ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 112, 29 January 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"CANARY COTTAGE." "Canary Cottage," which is being stage! nightly at the Grand Opera Houde. has for its motif the perilous catholicity of a young man's loving. Jerry Sunimcrficld is the hero, and his unfortunate capacity for detecting ectual charm in the most widely" different ty.pes of women lures him into a pretty tangle. Thfc fun begins ivlien Jerry extends tho hospitality of Canary Cottage to Trixie-his Present; grows livelier when he has to welcome 111 Pauline—his Future! and reaches a climax when he finds upon his hands the passionate Blanche—his Past. The feelings of nil involved 1 in Jerry's mix-up are given witty expression in speech and Bong. Tho principal parts arc in the care of Misbcs Maud Fane, Connie Edlss. Cecil Bradley, and Messrs. William Greene, Alfred Fritn, and Field Fieher. The raiment of I Jie ohorus is, to mere man. a blaze of gl<ory. "So Long, Letty" will, be reused on Fridav and Saturday night next, which will mark the close of 'he season, the plans will be opened thi3 morning. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The programme presented at His Majesty's Theatre last night„was full of good things. Brown and fi * bright American pair, made their niai appearance before a Wellington au<iicnc and with song and J est . YsSr'tl!?n was popularity. A feature cf their a character song by a ■ diminutive maid with a doll. Mr. Walter 0. M.Kay, tho merry musical knut-/' also made his first appearance in this city. He proveci' , a remarkably clever performer on the banjo and on a Ohineße T ® rs J on PI ,'.J instrument, and lie provided witn his music an accompaniment of ainusing patter. Tliere was no doubt at all about his success. Mr. Ted M'Lean and Miss Genevieve liee presented another of their condensed dramas. It was a p°wcrful little playlet, and told how a brave woman convinced a cynical man of the world that there really was such a thing aB love without price. Both players were reauired to display dramatic intensity of a high order, and they succeeded admirably. The audienco almost held. its breath as the brief drama unfolded itself, ana applauded enthusiastically the pleasing climax. Kelly and Drake, another nair of American fun-makers, provided some new items, and raised many hearty laughs, and tho Booviers appeared agaip in their artistic posing act. Their exhibition of living statuary ;s one of the best that has been eeen in t Wellington. They have the knack of being at once graceful, original and realistio, and tney never falter in their poses. Tho second part of tho programme was occupied by the Paul Stanhope Revue Players, who presented again the hilarious revue, "Razzl6 Dazzle." Mr. Stanhope himself, in his Irish characterisation of Spike Murphy, was intensely funny, and he was well supported on the comic side by Mr. Val Nevman. Mr. Will Raynor was t a French waiter who found occasion to give a really good rendering cf "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes." "The Soldiers Ohorus," from "Faust," interpreted by Stanhope's Octette, was inother of the musical features'. The revue-was not concerned with anything in particular, but it rippled along merrily, and all the members of the comnany, including the Ginsrer Girls, acquitted themselves well. Tho programme will be repeated nightly during tho week. KING'S THEATRE., "Bought and Paid For" ia the star feature now screening at. tho King's Theatre. The leading roles are played by Alice Brady and Montague love. EVEEYBODY'S THEATEE. "Broadway Arizona-," starring Olive Thomas, is the feature now being screened at Everybody's .Theatre. Supporting items include Barrie Marschel's "Tho Kid from Timaru," a special war .picture, taken by permission of the Minister of Defence, and screened undor Vice-Eeg.U patronage, the thirteenth chapter of "The Secret Kingdom" and other itenu. EMPRESS THEATRE. "An Alabaster Box," the Greater Yitagraph feature now screening at the Empress Theatre, features Alice Joyce. The Tlay is crowded with clever human touches, and tho settings and photography are excellent. Supports include Charlos 'Chaplin in "Easy Street." "THE 6PY SYSTEM" AND'"BABES IN THE WOOD." At the Grand Opera House on Monday next will be screened "The Spy Synem," a picture story of an American's sacrifice of lifo and all it holds t'.ear to him, to save his countrympn and learn the secrets of tho German spy system. Dußtin Farmran, one of tho most popular men sir-.rs of the screen, plays tho role of Mark Qnaintance, a man of wealth and social position, who undertakes the hazardous task of gaining a list of the Teutonic spies in the United States. In Berlin lie firidß it necessary to enrol himself among these Bpies before ho can learn where the book containing their names is kept. Then ho gets possession of it and send it to the American Ambassador, -while ho himself is court-mnrtialled. A feature of this drama is said to be that it contains all the vigour and excitement of war, without a single battle_ scene being flashed on the screen. Believing that the public has a surfeit of such views, the Fox Company arranged its story in such fashion that it was found unnecessary to fire a, sraglo shot during the taking of tho picture. "Babes in the Wood," the second feature on tho same programme, iB described as a photo-fantasy with an appeal to grownups and those' who must still crow. It is the first of the Fox "kiddie series, and introduces the two particularly clever children. Francis Carpenter and Virginia Lee Corbin./