ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 3, 29 September 1919, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMELIE POLINI SEASON. Tlio talented young 'English actress, Miss Emelio Poiini, will appear at the Grand Opera House nes.t Saturday evening in the first presentation here ct Edward Clark's psychological mystery play, "De Luxe Annie." The J. and N. Tait Company will include artists wellknown in the Dominion, including Miss Esther Mitchell, -Miss Olive Wilton, Messrs. A. E. Grecnaw.vy, John De Lacey, John Eernside, Victor Fitzherbert, Raymond Lawrence, George Chalmers, II arconrt Hare, and S. A. Fitzgerald, Of the newcomers, Harmon Lee is a nottvl American actor, and Miss Georgia Harvey is a clever characrer actress, while Mr. Norman Pearce been very successful both in the Dnited States and Canada. The settings are novel, and ithe production will be on exactly the same scale as characterised the Australian presentation. The second production of the season will be Max Mnrcin's drnmat> novelty, "The Eyes of Youth," with Mi->: Eiuelie Poiini in the role of Gina Ashling. The production is in three ad-: and seven episodes, enhanced by mechnni. cal changes and orchestral interludes. Mr. E. J. Wnlford is coming over in charge of the orchestra. The box plan is to open at the Bristol on Wednesday morning next. PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. Admirers of the man who succeeds against almost overwhelming odds will appreciate the screen version of Larry EvansV red-blooded and righting story, "Once to Every Man," which is now being shown at the People's Picture Palace. This production portrays the story of.the almost brutal opposition of the residents of a small town to a. lioy whose parents established a bad reputation for drinking. The lad struggles to fight off the inherited craving and all but falls a victim to the taint. Chwf among his tormentors is a big burly brute of a lumber jack who, without provocation, unmercifully 'beats the boy. Even the lad's sweetheart loses faith in him nml ho sojourns to the b : g city there to fitrht hit battles alone, and conquers through many vicissitudes. "DAMAGED GOODS." This morning (he box plan.? for the film "Damaged Goods" will bo available for tho initial screening next Saturday evening (for men only), at the Town Ilall. and also the subsequent exhibitions in both halls (for either sex). This very candid .story is said to "nave effected much good in breaking, down the silence of years on an'important subject that can only be handled by. resolute and whole-some-minded effort. . The play is a strong human' appeal to young people to leaf! healthy normal lives l>eforo and after marriage, and the impression generally is a very profound one.