ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 266, 4 August 1921, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

“CHU CHIN CHOW." There was not a vacant seat in the Grand Opera-House last evening when "Chu Chin Chow" was, again performed before a Wellington audience. To see it onco is to feel an imperative desire to see it again ae it is ’ impossible to t realise at one performance its many beauties. The colouring alone is a feast to the eye with its warmth and ‘.harmony of tone, and many of the scones brought to mind the rich colouring and beauty of outline that Edmund Dulac has made familiar in his illustrations of Persian gardens. The bazaar scene transferred the onlooker to the heart of the East, with its movement, its brilliant sunshine and deep shadows, its street calls, and its varied types of life, and exceedingly beautiful was the desert scene in the second act, the oasis and the orchard in the last act. The I dressing was perfectly gorgeous, and the music very catching. A matinee was I played in the afternoon. Chu Chin Chow" will be staged Again this evening. The management announce that the Wellington season has been extended to Wednesday next, on which day afternoon and evening performances will be staged. KING'S THEATRE. Annette Kellerman is featured in the principal picture screened this week at the King's Theatre. Miss Kellerman, who is one of the finest women swimmers in the world, appears in "What Women Love," an American comedy-drama. Pupils of Miss Kathleen O’Brien present a charming interlude, and splendid m " slc is played by the King’s orchestra. The attraction for to-morrow evening is a play which will 'feature Clara Kimball Young one of America's most beautiful women. It is entitled "Mid Channel," and will be at onco recognised as the new screen version of Pinero's play. Critics one and all commend the photoplay. A good, programme of supporting films is promised. QUEEN'S THEATRE. At the Queen’s Theatre to-morrow a picturisation of Sir Gilbert Parker s novel. "The Right of Way,” starring Bert Lvtell, will be screened. The translation of celebrated stories to the screen has In many instances been disappointing, especially to readers to whom widelv-known characters are crystallised in imagination into real persons. But it is claimed that when Screen Classics, Inc., the producing unit which distributes its pictures through Metro, undertakes such production; those who have read the book may go to see the picture with the assurance that atmosphere, characterisation, story, and setting will have been faithfully translated into the form of a motion picture. A picture with a title which will puzzle the most discerning person is “The Fourteenth Man." a Paramount-Artcraft production, which is also ."featured" on the programme. Robert Warwick is the man ( who is thus numerically addressed, and he portrays a part which is both thrilling and mysterious. The story deals with a man who flees from Scotland to America under the delusion that he has committed a serious crime. He is shadowed throughout by a Scotland Yard detective, which considerably adds to the suspense,'but the reason for this shadowing will come ae a very pleasant shock. EMPRESS THEATRE. Mary Pickford will be seen for the last time to-day in “Heart o’ the Hills. To-morrow’s bill provides o unusually powerful feature dealing with one vf the questions of the day, that of class distinction. A truly human love story is eaid to be blended with the thoughtinspiring ramification of ,an enthralling plot/ The featured star is Za Su 1 itts. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. During the past week Everybody's Theatre has had good houses with “Madonnas and Men.” The final screening will take place to-night. MR., ALEXANDER WATSON’S TOUR. Since he began his fourth round-the-world tour in Melbourne last April, Mr. Alexander Watson has been giving his recitals almost continuously except Sundays, up to his final appearance in Sydney before leaving by the Tahiti. Ho welcomes, therefore, the chance of a few nights’ leisure, so as to complete the preparation of the new recitals which, he has arranged for this visit. The first of these, "Dr. Marigold’s Prescriptions," will bo given next Saturday evening in the Concert Chamber. From that evening until the middle of October,, when he returns for a farewell season in Melbourne on his way to London, he will be continuously engaged on his New Zealand tour. As this is Mr. 'Watson s final visit to the southern hemisphere ho intends, in addition to the four capital cities, to include a large number of, the provincial centres which he has previously been unable to visit. COLOSSEUM RINK. Skating is a popular pastime among Wellingtonians. At all sessions at the Colosseum Rink there arc largo attendances. There are trained instructors at all sessions -to guide those who have not vet mastered the art of roller skating. A balcony cafe id among the attractions, and in the evening an orchestra adds to the enjoyment.