ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 27, 26 October 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"THE PINK LADY" TO-HIGHT J. 0. Williamson's 'Boynl Comic Opera Company will make a wclcome reappear- | ance at the Grand Opera { lo "ff r Sf o !; ve f' inc with a new musical .iltiactiou in "Tho Pink Lady." S 1 ft" nieco in London, Now lork .and Australia, is well known. Staged m Sydncy last February, it won S r «a ;P °P" ,ar JiJ r " and this was repeated m ' s"° of tho b'ieecst successes of the production is said to be that of Miss Florence loung, who, although she' only makes a brief appearanco, has the most efiectne oong number of the piece. , lh's is entitled, "Donny ,Did, Donny Didn t, a doclamatory piece of vocalisation tyliicii oyduey and Melbourne critics agreed stowed Mim Young at her very b&st. Miss Minnie Love, in the title role has in tine piece a most congenial part. Her inosfc a_ttractive items include tho famous Pink Lady waltz, -which a few years ago achieved -world-wide popularity. Others in tho oast are: Mr. Phil Smith, a- collector of antiques: Mr. Reginald Roberts, an errinr husband; Mr. Leslie Holland, who sins* "On the Bank* of the Sascatcliewan"; Mr. Clyde Cook, who as a French detectivo is said to bo one of the successes of the play, with his unique and Tery clever eccentric dancing: Claude Bantook, Stanley, OdgOTls, Cyril Kite larda, Alfred Andrew. rYcd Vilfors Arnold, William Buckley, Gladys Konenef, ■ .Tesßic Oaffyu, Rosio Mtue Band, and Marjorie Erny. _ "Tho Pink Lady will be presented to-night, to-morrow night, and Monday. On Tuesday an" Wednesday the bright musical comedy Phe Cinema Star/' will lo presented. On Tlmreday evening a,.revival of the evei;-_ green comfo operfi-, "The Merry Widow, will be [riven, and for the last night o" the season (Fridav) "The Itcl Widow" will he staged. The box plans for the season are iiow on view Jit the Bristol.

HIS MA.TES'JT'S THEATRE. The headliner at Kis Majesty's theatre thiß week is an aot by the Belldays. Tho lady plays the part of a. maid masquerading in her mistress's attire, and the men that of a. vafet who has borrowed his master's best array. .The antics of the pair are billed under the title of ■ In© Lady of the- Falls"—and how appropriate thai title vie those who havo seen the turn will have realised. Laurant, Clarke aua Wallace, and CHvalli and his dogs, arc ptill upon the programme, A Paul btanhope revue occupied the whole of the second part. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. To-night will see tho final screening- at Everybody's Theatre of "the Triangle drama, "The Clodhopper." At the change of programme to-morrow Olive Thomas, the beautiful Harrison Fisher girl, will make her screen debut in a Thoina-s luce production, entitled Madge. Miss Thomas paily and. joyously JUt» through every eceno of this story whicn contains not a sinelo tear. As the play unrolls, the audience see Madoap in a finishing school where she Is being polislicd to the satisfaction of hor ambitious family. She is expelled b<xaus« of her girlish pranks, and then she starts things going in a manner that would oo oredit to Ohaplin himself. Charles ,Gunn supiports the Broadway star.

EMPRESS THEATRE. "A Self-Made Widow" will bo screened for the last time to-hiffht. At the ch«U]go to-morrow Mary Miles Minto will bo seen in a Mutual Maßterpioco. entitled Mo Periwinkle." /The story opens on a beacii near a life-saving station. Tho youneest member of the life-guard crew rescues a babv girl from a wrcolc. The pliiM is cared for at the station, and the man christens' hor "Periwinkle. . When b»o has grown up and is tho bright Epot in tho lives of the men at tho station, Dick liangdon, a wealthy young Now Yorker, is cast ashore from the wreck of nu yacht. Periwinltlo. aiding tho life-savors, helps to bring him bacK- to life. Her goodness and faith transform Langdon during his stay at tho station from a blase, carousing society ne er-do-wcU to a man of liigh and noble, ambitions, who in the'end marries, Periwinkle. .KING'S THEATRE"The Qirl Who Did Not Care" will be screenod for the last time to-night at the King's Theatre. At the •matinee tomorrow "Tom Brown's Schooldays will be tho star foa-ture. This masterpiece of English literature lias, it is claimcd, been made into a wonderful moling picture by the Windsor Company. TMTe story (teals with Tom Brown, eon of Squire Brown, ■whose neighbours, alarmed at the iau s pranks, wait- on th© father to suffffest. stricter discipUuc. The old squire turns them out, and Tott eventually goes up to Rugby, whero the famous Dr. Arnold is the headmaster. Tom's school <-<ucer ia full of incident and there are many adventures tuid escapades, in which, he takes part.