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ENTERTAINMENTS

"COMMON CLAY." The American drama, "Common Clay," was producod for the second time- in Wellington at the Grand Opera House last evening by the Muriel Starr Dramatic Company. "Common Clay" is the. story of. a girl who has twico boon seduced and is trying to go right. The role of.lJllcn Ned, tho unfortunate girl, is admirably taken by Miss Starr, and she is abiy supported, by Miss Marion Marcus Clarke and Mr. Frank Harvey. "Common Clay" will bo repeated this evening and on Monday evening. "Three Faces East,' a sensational drama of the secret service, by Anthony Kelly, will he presented on Tuesday and "Wednesday next. One of the charms of this new play is said to lie in tho camouflage that attaches to the spins. It is so difficult tq tell who arc tho spies, and to which nation they belong. Incidental to the plot there is p. realistic air raid and many other sensational happenings. This will be.the company's final appearances in Wellington. The box plans for the season are on view at tho Bristol.

MISS DAISY KENNEDY'S RETURN VISIT. - After a highly successful tour of the four centres of New Zealand, .Miss Daisy Kennedy, the wonderful young Australian violinist who created such a profound impression in AV.jllington in jaimfir'y last, returns to give two farewell recitals in the Concert Chamber to-night and Tuesday next. Wherever she has appeared, the. popular-artist,has swept both critics ■and public' off their feet by the perfection of her art.' Miss Kennedy's New Zealand tour' could be prolonged for many weeks longer, but -Messrs. J. and N. Tait have made arrangements for her to appear in Melbourne and other Australian centres which must.be fulfilled. To-night, Miss Kennedy will play a number of compositions new to Wellington audiences, also the famous Mendelssohn Concerto, which has so far not figured in her programme. It should bo a rare treat to hear tho eminent. violinist in. this great work The only concert ever written by Mendelssohn for the violin, it has three movements, all of which are so beautiful that it is hard to chos« which is best. The programme will open with a group of works from composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, all of. which have been heard previously at Miss Kennedy' 6 recitals, but they are such gems that repetition will be an added joy. Tho group of "mod-. erns" include several .new compositions, notably Pantschenko's .Sonnet, Sydney Rosenbloom's Valse Scherzo, M'Ewen's Poem, and D'Ambrosio's Cnnzonetta. Old favourites down for performance : aTO Oi'ientalo (Cesar Cui), Tambourin. Cbinois (Kreislcr), ' and Souvenir, do' Moscow (Wieniawski). Mips Topsie Doenau will be the pianist. The plans will be at tliij Bristol this morning and afterwards at N. Perry's, Willis Street, together with the day sales.

KING'S THEATRE. •With the change of programme at the King's Theatre . last evening there was introduced a most acceptable light drama, "The Citv of Comrades"—a Goldwyn picture. ..The story, which is from the gifted prn .of Basil King, was featured in the "Saturday Evening Post," r-nd the big hit it made in this American publication led to it being adapted to the screen. "The City of Comrades" found instantaneous favour with the big house at the King's Theatre, its screening being followed with gro.it interest. . The chief role is played by Tom Moore, who as the down-and-out son of a Canadian millionaire, . was befriended by "The City of. Commdes," the name of a whimsical institution yclept "The Down-' and-out Club." After many vicissitudes the profligate was given the opportunity of exercising his talents as an architect. Society once more opened its doors to him. but a Tcverse in love affairs almost piloted him back again to the ranks of "the men who don't fit in." Finally he won out when he joined up with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. The picture affords very intimate glimpses into life among the driftwood of society in New-York. Incidentally it takes in vivid happenings,in connection with' the Halifax disaster, somo' very' realistic sidelights being shown on this appalling tragedy. There are tense moments in ''The City of Comrades," especially in the scene in which' the prodigal burgles the anartments of the girl ho afterwards met and becanio affianced to. In i word, the picture is ono of the best. Tin supports include an interesting Gazette and an outdoor American film with an unusual setting. During the evoning Mr. Fairfax Jones, a tnlented baritone, contributed ian engaging quartet of songs, including "The. Blue Dragoon" and the Toreador song from "Carmen." He was very cordially received and had to respond to an encore;

