ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

DOLORES CONCERT POSTPONED. For the past few days Mdlle. Antoilia Dolores has been sulfering lroni a cold, mtd it developed so badly yesterday tliut, tliough she postponed tno calling off ot the concert until after live o'clock she. was reluctantly compelled to abandon the recital for last evening. Mdlle. Dolores made the announcement with much reluctance, but she preferred poitpniing the concert rather than give mi indif-ferent-recital'and so disappoint her numerous admirers and herself. Shu has been 'fighting hard against the cold,-but, /to use her own words, "1 feel 1 could- not do myself-justice this evening, so pieler to give it up. I will return Here for another season.. 1 very much n-gi'ot the troublo I am giving everyone tl is evening instead of giving pleasure to my beloved public and friends." This is the first occasion in years that Mdlle. Doiores lilts missed a concert; in fact, she bus given over 400 recitals without onco disappointing the public. Mdlle. Dolores and her party were a week on the boat from Sydney, including quarantine in Sydney and Auckland, their had' tho arduous trip overland iVoni'Auckland, only arriving here on the afternoon of'her first concert. Mdlle. Dolores will give a return cbneiyrt or concerts- in AVcliington on a date to he announced later. Much as she ;i.id everyone icgretted she deferred Inst night's conceit rather than run the risk of injuring her voice, 1 for she" has a provincial tour booked which she intends keeping. Mdlle. Dolores will commence-her provincial four of the North Island this evening, when she will appear in the Palaco Theatre, Palmerston North. • Next Tuesday sho is to appear in Foxton, Wednesday in Feilding, Thursday m Wanganui, next Saturday in, Stratford, thence New Plymouth, March 11; Waitara,. March 12; Inglewood, March 13; Bftiuievirko, Mavcli 15;. Napier, liarch lU; Hastings, March 20; and thence to Auckland. A specially selected programme, has been arranged for the-provincial _tour, including "I've Been- Roaming (Horn). "O, Listen to the Voice of Love, and "Echo-Tells Me" (Hook), the recit, Mi ■Purea " • and canmno. "Pianeae - and "Ave Marie," from tho - fourth act of "Otello" (Verdi), "Berceuse" and "lonjours. a. Toi" (Tschfiikovsky), Yalsc Song" from "Romeo and Juliet opera (Gounod), "In tho -Woods" and ' Long Ago" (MacDow-ell). Mr. Harold Smith will be the pianist"NOTHING RUT THE TRI'TH"..-TO-NIGHT. To-night at the Grand • Opera . House Mr. M. li. Fignjan, Miss Lolita Roberteon, and a specially-organiscd comedy company will inaugurate a sliort season, opening with a three-act farce-comedy, "Nothing But-the-Truth," which has to its credit lengthy and successful runs in America and lingland, and Hits since also "made good" in Melbourne and Auckland. Both Mr. Figuian and Miss Robertson will appear in their -original roles, as played by them some hundreds of times in America. Of the opening production in Melbourne a critic wrote:— "Mr. Figmau quickly placed himself ,on a happy footing with his first audience in Australia. . . It was a brisk, joyous bit of acting, which the audience wholly enjoyed, because, on the principle that an old poacher juakes a good gamekeeper, they knew, in the moment that •tho first necessary explanations were over, and Truth, began- / its progress through- the valley of tribulation, they began to laugh, and mirth grew steadily until the end.'' Miss Lolita Robertson, is credited with having a 'particular!} attrnctivo stage presence, and in the role of the truth-teller's fiancee, and, unconsciously, his abettor , in experiment, ehe simply lived the part go naturally as to enhance the laughter-value of the comedy, and to accontuato the all-round .balance of the company." The supporting company includes many newcomers and quite a few old favourites. The Misses Primrose Caryll, Lucie Carter, Bernice Vert, and Mr. Mac M. Barnes, nre making their first appearance, the Misses Emma Temple and Nellie Wilson (the latter especially reiigaged in America for this tour) and Messrs. line Bush (also returning after his American successes), Kenneth lirampton, and Leslie Victor reappear in congenial rotes< No* thing But the Truth" will bo played for six nights only, the last two nights of tho season being devoted to 'The Man on the' Box," a comedy founded on HarpW MacGrath's famous book, and in wlucii Mr. Figman and Miss Robertson will also be seen in their original roles.. The box plans will bo at the Bristol ' until noon to-day, and after that hour at Perry s, tobacconist, Manners Street, where day Bales may also be obtained. ■

