ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 71, 17 December 1920, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

KING'S THEATRE: " ' . The theme of "In Search of a Sinner," the principal picture in tho new programme at the King's Theatre to-night it thatl the averngo husband is required to do a hard day's work in these timca In order to make:a living. And when ho comes hom? he is too tired to take his wife out and show her a good time. The wife, bored by hor ever}--day humdrum existence, makes up her mind to go out by herce'.f. and look for excitement thai/ her husband cannot, or does nof, furnish. What the result is is worked out in a most interesting manner. Constance Talniadgo plays tho part of & gay-widow, and she should be responsible for a successful interpretation. An added attraction is the' special engagement of Wellington's roprano/ Mrs. Woodward. There will be a matinee at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. EVERYBODY'S'THEATRE. Oorlnne Griffith, in her latest Vitagraph feature, "Miss Ambition," is seyjn ■In oneof the roles she so aptly delineates, the society, girl. This story of, a girl who ollrabod the social ladder for ambition's sake, and then went back, sacrificing all that sne had held dear for lovo's sake, is said to be a striking one. _ Charlie Chaplin, in "Sunnyside," ia'showing until Saturday next, bo that children as well as adults can have fflo opportunity to saa this great comedy. . EMPRESS THEATRE.' A girl feels the pinch of the cost of living more than a man, and. this point is stressed in the Robertson-Cole drama, "What Every Woman Wants," io be screnned to-day nt the Empress Theatre. Grace Darmond appears as the principal . exponent of the presently girl's problem. Feminine eyes will, it is staffed, be gratified by tho display of fashion's fripperies that are employed as argument in working out the thoraeofth* story, lavish production's said to ibe a feature of tib picture. OPERA AT PICTURE THEATRES. An arrangement has been made with the New Zealand Picture Supplies for the use of their theatre circuit 'n tho. various towns Of New Zealand for on extended tour of J; C. Williamson's latest musical comedies and comio operas, presented, by the well-known D. H. O'Connor Opera Co. The country centres .are growing so rapidly that it has. been decided to furnish theatre-goon) in those towns with an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the world's latest musical successes, and the present tour will include euch recent and popular attractions a? "Going tip," "So Long Letty," Katinka," and "You're in love," "Gipsy Love," and "Canarv Cottage." In the past the theatre difficulty Hrs been hard to overcome, but now that a full circuit of un-to-date theatres has been secured, it will be possible'to give these great musical plays in their entirety with vtheir abundance of sparkling, tuneful . music, bright dialogues and dances. The tour will begin with a six-night Christmas season' at Gisborne. . QTJEEN'S THEATRE.'. It is stated that there are thrills in plenty in "The Square Shooter,"-the new William Fox 1 production featuring •""' Buck Jones, at the Queen's Theatre. This is a comedy drama m which the comedy is • said to be clenr, clean_ and crisp. The serious scenes, it*is'claimed, keep the audience tense with emotion 'at many points. An attractive love story runs through the piece. Mr. Montague, ranch owner, sends' his son Harold, a-soft citybred vouth, to tie ranch, where he. is expected to acquire some real manliness. Before'ho reaches the ranch, _ however, he meets with an adventure which cmiees him to be mistaken for a desperate .character, while a real cownuncher is mistaken for him. Complications arise. "Flames of the Flesh" is the title of a new photodrnma presented bv William For, starring Gladys Brpckwell. The story is said to be a forceful onb told in a series of stirring scenes.. A storm ?r>nne at sea is ; described, as a master-. pTece of realistic reproduction. • j