ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 141, 4 March 1918, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

«- HIS MAJESTY'S THEATItE. Mr. Walker Johnson's Uovnc Company returned to tlie scene of former triumphs on Saturday when they presented at His Majesty's Theatre a, joyous production entitled "Tho Hailway Tangle." As a producer Mr. Johnson may be safely said to stand alone amongst the many that Messrs, Fuller nave presented here from timo to time. The show was lavishly staged, and the half-dozen principals acquitted themselves very favourably in the melange of nonsense and meloday that goes to form that popular species of entcrtOiimncnb known as "revue." The customary covps-de-ballet showed themselves to advantage, and the whole performance wont with a swin from curtain-rise to curtain-fall. Tn the variety portion or fan nrogramme, Mr. Philip Newbury, the wril-known tenor, with the arsistance of Mi'sn Amy Murphy, rendered sundry vocal numbers very acceptably: the Musical Flpntloys played their "marimba-xylo-phone" to the enjoyment of all who heard them, and the Five I.cwins, a quintette of Uttln Oriental vaids, pang and danced gracefully. The same procrammo will 1>" renewed evening and nightly throughout the week. THE KING'S THEATRE. Tho weekly change of programme was effected at the King's Theatre on ■ Saluruay, when a Triangle comedy-drama, "Indiscreet Corinne," featuring Olive Thomas, was presented. The picture introduces some novel features, and is on that account all tho more enjoyable. _ Olive '["nomas, who takes the part of Corinne. is depicted at the outset as a thoroughly discontented girl in a home where scrupulous attention is paid to the observance of tho formalities. Corinne, it must be confessed, is cast in a different mould, and has in consequence her own particular attitude towards life. A thirst for the unusual, the sen6ationa]-cven the unconventional—takes complete possession of her, and she disappears one day, her only companion being her French maid. A newspaper advertisement, tho -wording of which promised some adventure, was the cause of her disappearance.. She meets adventure in plenty, finally achieving notoriety as a, cabaret dancer, to discover the identity of whom all New York cabaret-frequenters are at their wits' end. Krcntuallj Corinne'B strait-laced parents discover in the dancer their own daughter —and then there takes place something more than a. "scene." However, the production of a perfectly eligible husband solves all the difficulties, and eventually complete harmony is restored. AD through the story is depicted with an excellent'swing. Tho third episode of "The Neglected Wife." maintains fully the excellency of the nre.v'pus instalments end the "Gaumont Graphic" Is as usual full of scenes of interest. EMPRESS THEATR'S. Tho star picture in the new programme at the Empress Theatre, entitlen "The Adventures of Carol," is a story full of intense human interest. Carol is curious to know what spies are, and asks her father. Commander Montgomery, who haa placed his papers in a wall-safe. That evening on returning to bed she remembered that she had not Baid good nignt to daddy, and immediately goes downstairs and discovers a man in the act of rifling the sate. Tho man ib captured and proves to be a spy. A few days later Mrs. Montgomery goes to call on her husband's mother, leaving Carol at home. The latter, becoming lonely, decideß to follow her mother. She falls asleep in a subway train, the guard aßks her name, and she is unable to tell him. She is lost, and after a time stumbles into'a tenement. She is found on the steps by an Italian organgrinder, who befriends the girl, and they go south with the organ and the usual monkoy. A week later Carol is left m chargo for a few minutes of the organ and the monkey. Tlio latter runs away and Carol after it. She is lost once more, and is taken by a coloured man and hh wife into the house of Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax. Ten years before Mrs. Fairfax 3 daughter ran away with a man. Colonel Fairfax objected to. He disowned his daughter, and Mrs. Fairfax declared she would never speak again until he relented. Through Carol's efforts Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax are united, and their daughter is invited home, and she proves to bo Carol s mother. The story is full of dramatic incident. "The Perils of the Bakery, a Triangle comedy, "Fathc's second senca or special war pictures, and the Topical Budgot" complete the programme, which is one of the best screened at tne Empress Theatre.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "It Happened to Adele," the feature film at Everybody's Theatre this week, stars Gladys Leslie, and tells a simple story of lore and kindness. Adele and her mother are very poor, and lire In squalid surroundings. Adojo however, inherit*i a love for the stage from her mother, and posesises all the qualifications jor becoming a, great dancer. Through the services' of Blanche (Peppy Burke) a kind and vase voung ladv of the chorus, Adelo is given an opnortunity of taking her place among the ballet-dancers. She quickly proves her worth, and. presently she is classed a, star Adele is loved by Horton (Mayne Arev) and Harvey (Charles Emerson}, a, would-be composer. She favours Harvey but finally discovers that he is ratnei selfish, and she ultimately accents Horton, whose true worth she has .learned .to value. In this picture is giveni an hxterest ng pKmpse of stage life behind t>je scenes The comedy picture •'Lonesoiw Se Plumber," is- extremely funny, and laughter-provoking, and Pathe s 'Ga«tv as K W pictures of topical hapwnfngs. This programme will be screened throughout the week.