ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 195, 13 May 1920, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. . "Go West. rouD ? Man," was scrwned 6 - at the Kinpi s Theatre last evening'beforn '| a large audience. The lending Tole piny- ® ed by, Tom Moore suits him to perfection.. The supporting items include the p Prince's visit'.to . Wellington An «xeel- ' lent prosrnmme of music is supplied by . Mr. Leslie .Belcher, tenor,, and tne King's Grand Orchestra. ' , VTHE : HOODLUM" AT THE KING'S. 71 ■For Friday's change of programme the , , King's. Theatro advertise the screening of f ■ "The (Hoodlum," a worthy successor to ft "Daddy; Long Legs." and it i» stated that | it is the biggest role ever , played by Mary $ Picl'ford. "The Hoodium" is the_6Ccond ■ of llary Pickford's productions from her own studio,' and the story is an adaptation from the well-known boolc,' Burlcse's g Amy," by Julie Lippmann, which achiv- 8 ed such universal popularity in America , and 'elsewhere. The "wrrld'§ sweetheart" , j is said to surpass even her delightful self in ; this charming and revealing romance of a splendid but spoiled' heiress/ who, contrary to the .usual picture nlay ens- ' torn;- descends to the slums.- II«r ;work * in ( "The Hoodlum"-will-gain her i thou-, 1 ( sands of furtherf admirers. -The picture j is. described ds onatof a thousnnd lnughs —a riot of laughter-from: beginning. to . { end. There will bo a matinee, every day, • He' plan''is' at. tlie' Bristol. /. — EMPRESS THEATRE. To-nigit- will witness 'the last screen-, g itig of the-present - ' which -{a provides a 1 capital evening's entertain- |; ment. Commencing to-morrowj a $en?a- | tional, select, super feature will be-the | star attraction" from Cynthia Stock- | ley's fainous novel "Poppy," -with Norma | Talmadge in' the leading role. '."Poppy" S is no longer a figure of fiction, but'a 1 liv- | ing; breathing, human being, fragile as I a" : flower bsoring th«t name,-hut inst as • K responsive when properly nourished. The k countless readers of ; "Poppy," anxious |- to see visualised the Irish vagabond' born ■|J , in Africa to a life 60 crowded with (lis- | appointment and deprivation, (ire; .in- | ' debted' to'Norma Talmadge for the op- | : portunity of ■ again weeping over the | troubles of this child of destiny. The g story is said to have been followed With | great fidelity, , and- tie screen version | ' -brings into vision Evelyn Carson, poor | little Poppy's adventurous' lover. Luce 1 ■ Abinger, who caused her .so much ah- | guiah, and Charles Brambam, the loyal E ; friend, who also bore a . love for 1 the . § strange product of thoVTransvaal. In .1 addition, to "thiee bad men," so, pic- | --twesqne and yet so provoking,'thero are • | Mary whose; beauty was .only ex- | - cecded by her jealousy; Sophie* Cornell, | the self--satisfied "secretary," arid all tho | ' other characters that help, to, inako this |. novel so enthralling. I ';EYEII'iBODY'S THEATRE. .'■ 1 The final opportunityseeing "Dust I ®f Dteire": at Everybody's Theatro iwill | be afforded to-iiigiht.' This picture is au 1 intensely dramatic-socioty : drama; filled with gripping and unexpected situation's'. Kuby de Eemer, tJhe famous . Vauty actress of "Auction Block" fame is fearared/as tho young ■ wife, Tho etory - 011 an affair of hers'when young, . which later, nearly wiecks the happiness of lier wedded life. The Prince's Visit to Wellington is also being shown, and ■ ' gem many entertaining items. The il- Vluminatioiis.'Vtaken vat hight time, are ~r— yery e(TectHe. ,Wniren Kerrigan is featured in Une Dollar Bid," which is to be shown to-morrow. It is a story of Old Kentucky, and a girl who under an old law bought a man at' auction*and • reclaimed lrom despair and degradation a human soul. / ■ . V THE DANDIES. atu 'n ay waning, "The Dandies ot 1320_will commence-a season in- tlie ■ Concort Chamber. It is: said . tliaD the personnel of. tho visiting cow- - PW constitutes one, of the most-com-plete combinations yet -presented in-cos- ' tume-comedy. Tho„artists to appear'in- ' elude Mr. Georgq ShaiTatt,. ; an ."English comedian, who, is said. to. bo most quaint — ; and original, in his work, and Miss Eosa — •H<Uton, an. excellent-exponent, of songa £».-,"S e piano, who.is known as "the Aus- ; tralian Margaret Copper." -Miss-Wal- <•;>■ *??• a most aitistid accompanist. Miss- s Annette . Lang, ■ a talented dflncerl also ' hails from England, and this you** \ - ladxs dancing is-described asking-most % artistic and neat.' -The, soprano of lbs p company is Miss Hazel Mler, the pos- | \ f 68501 °< wcJl voice and a pleas- § ing personality. .Also on the vocal side I is Mr. \ Renn .Millar (basso),'. who : . will fi make a . welcome 1 , reappearance. : Tho it . other artists are Misses Wyn Pa'ulknor. v contralto; May Joyce, violinist; Paulino I - Brown, elocutionist; Mr. George-Street, | 1 flight comedian;.and Mr. Kennedy !j Black, musical director. - 'The plan is ' - now. open at the, Bristol. I ■ , l li e stay- in Wellington of the i; ' r° Company, Austin Strong's J play, three Wise Pools," has been put % in. rehearsal. .This play'will be produced I - on the return of - the. company to Aua- J tralia. ' .'. . ?