"DESERT GOLD" TO-DAY. The weekly change of pictures .and music will talis place at the Ivutgs Theatre this afternoon at the matinee, when the piece'de resistance will lie Mr. Beaumont Smith's great racing drama, entitled • "Desert Gold." In order to instil realism intothis .picture story, special arrangements were made.' with Mr. T. H. Lowry for the appearance of liis famous • racing mare, Desert Gold, right throughout tlie picture. Miss Marie Key (a Wellington young lad.v) will play the part of the trainer's daughter..' The picture is said to. abound in, stirring, incidents, and there aro • m;.ny hailbreadth escapes. . A velconx reapp?arancu will be that of ;Mr. Leu Barnes, the popular Wellington baritone,. lio has chosen for one of his numbers, Heroes Who Sleep Over There," written by Mr. Sid. Bernard, cornet soloist of the "King's" orchestra. There are two entr'acte items for the coming week: (a) "Drum Burlesque," (b) "Loin. <lu • Bal (Gillet), bell and xylophone solb,-. to be played by Clias. Stewart, Incidental music to "Desert Gold" to be j.layed by the Orchestra will include "Zampa" (Herold), also selections from the famous operas, "Paul .Tones and La Cigale." The box plait is at me Bristol until noon, and after 1.30 seats bo - reserved by ringing the King s te.ephone 3143. ' ■

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. There is an unusual- element in the Goldwyn drama, "Joan the featuw to be screened at' Everybody » Theatre to-day.. Mabel Normani! is the star, but she plays a par: totally unliko anything the has previously done. Instead of being a merrj; little lady, always up to pranks, "she ' ecuiiies an ignorant waif, who hears the story, ot 1 oaii of Arc, and is immediately seized wstli a desire to do similar deeijs tor,her own country. The story is said to be a delightful welding of pathos and fantas>, and although it is .based on a war happeuing, tliis aspect '«s merely In addition will be sho.vu i super serial, "The Houso or '"'ita stav " ring Pearl White and Ani'inuV ko: w.o. Another attraction will be Charles Uiapliu in "Shanghaied.". EMPRESS THEATRE. ' Mae Marsh, it is stated, wears some beautiful gowns,"and is. ■ damiust _\rctlt jewels in the Goldwyn drama, Money Mad," which: will be screened at. the Empress Theatre to-dny. It is described as an exciting drrfma, with a strong occult strain, and a delightful ove theme. Mac Marsh is said to excel herself in this picture, and is as delightful and pleasing as ever. i The supporting programme includes topical and comedy subjects. OFFICIAL PICTURE OF GERMAN . NAVAL SURRENDER. The Wellington public is to be afforded the opportunity on Saturday next w viewing what is historically and topically tho most extraordinary piclurc ever secured in the annals of the Kinomatogrnph business, viz., the surrender oi the German Naval Elect to the might Oi the Allies. The picture is all-embrac-ing. Not only does it picture in detail tho arrival ot' the big grey ships fit Scupa Flow but it takes one in- a tlasli to tho port- of Harwich, and show .the arrival of the various fleets of U-boats, apparently?miles and miles of I'lem m length, inciuding tho fatuous or infamous Deutschland (of trans-Atlantic note), and in less time, than it takes to'write the words, the audience is rushing up tho Firth ot" Forth in a destroyer, dashing under the great railway bridge, to vlw the great assemblage- there of the smal.er craft of the Hun fleet, which ho so peacefully at anchor "fast by out 1 native shore." Could anything said or written so forcibly and emphatically declare tho total defeat of tho German nation as this picture does? One of the most notable features among many is the special

picture showing the "mystery ship" at close quarters. This style of ship, which , brought- terror into the foul hearts of tho U-boat commanders, was to all intents and purposes a peaceful merchantman, with a crew of nondescripts lolling about, the deck. Of a sudden an order is . given, the sides of an innocent-lOoking deckhouse fall down like a pack of cards, • disclosing a lovely sis-inch gun. A few rounds are fired, the house closes up again, and there'is the crew lazing ( round as if on an' ordiliavy trader. -Tha picture is British tradition in celluloid— 5000 feet of it, and will no i doubt' b? seen by most men, women, arid children in the country. The Wellington season willcomence at the Town Hall oii Saiiir- - day next; The box plan will open'at the Bristol on Wednesday < morning. A large orchestra, under. Signor A. Truda, will render special selections, and the. Wellington tenor,' Mr, 11. Wpod, will 6U)g patriotic airs. .