ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 259, 20 July 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

"LOOK WHO'S HERE." To celebrate the fiftieth performance of Look Who's JJere" iu Wellington thie season Jack Waller and Wm merry playera are pieoentinj; a special programme this evening, iHjiniiritiing nil the most successfill numbers presented by thie clever company (luring their record season here. Ilio trench eccnu. which has proved such a success this week, will bo retained, and many new ditties, ineludiiie "I Wish I Was In Blighty," introduced. Jack Wallers interpretation of tho character ot Old Bill , ' (the Walrus) is a most excellent piecu of work, and tho seltiiic of tho number gives n realistic- idea of what tho lighter eido of trench warfare really is. "'ho "1812" overture makes a wclcouio reappearance in to-niglii's programme. Tins is probably the best inueical novelty of the mauy that "Look Who's Here" lias introduced, and it will bo cordially welcomed by all. The potted plays and dramas will r.lso bo revived, as will "Caller llorrin'," a pioturesriuii Scotch musical number, and ihc Hawaiian ucena will also he uresentcd. Frederick Dennett will play the first, Movement of this Grieg concerto, <vnd Gregory Ivauolf will nlay the Mendelssohn concerto. Many other novelties will he introduced, some quite, new and sonic old favourites of Wellington amusement-lovers. Tho programme promises to be unique, containing iia it dot's the eems of the very extensive repertoire of "Look Who's Here." Tlip farewell night will bo given on Wednesday next. AIALINI, TUB MAGICIAN. To-night , , at the; Concert Chamber, l[alini, the magician, will make liw reapjiearancc belore a Wellington audience prior to his departure for the United ritatcs. This much-travelled artist is ackuovyledged to be at tho top of thu true in his section of publio entertaining. Some of tho feats credited to Malini seem to He impossible. With playing cards he has no diiriculty in bewildering his onlookers, and the closer rhe scrutiny the more MaImi appreciates it. Maliiii wovhs without •any assistants, and an almost entire absence qf paraphernalia. Ke has a wonder- • "V'i 1 , 1 ' °, £ . uanJs, and with these alone he baffles lus audience. A Java, .paper writes of one of Malini's performances : -"Tlie great Jaueeil was present at the performance, and decided not to play after Malini-which is certainly the createst compliment one periormer can pay another. ,, A great feature, of llalml's Bnlortainmont is the abfleiicc of cumbersome appliances, his Kole Drops being his wonderfully dexterous liauds. As a card manipulator he a masJ" '/anil, and lie entertains his audience lot two hours, using mostly on iy rar< j a and .sustaining v hl . gra ,W 'VtSrSt Jlio Sydney -Dai y Telegraph" says -"As a showman, Malini, the Napoleon of magic, is refreshingly quaint; as a magician he is deoidedly balllinitV His tricks arc ongina , and his humour is ifloiisiue M&. nnl,ko i thfl MUal "*«•«« Ko The show wil V° ? ldßo ino plan for the season s now oncn -it ft 0 »"«'?,"• . Mr, Malini will Z, Ssted .by Miss Jhttio Field soprano, Mrs. A M »ba ] e' au,lMr - Fraui;joi >" :

"MY FOUE TEAKS.Ii\ GERMANV." Tho First National Exhibitors nt e?1f&e K ir^S.n mo | HoniT \v a f m \? ir j"mes K Alle I ,°he n i\< -n W - ,¥ sscU, T - M - Wilford, W. D. 6. MncDonald, together w.th the consul ot various countries, ; and a number of military officials. The. picture it "f.leawe thoHo-irho see it with'a dear and indelible anprceiittion of the real causes and occurrences of the war. Tho acts recorded have scrupulously adhered I t J 8l0 ?, ll! lruth I-i B ht d own to tho least detail, and tho cumulative effect is uiiiinaEinublc. It is no mere war film demoting the iislitiug-m fact the actual liKliung enters mto it to only a sllffht degree, and then merely for the purpose of st-reesine the psychologic aspect, The whole world is the stage, with ; the German autocracy as a sinister monster bent on the destruction of the beautice or ncaco and civilisation. The inside history of tho war. and the diplomatic intrigues of the Kaiser and his minions are, it is Ktated, revealed with a. vividness which m? "k 001lld succeed in conveyine. Iho film is ten. reels in length, and at tho present -moment-, when the Americans are playing so important a part In the war, tho picture should be specially interesting. By arrangement, with the military authorities the Trentham Hand will play outside tho theatre from-7.15 p.m.

