ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 25, 24 October 1918, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

j KING'S THEATRE Mary Garden as Dolores has the star part in "The Splendid Sinner," the Goldwyn feature now screening at the King's j Theatre. The picture, which (trips from ■ the outset, is superbly staged and mounted. The heroine is a woman who lives for money, and -when financial ruin threatens her, she takes to gambling. The feast scenes are particularly striking, "I WANT MY CHILDREN." "Children are tile connecting link be-" twetn ineu and angels." So said a wise I man, and he expressed the almost iuue- | imuule leeling, me strange sense of eni nobieineut. waiieh comes with the blessing lof a child.- Hull" there are people who shirk their responsibility; women who are i contont to go through life without hav- ' ing known the eupreme happiness of [ motherhood. Their'action, cpnyituies a j great social evil, a.nd it is this which lorins the theme of the motion-picture, I entitled "X Want My Children," which will i be screened al the King's Theatre twice daily, 2.30 and 8 p.m., commencing on • Saturday. The subject is a daring one, i but it is said to be handled so courageously and withal bo reverently that tno 1 picture cannot possibly give the ieaet I otfonce, but instead becomes a power for i good. Pew film stories, it is claimed, j carry the tremendous appeal which this docs. Appropriate inueic by an augmented orchestra, also vocal items by the Orpheus Quartet, will be rendored during "■ the screening of the picture. ,- The box plan at the iiristol is now open. =| . . EVERYBODY'S, THEATRE., ..." I A beautiful story of childhood is charm<J ingly set out in the drama. "Pants," now being screened at Everybody's Theatre. Little Mary M'Alister, a clever child actress, portrays the role of a little rich girl, who hau everything that money can buy, except companions. She gets into some remarkable scrapes, but in every cace she merely smiles and makes the world forgive her. Some of the scenes verge on teare, but that merely accentuates the joyousness which follows. Oir Saturday Norman Talmadge will be seen in "Tho Moth," a Selzniok production. ' EMPRESS THEATRE. The World production, "Broken Ties," is the outstanding attraction at the Empress Theatre. June Elvldge has the place of honour in the cast, while Montagu Love and Arthur Ashley also have prominent parts. This week's "Gazette" is of more than ■usual interest to New Zealanders because of the fact that two of the Dominion's most foremost citizens in the Rt. Hon. W. P. Masscy and air ' Joseph Ward are seen visiting Downing Street. A limited number of reserved seats are available at the theatre or by telephoning No, 3442. ARTORAFT, THEATRE. In a charming drama,. "Love Mo," at present being shown at tho Artcraft * i Thoatro, Dorothy Dalton plays with great \ fervour. Tho. story is one. of sacrifice, I > relating the manner in which one wife I i immolated herself in order to save an- ! \ other. • Jack Pickfqrd playa the leading ' part in "His Majesty Bunker Bean." which I roveals tho remarkable hallucinations, of i > a young man. The remaining items of i the programme, .which will be repeated I to-ilay, are of a, high order of merit. i MR. ALEXANDER WATSON. ' i Among, the recitations selected by Mr. L Aloxander Watson for his opening recital •> at the Concert Chamber ucxt- Saturday i [ evening are three fine war poems, which j i havo been specially prepared for this tour, j namely "The Ballad of the War-time ! I Trawler" (Captain Hopwood). "The Cow- ] * ard." by Robert Service (the Canadian I . Kipling), and "The Guards Came Through" ! > (Sir A. Conan Doyle), also the powerful I Forum Scene from "Julius Caesar," Cau- I ' tionary tales, "Rebecca" and "Lord I ! liundy," and Mark Twain's amazing j > nightmare, "Punch, Brothers, Punch," i which was euch a great favourite with >l the New Zealand soldiers in' Flanders, ' where ?,fr. Watson was Official Entertainer for some three months. The box plan is > how on view at tho Bristol.