ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3101, 4 June 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tlio principal fcaturo of tho now vaudeville bill to be presented at the Fuller house this nitern'oou will be the returu engagement of Stiss Violet Trevenyon. Miss Trevonyon has a personality all her own, which, together with lier entrancing .way of singing the style of haunting melodies peculiar to hey repertoire, and the simple sweetness of her l'rocks, is no doubt responsible for tho huge success this artist has been all over tbe Puller circuit. Everywhere this Talented girl has played she lias proved a draw-card, and she now ranks as one of tho biggest imported c vaudeville successes. Another newcomer, i.lso from England, will make his initial bow to Wellington audiences this afternoon in the person of Arthur Crcxon, who was booked from the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London, exclusively for the Fullors. This artist is a society entertainer of a refined and distinctive type, and is his own author. That remarkable American, Charles Edenbury, who is said to specialise in hair-raising equilibTistic feats, will make his reappearance. The remainder of an entertaining programme will consist of Billy Brown, the popular coon; Jeanette S'pellinan, comedienne; Tim and Gertie Moore, the coloured comicalities; Gadabout Girls, George D'Alma, and Sterling and Love. Tho last - threo nights of Miss Dora Oberman, soprano, aro now announced. This programme will bo repeated nightly till JWday, with a special holiday matineo this (Monday) afternoon.

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. The English Pierrots are still proving a big attraction at tho Concert Chamber in the Town Hall. Their entertainment is bright, and the tune is excellent. Miss Elsa Langley is splendid in her Dutch songs, and Miss Billie Wilson makes some now hits in her various turns. Tho other membora of tho company also axe seen at their best.

THE KING'S THEATRE. "Aladdin from D roadway," a Greater Vitagraph picture drama, lieads the new bill at the King's Theatre. The opening sconcs of the story depict a village in Armenia, where there lives an Englishman, Stanton, with his Armenian wife and baby girl. Stanton is called Homo to England on business; on his return finds that his home and those »ho loves have been the victims of a Turkish outbreak. His wife has been sold into slavery, but preferred death to a life of dishonour; while the child was taken and reared by a Turkish woman. A period of 18 years elapses, and the scene changes to New York. Stanton, believing his wife and child dead, is in America. on a holiday, and while in a club relates somo of his experiences, in Turkey, and particularly his exploit in entering the sacred city of Mecca. A young American, weary of the joys of New York, overhears somo of the conversation, and wngers ho will also succeed in entering Mecca. How ho accomplishes this, how ho meets Stanton'B daughter (now grown into a beautiful young woman), and restores her to hor father, and how he incidentally, wins her for a brido, and finally wins his wager, provido enough stirring incidents to make a picture that is exciting and interesting to a degree. In addition to tho main picture thero are the latest Galimont Graphic and a good comedy. The programme will be screened tiiis afternoon at 2.30 and to-night.

A NOTABLE PICTURE. As would appear to bo gonerally known, the great D. W. Griffith picturo masterpiece, "Intolerance," will bo shown for the first timo here to-morrow evening, at tho King's Theatre, under tho direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. It is highly probable that never boforo has so much 'genuine interest beon shown in motion picture exhibition as that evinced by the coming presentation -of "Intolerance." The first matinee will be given on Wednesday. Music will be rendered by a specially selected and augmented orchestra. The following is from a recent issue the "Otago Daily Times": "Tho production of the film has been carried out on a stupendous scale, and tho eye is dazzled by the splendour and magnificence of tho scenes that succeed ono another on tho screen, while amazement and admiration are excited in equal proportions. Many great and well-known

historical events pass, in review before the spectator, and_ he is held spellbound by the completeness and wealth of detail with which they are reproduced. The four themes or movements of the picture aro admirably co-ordinatcd, and tho effect produced is something akin to that obtained by a musical composer in conveying hie meaning to his hearers by means of his inarticulate but eloquent art."

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Tho feature film at Everybody's Theatre this week is a pathetic romance produced by the Triangle Company, starring Enid Bennett, the Australian. According to tho story, Fay, who haa been blind from hor birth, and lives with her consumptive father in a mining town in West Virginia, dwells in a dreamland peopled by fairies and ogres. She has secret haunts, her favourite retreat being a cavern formed by an old abandoned tunnel. In due course "the Prince"—a hunchback and son of the village drunkard—stumbles into Pay's fairyland, and is at once endowed by her with every heroic attribute. The cripple falls madly in love with her. There then comes on the scene tho son of a rich mine owner, who also, becomes infatuated. He promises to have her sight - restored to her, and the hunchback, maddened bv the fear that seeing him will mako her hate him, seeks a terrible revenge. Pay regains her sight, to find a world sordid and commonplace. Sho sees her two devoted lovers as they really are, and shrinks with horror from tho cripple. In a 6trange and wonderful way happiness comes to her. In the fifteenth chapter of "Gloria's Romance" the heroine single-handed tracks and faces the murderer of her lover. It is a powerful and splendid espisode, and Billie Burke as Gloria is as clever as ever. Tho Gaumont Graphic contains tho usual entertaining topical pictures. EMPRESS THEATRE. Nowadays practically every picturo produced has some meaning or warning, and "The Foolish Virgin" at the Empress Theatre this week is no exception to the rule. In this particular instance tho picturo is a warning to all girls and young women, to know something of the men they intend to marry before committing themselves for life. -The picture play is taken from the widely-read novel by Thomas Dixon, also author of "The Birth of a Nation," a picture well remembered iu Wellington. Albert Capellani, who did excellent work in tho producing of "Tho Common Law," is also the producer of "Tho Foolish Virgin," and the pictures may will be stated to be on a par. The cast includes winsome Clara Kimball Young, who takes tho part of the girl who marries her first young hero and lives to repent. In this part sho is charming. The story shows how a young school teacher (Miss Young), a dreamer of dreams, falls in love with and marries the first male acquaintance she makes. As a matter of fact she surprises him when ho is in theactof stealinga valua'elo book from a library. After tlioy marry she discovers that ho is a thief and a moral leper. The story has an interesting and absorbing development. The supporting films are also good.

i WALTER JOHNSON'S REVUE PLAYERS. .> On Saturday next, June 11, at His Majesty's Theatre, the Fullers will piesent their biggest and newest levne combination, the Walter Johnson MusiS cnl Rcvuo Players. The company is \ stated to be the best and brightest allj' round company the Fullers havo on i their circuit, and this statement seems r to bo borne out by tlio fact that the (i combination.was chosen by the firm to J open their nes' Melbourne theatre, the Palace. Thero is a big east of principals ({ and a full musical comedy corps do * balet and chorus. It is said to be re]i markable Tor its lavishnoss of produc•j tion, and takes up tho entire entertain- ! mcnt. The first piece is entitled "The Gramophono Girls."