ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 25, 24 October 1921, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE KING’S THEATRE. "Isobol,” or “Tha Trail'.? End,” continued its successful run at the King’s Theatre on Saturday. This is a fine romance, which takes one away into the •now wastes of the frozen North, into the lands of tho Midnight Sun at the gentle glow of the Aurora Borealis. Billy McVeigh, driving in the face of a blinding blizzard, conics face to faco with Isobel. The woman is beautiful, pure, and sweet, but the wife of another man —the man he had sworn to take, dead or alive. The situation is a thrilling one, and tho denoument is delightful and amazing. This groat picture introduces the new prismatic colouring of films, some of the scenes being masses of living colour. It is. a powerful and appealing love story of tho great North-West.

QUEEN’S THEATRE. "Miss Hobbs," a delightful adaptation ©f Jerome K. Jerome’s well-known story, again pleased large audiences at tho Queen’s Theatre on Saturday. That brilliant actress, Wanda Hawley, is happily cast in the title role, and is well supported by Harrison Ford. Another film worth seeing is "The Fighting Lover." The latest International News and a bright Universal comedy make up a capital programme. During 'matinees only, a further episode of the popular •eiial, "King of the Circus," is screened.

EMPRESS THEATRE. • "While tho Billy Boils," a powerful Australian, subject, attracted capacity business to all sessions nt the Empress Theatre on Saturday. This clever stiry marks the passing of the “wild and woolly” caricature of the bush, and demonstrates that the battlers there . are strong men and noble women. It is a picture well worth seeing.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The strong current programme at Everybody’s Theatre was screened to full houses on Saturday. At the head of an attractive list comes "Passers By," a fine adaptation of the notable stage success by C. Haddon Chambers. The story relates how a man’s love for a woman endures for years, though she is lost to him. Ho searches London for her and at last imagines that she may be one of the passers-by in the streets. Herbert Rawlinson has tha principal role, and he is supported by a strong east.

ORGAN RECITAL. Mr. Bernard Page, city organist, gave » popular programme at last night’s municipal organ recital. The principal Work was the Third Movement from '“Scheherazade," Remsky-Korsakoff s splendid suite. Other pieces included finite Ancienne (Holloway), consisting of [’Prelude Chorale," "Courante,” “Duo, “Finale, Alla Fuga”; (a) Prelude from *La Damoiselle Blue," and (b) Prelude from "L’enfant Prodigue” (Debussy); Priere (Cesar Franck), and Piece Herotque (Cesar Franck). COLOSSEUM SKATING RINK. Interest in skating remains as keen is ever, and there was a big queue waiting at the Colosseum Rink on Saturday night for the doors to open. A largo crowd held the floor at all four sessions. Tire rink will be open all day to-day, when a special attraction will bo hockey on skates.