ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3069, 3 May 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

lIIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. As a result of tho very good vaudeville programme wliicli is being submitted r.t His Majesty's Theatre this week, the lious6 has.been crowded overy night. The bill submitted is a varied one, including the items of comedians, dancers, musicians, acrobats, and singers. Throe of them are being presented- for tho first time, namoly, those of the Cavanna Duo, ■wire-walkers and musicians; Celere, a first-class artist, with many novel ways, of raisin? a laugh, and tho Paulastos. Amongst others on tho programmo are Minerva and Grace, Lieut. Gordon and Walter Emerson. "TOM, DICK, AND HAIRY." Playgoers who have pleasant recollections of tho Charley's Aunt Comedy Company's productions of "Charley's Aunt" and "The Private Secretary" will do doubt.be looking forward to the company's appeaiMjie at- tho Grand Opera House on Saturday night, when they produce the three-act comedy, "Tom, Dick, and Harry." Speaking of tho performance, the Christchurch "Star" of April '9 says:—"At this stage in theatrical history it is almost a heretical departure to suggest that any farce is funnier than "Charley's Aunt, and yet this is the measurement' which obtrudes itself when that farcical wonder, 'Tom, Dick, and Harry'' is under consideration. Of course one of the obstacles to be overcome before a successful presentation of this farce can be achieved is the discovery of three men. who are as like each other as three sweet-pea seeds taken I'roin the same pod. Mr. Norman Aitken has succeeded in getting such, a trio. • Tom, Dick, and . Harry is all mistaken identity, but is a super-Dreadnought of its class." . The box plan is now open at the Bristol. "Charley's Aunt" will be played-for one night, Friday, May 11. THE, KING'S. "The Enemy" is a vivid dramatisation of Geo. R. Chester's striking novel of this name. The popular author of ."Get-Rich-Quick.Wallingford" has scored a big sucoess in the screen adaptation of ■ his widely-read book, and rarely has such 'a powerful indictment of a great social menace appeared on the shadow screen. Charles Kent and beautiful Peggy Hyland are most satisfying in the leading roles. Chaplin's powers of raising laughter are demonstrated in "The Vagabond." >. THE-EMPRESS. A duel fought under modern conditions is one of the central incidents in "Tho Hungry Heart," the World Film picturisation. of "Frou Frou," now screening at the Empress Theatre. The scene is a poignant one, the suspense .before, tho shots are fired being depicted 60 as to roach all watchers. The tragedy of tho plot is written around the marriage of a butterfly of fashion to a man much older. Alice Brady is a clover .andcapable heroine. Charles Chaplin, in "The Vagabond," creates much laughter. EVERYBODY'S. ■ Thero are thrills in plenty iu tho Triangle_play: in which Wm. S. Hart stars at .Everybody's Theatre. The big moment of the picture comes -when Hart, as the editor of tho local paper, who is establishing some sort of order in a lawless community is forced to fors'ako the printing press for moro practicable methods. Ho lassoes two of tho chief desporadoes in a saloon, and then jumps his pony through a glass window; trailing tho captured men behind. The picture is full of romance, which is pleasingly interwoven among tho dashing virilo class of incident 60 well handled by Wm. S. Hart. Billie Burte is pleasing her many followers in "Tangled Threads." •