•''" EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Bill Apperson's Boy," the headliner showing at Everybody's Theatre this, week, is a First National production of outstanding quality. Jack Pickford'plays the star role,- and he gives an excellent piece of character-acting. Bill 'Apjpar--' son is a. widower, and he and his son live up in tho mountains. Buddy, the boy, is in love with the daughter of a neighbour. Bill Apperson marries again, but Buddy refuses to call his father's new wife "mother." There i? .a break between father and eon, and the latter leaves home. Buddy hangs about tho.houso of tho neighbour whose daughter he is in lovo with, and one night he follows a burglar into the house. The burglar escapes and Buddy is arrested. To disclose hore how Buddy fares after having got into that pretty predicament would bo unfn.ir. Tho picture relates the story splendidly. . The supporting programme includes a good cartoon onmedy and a fine scenic.

EMPRESS THEATRE. ' A spirited melodrama, with a popular star in the foreground, makes tho new \Vorld film production, "Crook o' Dreams." which commences at tho Empress Theatre to-dav. an attractivo ifi!m. 1' eatui'in? Louis'; Huff in the role of Con, stance Waldron, it Rives a realistic characterisation- of a young girl who, kidnapped in her infancy, is brought'-iip by a pair of crooks, and lives in daily association with a pick-nocket. The play has a very p T etty climax,'and the onlookers go off.home witli tho sound nf wedding bells singing in their ears. An mtoresMng addition to the programme this week is the first episode of the new Vitngraph serial, "The Man of Might," produced by Albert E. Smith. Tho daring and energetic William Dunnan is featured in a role that allows him amnio scope for Jus dare-devil stunts. The mnp ot.an uninhabited island containing hidden treasure has been distributed in pieces by an old sea captain to ins companion, and an interesting and thrilling story has been written round the endeavour to traco tho map. Tho final Tfl °i '" rh ? , Li « Mnin S Raider," IhS great Pathe serial, in which Pearl White is featured, is included on tho programme. "

QUEEN'S THEATRE. - How every girl can avoid matrimonial nillalls and snares is the lesson of "Whv I Would Not .Marry," a William Fox play based on morality as it exists to<ay, which will be shown at the Queen's Jheatre to-day and during next week. A young and beautiful girl eudowned with the powor to visualise the future sees how men would use-her for a plaything, plunge her deep in tho throes of misery, and leave her a human wreck, blic avoids disaster by refusing four'men successively The story concerns problems that at some time in life confront every woman. An excellent Sunshino comedy is included in the supportiiiK programme, ei TO-NIGHTS ORGAN RECITAL. . The weekly, organ recital will bo held m tho Town Hall to-night by the city oreamst, - Mr. Bernard V. Page. ' Tho m'ou'ramme includes ono special-request item. viz. (a Prelude from "la Damoiselle Blue." (b) Prelude from "L'enfnnt I'lodigue") by Debussy. Tlie remainder of the.-programme is as follows:-Hollo-wav's Suite Ancienne, Arcadian-Idyll "Serenade." "Musette," "Solitude" (Leuiare). Rimsky-Korsakou's Third Movement from "Schererazado" (Stiito symphohioue for orchestra). On.' 35; Pastorale (On. 19), and. Second Movement from Symphony in D Minor by Cesar Frnnck. ALLAN WILKIE COMPANY. Commencing at the Grand Opera House coxfc Saturday night; the Allan ,Wilkie

Company, which is now permanently established in New Zealand, will begin a second tour of tho Dominion witli an entirely new repertoire of tho latest London successes.. The initial production will ba a navnl drama, "The Luck of tho Navy," which is fresh from a nhenomcnal run of two years at the New and Queen's Theatres, London. This play, with the entire company that was producing it, lias been transferred to New York, where it has been doing boom business at tho Manhattan Opera House. The New York Press reports most eulogistically 117611 tlm'merits of the niece. "Tho Luck 0! the Navy" deals with tho ■adventures of Lieutenant Clive Stanton, V.C., E.N., of lI.M. .submarine SA. who finds himself beset by Hun spies in England. Prominent anions these agents of the Kaiser are -the- mother of a young British naval officer and a German who poses as a wounded Belgian colonel. The spies plan to.secure a secret code which is in the possession of Lieutenant. Stanton, and which together with a scheme to kidnap tho hero in an aeroplane is responsible for some stirring situations. The drama will be staged on a lavish fiealo, the scenery being an exact replica of that used in tho London production.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 9

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ENTERTAINMENTS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 9

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