NOMA TAIiMADGE AT EVERYBODY'S. ■Norma Talmad'ge is tho leading figure in The Law of Compensation," the - star feature to bo screwed at Everybody's Theatre to-day. She is undoubtedly one of the best emotional actreesc3 of the screen, and in whatever play she appears filio ia «ure to make fresh adm.rers. "The Law of Compensation" is described as a story within a story, a 'diiilcnlt method of narrative. Norma is. a young married woman, who finds the ordinary round of "life rather hksome, and commences to play with lire. Her father, hears of tho threatened disaster ami hurriedly vis.ts nor. -Then he tells her the tragic story of her mother, who had trodden the uaino path of folly and paid the penalty. The effect of the story on the young woman makes a diamatic climax to a play of strong dramatic power. In addition will bo shown the eighth episode of "Tho Mystery of Tho Double Gross," entitled "The Stranger Disposes." EMPRESS THEATRE. One of Pathe's latest achievements is a Him story of Wilklo Oolliiis's masterpiece, "Tho Woman in- White," and is to bo Bcrcened at the Empress Theatre to-day, with Florence la. Badie aa the heroine, The picture is said to do full justice to tho book, and reproduce in a • surprising manner tli£ weird atmosphere of suspense which is such a striking feature of the story. The story tells of a lord's marriage for money and his scheming to put his wife out of the way. The Woman in White is a half-witted girl, named Ann, and elio greatly resembles the wife. When Ann dies J.er body h substituted for tho wife's, and the latter is placed in a lunatii , as.vluin ae Ann. The way is thus open for them to appropriate the wife's estate, but there is a lone and exciting road to nn unexpected denouement. CROWN THEATRE. "lly Four Years in Germany" will be the special attraction .'.n the now programme to be screened at- the Crown Theatre to-night. This is an exact screenproduction of the facts set forth in American Ambassador J. W".. Gerard's book of the same name. The picture is describe! as the inside story of the sinking of tho Lueitania, the Zabcrn ailair, the typhus camps lit Wittenbii'g, the "U-boat campaign, the slave raids, the Kaiser's intrigues, tho Socialist riots in the Heichstag and other important occurrenccs.and is said to grip firmly from start to finish. The production, is in ten roeln. Special music will be olaycd by a full orchestra under the leadership of Jlr. A. 11. Jerome. The box plan is at Bcgg's. OAIPELM. .

Signor Gnppulli, tlio eminent Italian operatic tiiiior, will be heard at the Grand Opera House next Saturday evening. Cappelli will be favourably remembered as principal tenor with the Gonealez Grand ( .Opcra Company on their recent tour, aiid that he is again in this country and that- ho will give a limited number of concerts will bo appreciated by all musio-lovers. Darius; hia previous tour critics agreed that Canpelli is an artist of rare talent, the possessor of a pure rich tenor voice of remarUable range. Australian criticH say that no finer tenor has been heard in the Southern Hemisphere, and recently in the Sydney Town Hall the audience of over three thousand refused to leave the building till he had given many extra numbers, and of his first appearance in Auckland he was received with enthusiastic approval. In support of Cappclli will be Mr. John Amadio, flautist: Siguor Cesaroni, basso; Mies Veronica Bedford, soprano; and Mr. Harold Whittle, accompanist. Three concerts will be given in U'eiliniUon, ind the box plan of reserved seats opens at th« Bristol on Thursday morning. "THE BISG HOVB ART-! HKJ!E"-NORTII 'ISLAND TOUli. The following nro the North Island dates for ,1. C. Williamson, Ltd.'s, gorgeous Kpcctaoular revue, "The Binjr lioys Are Ucrc":-Hawera, Monday. July 22; Wangnmii, Tuesday and Wednesday; July 23 and 24; Palmmton North. Thursday, July 25; Napier, Friday nnd Saturday, Jiilv 26 and 27: Hasting, Monday, July 29; "and Grand Opera JTouse, Well-uglon, comnieneHiK Wednesday, July 31. Tim box plan will open three days urior to the opening date.