ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 20, 18 October 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. To-night will seo tho Dual ecreening nt the lime's Theatre of "Tho Kaiser, tho 'Beast of Berlin." All who have not yet Been thia great war picture can do so either to-day or to-night. "THE SPLENDID SINNER." "The Splendid Sinner," the star feature to be shown at '<"ne King's Theatre tomorrow, ia a. Goldwyn production said to bo of great merit, with tlie added feature that the star ia Mary Garden, the famous operatic artist, sihi; is one of the lateat of the world-famous staeo stars to take to the screen, and she proves to be as great a film actress as she had been on tho speaking stag*. The picture, it is stnted, is produced in tho most sumptuous Goldwyn style, with interiors, especially a feast scene, which arc said to outrival even those of "The Auotion Block." The story tells of a womnn who had lived for a number of years on terme of intimacy witn a mnn, but whoso bettor nature eventually asserted itself. Freeing herself, she later marries a man whom she truly loves, lnjt her past life bringe disaster. The ciiolng is unusually dramatic. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. To-night will ve the final serening nt Everybody's . Theatre of : "Scandal, the great society drama, featuring Constance Tiilniadge. What is described ae an <jltogether different" manner of photo-pl.'y of a delightful ldnd will bo unfolded, for tho first time, to-morrow. Tho Press of Auckland writes in glowing terms of the drama -VPants," and gives unstinted praise to the fancinntine child aotrncs, little Mary M'Alister, whose lraperswation of-a delicious tot of a girl born in the lap of luxury and confined in a gilded ease lest association with avorago yonnjsters should contaminate her, is described as an "artistic portrayal thnt wins tho warm approval of young and old." Betty (Mary M'Alieter), the child of fortune, breaks bounds to revel on the seashore with other kiddies of her own ago, and has the time of her life. 1o escape detection the youngster exchanges clothes with a hoy, and masquerades in "oants"-hcnce the title of the piny. Time flies, night approaches, and Betty fails to arrive home. A police search is instltut-. ed. but without avail. Meanwhile the father of tho boy owner of the 'pants, driven to desperation by hunger,, feloni- , ously enters the house of Betty s father just about tlie time that the police arrive with the boy who has been mistaken for Betty. The events that follow up to a happy olimax would, if told hore,. spoil the interest in a very pretty denouement. EMPRESS THEATRE. To-night wil]_see the final screening of the World feature, "Journey's End," featuring Ethel Olayton. To-morrow another World drama, "Broken Ties," starring Juno Elvidge and Montagu Love, will be shown. The latter takes the part of a husband who foolishly neglects his wife, and Arthur Ashley plays the.part.of the man who foolishly threatens to take his iplace. June Elvidge, as the wife, is said to be as charming as ever, end her array of gowns something to marvel at. The wife unwisely ijocs to a private party with the other man in a spirit of rebelliousness against her husband's coolness. A murder, occurs, and the yiiwr ■man is arrested. To provo an alibi he would have to betray his wife, while she in turn is convinced through certain circumßtanoes that her husband's brother is the guilty party. The situations are remarkably dramatic. ' ABTORAFT THEATKE. . Tho policy of presenting a double-star programme at the Artcraft Theatre, Sydney Strtet, has resulted iivjawstly popularising that picture noueo. "ileudin 1 South" and "Tho Saleslady," that have been the star attraction , this week, have attracted pioture .patrons, and the children have been delighted with the adventured of Douglas Fairbanks in "Headln' South," whfcih- deals with life on the Mexican border. In "The Saleslady" a rpmantio story is unfolded of a girl leaving her luxurious home to earn, a- living. These two star films, together with the comedy, "Two Tough TenderfeeC will bo screened for the last time to-day.