ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

SHORTT'S THEATRE. The programme screening at Shortt's Theatre includes a fine "Western," entitled "Galloping Gallagher," in winch Fred Thomson, the great screen athlete, and his almost human horse Silver King, play the leading roles. Also on the programme is "The Fatal Mistake," which stars Eva Novak and William Fairbanks in an outstanding story which gives them plenty of scope for their talent. The supporting programme includes a scenic, topical gazette, and a comedy. Reserves are at The Bristol. EMPRESS THEATRE. Florence Vidor is an actress of distinction among a list of beautiful women on the screen to-day, and Paramount producers know her worth. They have starred her in ;a role that fits her like a glove in "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter," which delighted large audiences yesterday and last night with its delicious nonsense. . A haughty grand duchess with a flair for dress has attracted a rich clubman whose efforts to meet the lady of his dreams are futile. In order to be near his divinity he assumes the role of waiter at her aristocratic table, and learns that whereas he is always a favourite aa a guest at any table, he knows next to nothing about the niceties and intricacies of brisk service. His clumsiness annoys the diichesg, who, to still further demean her servitor, appoints him to the moat menial tasks in her private suite. This is too much for the love-sick clubman, and after a sereis of humorous adventures he declares his love and duplicity and manages to win smiles from his beloved. Anita,Stewart is a lovable heroine in James Oliver Curwood's story, "Baree, Son of Kazan," a typical Curwood outdoor tale in which Miss Stewart does some of her best work, .with the assistance of a manly hero, Donald Keith, and Wolf, the famous dog that won the French Croii de Guerre during the war. The gazette has cricket scenes, showing Hobbs and Sutcliffe during the second Test at Lord's; the slow motion is particularly educative. The Stamford Bridge athletics are also shown. The music by Mr. M. Dixon's orchestra is inspiriting. The Social Circle of the Early Settlers' Society is holding a plain and fancy dress jazz night in the hall, Abel Smith street, on Wednesday. There will be ten prizes for costumes, and included in the programme will be a foxtrot competition in which there will be four prizes. Harper's orchestra has been engaged.