy of Walter Jinierson, an English comedian, billed as "bix i'eet or Hurricano ilUamy." J»lr- Emerson's many udinirers seemed to bo unanimous m ■ tne opinion, that lie eutirely lived, up to his iseeunngiy extravagant description, 'i'o-nigiit, Jar. linioreun will return with what is daid to be one of the most comical acts ever presented to Wellington audiences. Wixh the assistance of that vivacious artist, Miss Gwennie Haato, who is also well and favourably known here, Mr. Einerson will otter an original one-act comedy, entitled "Tho Telephone Girl," in wiiioh that annoyance whioh . users of autoinatio telephones know only too well, and a certain nonohalanoe exhibited i>y the girl in the exchange is said to give riee to uproarious enthueiuem on the part of tho audianoe. M. Zak&ree ErmakoT, the Russian ex-eeoret 6ervioe agent, will make further 6eneational disclosures of the ramifications of the German war party 8 measures to break the peace of the world. The remainder of an excellent bill will consist of Winifred and Lum■ley, song and patter artiste ; Dan Grew, Sflotoh comedian; The Delavalee (introducing Australasia's foremost ■ impersonator of the übiquitous Chaplin); lily Vockler, eoubrette; Maud, JfeoniMf endHe Elliot Sisters j Merlyn, the "Worst Wizard in the World" j Huntly Spencer, tenor j and Thompson and Montea, comediennes. The same company will appear nightly during the week.

THE KINO'S THEATRE. ■ A story that always fascinates because of its human interest is now showing at the .KbVe Theatre Tinder tile title of "Indiscretion." This is a greater Vitar graph film, and a new and successful departure. The story is a simple one and free from anything objeobonable, though the fabric or theme on which it is built' ia daring. A motherless girl, wayward and impatient of conventional restrictions, ahocta the neighbourhood with.her tomboy tricks. She is gay but guileless, full of misohief, but pure and innocent. In the first scene she q-oarrels with some lads for- a bathing pool, and she shows considerable . spirit. Other scenes slowing the indisoretions of this wilfal maid, who is given plenty of good advice which'she fails to assimilate, follow, and the olimax is reaohed in the last scene when the young girl, who ''is aa -pure as the orystal waters and ae wilful," motors from a dance to a lonely irayoide inn wia. a man who is of no aooount. A tragedy ia averted, and the heedless girl learns her lesson. Tie last scene is an extremely powerful one. Lilian Walker plnys the leading part, and plays it with tho naturalness that is art at Its best. EVERYBODY'S THE&TKE. It would be hard to- say Wether the current chapter of ''Gloria's Romance" or the new Triangle Fine Arts drama, "The Wharf Eat," was the most popular, feature of Saturday's bill. As Gloria,' Miss Billie Burke has won hosts of admirers, who troop to Everybody's each week to see the latest episode in her soreen career, and Miss Mae Marsh.who plays the big role in "The Wharf Eat," never fails fo attraotthe discriminating picture-goer. "The Wharf Eat" story is full of interest, and has at least one highly sensational scene, in which Mae Marsh dives off the deck of a large steamer. The plot is a rather complicated one. It concerns the fortunes 'of Carmen, an orphan girl, who is brought up, disguised as a boy, by her grandfather. Carmen and the' old man, in order to escape the persecution of an evil woman, take flight and become vagabond mu6iojans. Their persecutor &ete a young man named Edward upon their trail, and Edward finally suooeeds in overtaking and identifying , Cannon. He falls in love with her, however, and the result'is that he soon finds himself planning an esoape for the girl; Carmen falls into the woman's olutohes once again, but onlv for a little time, when Edward comes to the rescue. ■There is an exciting pursuit, but the •youthful pair finally put themselves beyond danger, and, of course, in the concluding scenes aro married. In "Gloria's Romance" the plot thiokens, and an element of mystery is introduced by the murder of Frenean, The end of the ohapter leaves , followers of the story anxiously awaiting further developments. EMPRESS THBATBE. A fine World production is the principal feature oa this week's programme at,the Empress Theatre, and judging from the numbers ,who attended this 'popular place of amusement on Saturday the entertainment should be well patronised throughout tho week. The ficture is entitled "The Bondage of ear," and has Ethel Clayton in a leading role, -with a fine supporting company of players. Interest is well maintained from the first, and increases as the plot gets more and more dramatio and emotional. The heroine, frosjh from a finishing sohool, marries 'a man $he meets at her "father's house, and they go to live in New York. A former lover of Ethel's comes to New York, and find>ing where ehe lives, oalls on her. The husband enters just at a dramatio moment, but says nothing. Ethel and her husband go holiday making in the mountains, but the husband tee to return to" town, and the ( former lover again appears. He gets into the honse and is later followed by a'"orook." The-lover hides, thinking the husband has returned. The "crook" attacks, the girl, and When .the lover comes' to the rescue turns and shoots him. For fear of the scandal the girl has to let him go, and he takes the dead man with hinu The "crook" then carries out a systomatio blackmail. Meanwhile tho girl has told her husband nothing of. the affair, and suffers 'on until one night the "crook enters her house.' Here by eome> clever scheming ehe shoots him without .getting any blame attached to herself. Ethel Clayton is charming in hor part and throughout .is beautifully gowned. The setting of tho play is excellent. Several excellent supporting films are shown, including a cowboy picture. I ORGAN RECITAL. Mr. Bernard Page, City Organist, gave a recital in the Town Hall on Saturday evening, and, despite the unpleasant weather, there was a. fair attendance of music-lovers. Mr. Pago succeeded, as he always does, in arousing.enthusiastic appreciation on the part of his audience. The programme opened with a 'ljuite Gothique from Goellmann, comprising "Choral," "Menuet Gothique," "Priere a Notre Dame," and "Toccata. The following numbers were an ■ air from Grieg,'a prelude from Scriabino, and a prelude and fugue in D major from Glazounov. The second part of the programme consisted of the second movement from Cesar ITranck's "Symphony in D Minor." aod Faulke's rhapsody, "O Filiiet Filiae." Another recital will be given on Saturday next. . ~