ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 21, 19 October 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEiTfiE. Mr. Malcolm M'Eachern Teta.ina.hie place nt tho head of the vaudeville bill at His Majesty's Theatre this week. As one of the finest bassos who havo visited this eity, Mr. M'Eachern constitutes something more than an ordinary attraction to tho ■lover of good singing. IMb numbers are bo selected as' to present an excellent oomhiuation of quality with popularity, James and Selrao, are billed for a comedy turn that is first-class, while Jturfayne, the xylonhonist, continues to render both classical and rag selections with equal facility. The second part of the evening's amusement is provided by the Stnnhope Revue Co.

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. The English, Pierrots havins deoided to extend their season till Monday next, the public will now'j have three more oppor. tunitles of enjoying tftc bright and clcvor entertainments presented by the sompany. Changes of programme are announced- for Saturday and Monday. Miss Elso, Lang-ley and Miss Billie Wilson are two artists of whom the public does not readily tiro, and every evening they succeed xn delighting their audiences wiUTthcir dainty performances. . Messrs. Lawrence. Austen, and Turner, are fun-makers of the .first order, while Messrs. Lyle, Ooolte, and Mitchell are responsible for some very fine singing. The duets rendered by Messrs. Lyle and Mitchell are delightful. ICING'S THEATRE. \ William Desmond and Enid Markey will be Been for the last time to-night at the King's Theatre in the Triangle, drama "Blood AVUI Tell." Commencing to-morrow afternoon at the matinee "Tho Girl Who Did Not Care," described as a powerful play problem, featuring Donald Hall, will bo screened. The story concerns a wealthy manufacturer whose wife befriends, an orphan girl and takes her into their home. Years after, the girl lures the manufacturer away and causes him to oast aside his wife, pleadiug as an exousa the constant melancholy in whioh she is wrapped as the result of the loss of theirs* only ohild. a son, who they believo was drowned, but whose disappearance was caused by the gtrl. The son returns, and. meeting his mother, learns of her separation from his father and its cause. How he reunites his father and mother is said to be masterfully presented.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. - To-nigbt will see tho final screening at Everybody's Theatre of "linvy." Charles Ray appears as Everell Nelson, in tho new Triangle play "The Clodhopper, to be screened to-morrow. The story deals with an only son of a farmer. He does all the hard work on the place for his father, who keepß the county bank. Unable to stand tho bondage any longer, he leaves for New York in Quest of work. While job-hunting he sees a sign on the door requesting the services of ft janitor. On entering to apply for tho position he finds himself on' the< Btage of a theatre where a rehearsal for a musical comedy is in progress. ' Tho astounded manager gazes at this apparition, and then an idea strikes him. He hires "The Clodhopper" for a rural number in his show. How the "Kube" makes the hit of his life, as well as showing ho is not to be laughed at as tho prodigal son, is. shown in tho events that follow.

EMPRESS THEATRE. .• The final soreoning of "Youth" will be given at tho EmpreßS Theatre to-night. At tlie change of programme to-morrow Alico Brady will be seen In the latest World Film success "A. Self-made Widow." Tho story deals with Sylvia Bmitb, a country girl, who holievea everything she reads. She comes up to town to olopo, and is mot by her lover's wife and children. Desperately she enters into a plot to marry under the name of tho man who is supposed to have suicided. The man turns put to bo Fitzhugh Castlcton, a millionaire, and Sylvia is compelled to take her position as his widow. Oastleton gets back from Australia, where he had gone on an adventure trip, and finds from the butler that the girl ho sees through the window is nosing as his widow. After a great deal of oross-purposos, all ends well, in spite of the plotting of tho forger whom she had married.

"IT IS FOR ENGLAND." The official Navy League BUper-feature photo-play "It Is For England" will make its appeal to the Wellington, public at the Queen's Theatre, Ouba Street, to-morrow, starting at 2.30. The picture is a, ten-reel super-feature photo-play that is said to have oroatcd unbounded enthusiasm.' whereever it has been shown. There are so many themes in tho story that it appeals to all classes, and above all to those who have British hearts and /patriotic feelings. The story was written to inspire tho British peoples with the propor feeling of detestation for German spy methods. The British Government, when awakened to the real danger of the German spy menace, had to rouse the people. One of the suro6t methods was the photo-play, and "It la For England" was written. Tho British Government and the naval authorities gave unprecedented facilities to the author to make the picture the most appealing story ever told by the aid of the camera. The Navy League lent its great aid, and after nearly two years' incessant labour, "It Is For England" sent out its impressive message. It is at once a powerful love story,, and a bitter denunciation of tho apathy of the British neopln. It is stated that every scene in the play is authentic, and the glamour of romance • that surrounds the story makes the facts more impressive. Every act has a climax of its own. and is claimed to have aroused cheers from all claiiseß. The season will be for seven nights and matinees. The box plan is at the Bristol.

"THE PINK LADY." . "The Pink Lady," to be produced for the first time in New Zealand on Wednesday night next at the Grand Opera, House, by J. C. Williamson's Royal Comic Opera- Company, is stated to be a musical novelty with a pleasant surprise. "I'ho Pink Lady" has had a record of successes in London, New York,' Melbourne, and Sydney. The piece has many recommendations. One of these is that there is an approach to coherency in the plot; which is founded on a French farce, elaborated into a. three-act musical comedy. The libretto and the lyrics' aie by Mr. 0. M. S. M'Lennan, who ; has offered proof of .his dramatic capacity in "The Belle of New York" and Leah Kleshna, The music is from. the facile pen of Mr. Ivan Oaryll. composer of "o"ijr Miss Gibbs." and is said to possess a tuneful significance not always apparent in nieces of this kind. Beyond these essentials there is plenty of gaiety aiid glamour which come from the scenery and costumes, and the brilliancy of numerous accessories which the $. 0. Williamson management know so well how to handle. It is claimed that there is not a. moment of the whole performance which lacks the sparkle of refined merriment. The production has been described by critics to' be one of the brightest in the long and brilliant J. C. Williamson, Ltd., regime. Through the frolicsome romance threads a radiant musical theme stated to be resnlendant in rainbow colours, with an elaborate embellishment of tracking, ballets, elaborate dances, and a number of pretty girls, the whole making a joyous entertainment. The .piece is distinguished in being given one of the atrongest musical .comedy casts that has been announced In this city for nuite a long time past*, and includes Minnie Love (the Pink Lady). Florence loune. Fnlhe Pavne. Celia Ghilonv Gladys MoncriolT, Ma'ie Baird, Bessie Toy. Marjone Bray, Phil Smith. Reginald Roberts, Leslie Holland, Claude Bontock. Hurry Itartcliffe. Jack Ealston, Dick Shortiand, Stanley Odgers, Alfred Andrew, Claude Solomon, and Freddy' Wallace.