Plays – Players – Pictures

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 26

Plays - Players - Pictures

the shows; - Town Hall— Organ Recital, every Sunday, 8.30 p.m. , "Messiah," 14th, December. Opera House— ' Pictures. ... "Lombard!, Ltd.," Sth January. His Majesty's— Revue. I Majestic—Pictures. ! ■ Begent—Pictures. De Luxe Theatre—Pictures. I ; Baramcmnt Theatre—Pictures. j 1 King's Theatre—Pictures. Artcraft Theatre—Pictures. Our Theatre—Pictures. Shortt's Theatre—Pictures. • Britannia Theatre—Pictures. Queen's Theatre—Pictures. Princess Theatre—Pictures. Kilblrnle Kinema—Pictures. The American musical comedy, ."Whoopee" opens at Auckland on Bosing Night. The lOOth performance of ■ "Lombard!, Ltd." was given at Sydney last week. ■Leo Carrillo, who plays the lead, is tremendously popular. Muriel Starr is to play another dramatic season at the Palace Theatre, Sydney, shortly. The Invercargill Operatic Society made a loss on "The Duchess of Dantzic." "Our Miss Gibbs" has been played all the week by the Dunedin Operatic So- :, ciety. \ '„ Wanganui is to have a pantomime at -. Christmas, "Cinderella" being in re- „ hearsal under the direction of Mr. and : Mrs. J. W. Bailey. i "Sammy's Fortune," a revue written and produced by Mr. Percy Everett, was presented by Whangarei amateurs - this week. Tho Canterbury Eepertory Theatre J Society presented "Legend" (Philip £ Johnston), "The Open Door" (Alfred j Sutro), and tho "The Oak Settle" last ;■; week. i» The pantomime "Sinbad the Sailor" ■was staged by Charities Unlimited at .; Christchurch on Saturday night. Miss JAudrey Bellringer' was principal boy, :]and Mr. F. J. Easther dame. Mr. L. E. ..Vernazoni was producer. ~. "Rain" is out for another- trial in Yvonne Banvard has the '^responsibility this time of Sadie Thomp;^son, supported by Jack Settle, Robert ;;: Graham, and Richard Bellairs, and after ::~a week at Newcastle the company has jmoved on to Brisbane. The company walso has "TheJßarker" in its repertoire. J "Clowns in Clover," a revue that C-was not a success in Sydney, will be v.one of the Christmas attractions at ;_:Melbourne. Ann Perm, an impersonator •who has been appearing in revue in will head the company. '.t. This week the Auckland Little The."iatre Society presented three plays, with ;the following casts:—"God and Mrs. ;; Henderson": Joe Henderson, Allan -/M'Elwaine; Bill Pepper, Rex Yates; = Mrs. Henderson, Ailsa Hacket; Emmy, "Elva Wrigley. "The Twelve-pound SLook": Sir Harry Sims, J. D. Swan; £lady Sims, Ina M. Allan; Kate, Marie Tombes, Haniish Henderson. ;-"The Monkey's Paw": Mr. White, Ar-);-nold Goodwin; Mrs. White, Peggy HoyAey; Herbert, Dick Hudson; Sergeant¥iMajor Morris, Zante Wood; Mr. Samp,lson. Montagu Steele. ~ Marie Burke has accepted an offer ?made to her by Edward Laurillard of j one of the principal roles in t\ie revival tof "The Student Prince," which he is at the Piccadilly Theatre, J_ London, soon. Miss Burke is to por*tray the role of the princess—the role ~in which Adele Crane appeared hero. „..When first presented in London "The 'Student Prince" was not an outstanding ."success, but it was a record breaker in £ Australia. _ Everyone who had the plea- • irßUre °£ witnessing this most delightful :«.o£ musical plays will understand why "it was such a success. ;J. C. Williamson Ltd. are extending „, their enterprises to America. Their first will be presented in conjunction with Charles Dillingham at tho •o. Globe Theatre, where "Jew Suss" will «('be staged with Maurice Moscoviteh in ■^ the title role. This play is running in at present with enorjmous success. Another J. C. Wililiamson attraction will be the musical comedy, "3Vlr. Cinders," X which will be transferred to New York .": after the season in London has concludjed. This has now reached its twelfth ■■ month, and is expected to run over -♦Easter. "Mr. Cinders" will be staged ■ ■in Australia in due course by J. C. Wil,';liamson Ltd. ?! Margaret Cullen-Landis, who will <make her New Zealand debut in "Lom:jbardi, Ltd.," is a talented American r actress, who was born in Tennessee. J. :; C Williamson, Ltd., brought her out ..'especially to play in the role she had | been portraying in the production of j Lombardi, Ltd.," with Leo Carrillo (throughout the United States. Miss a Cullen-Landis has also "made outstanding successes in "Cradle Snatehers," 4 Lady Be Good," "The Whole Town's 'Talking," and "One of the Family." -\ The New Zealand tour will open in Wel- -■ lington on Bth January. ,; The Fuller Management announce ■that the Christmas attraction for Wel■;H?gton wi!l be the Freddie Forbes's , Musical Comedy Company, which sue- . ceeds the "Whirligigs" at His Majesty's Theatre. T' c rep-rtoire to be prejsented here includes many of the bigigest musical comedy successes of -c- :• cent years. The company is a specially ■„ selected one, and the leading comedian Vis an importation direct from England ;_ > Owing to its great success, John .viJnnicwater's comedy, "Bird in Hand " ; nas had its season extended in Mel--.-bourne, where it is being presented by -: the Gregan M'Mahon Players, under the ■-^ direction of Fullers' Theatres, Ltd ; George Wallace and his Revue Com- ; pany open at the . Melbourne Tivoli ■ Theatre on 13th December after a long .., vacation to rest the comedian after hU '■■' "^/ears' touring without a holiday .: Madame Irene Ainsley gave a grand ■-' PPf/a coital at Auckland last week. She , had the assistance of Misses Mariory Fa lr ,_ Beryl Adams, Mabel Thomson, ; Airmi Rogers, Messrs. Arthur Ripley, L ■' Th B S°K'i, ,aCkie' and Ernest Larson. '" Jillh 4 ■ Z Me arranged by Miss iJaphne Knight. " wW The P°i SVC Lonclon correspondent , writes on Ist November: Mrs. Brumfit ; . (nee Miss Ethel Good, of Wellington) !., hag written a play with music, called „ Shock." This was performed by :-:. amateurs at Walton-on-Thames on sev- ■■> eral occasions lately, in aid of St. Duns stan s, and the same company appeared ■;-• ? the Play at The Scala Theatre, Lon- ... don, this week. Again in aid of the ;;" same institution. The author took part - and so did her daughter, Miss' Brumfit. ;: ; Ihere is a song called "Babette," *;■. which happens to be the pet name of ... Miss Brumfit; another song "Bill," is iL" dedicated to the author-composer's' dog ;> of that name. In this three-act play ;.; there is a lengthy cast. All parts were '-. satisfactorily filled, while some small * pupils from a well-known school of ;7 dancing performed with credit. The „;,, thrill of the play comes in the second *: act where a youth is killed by his :'•, widower-father, and a school girl friend 'is stunned as the result of the fright « she sustained when the same father '£ tried to make love to her in the dark. X Years before the girl's mother had reJ fused him, so he decides to make the '■;:. daughter marry him as he intends to have a second wife. -Tho man, ons learns later, commits suicide. The girl takes a year to recover her memory, and this is achieved by the falling upon

her head of a work basket from a balcony above, the shock sustained being the means of enabling her to relate exactly what hapepned on that fateful night. Mrs. Brumfit had previously written a musical played called "Hinemoa," which wa« produced by an amateur operatic company with success. On 3rd November, 1890 the original production took place at the Hayraa ket Theatre of "Beau Austin," writes ■The Post's" London correspondent. Sir Nigel Playfair has revived it for a few. weeks' season at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, after having given it a good send-off in Glasgow and Edinburgh recently. This play was writ en by R. L. Stevenson and W. E. Henley. Writing of "A Happy Night With Sir . Nigel," Mr. Hubert Griffith, dramatic ' critic of the "Evening Standard"."The Beau's remorse at his treatment of the maiden at Tunbridge Wells, the j ; maiden's own lament, the floods of indignant and impassioned oratory that flow from her brother and her suitor on 3 the subject, the duel, the reconciliation, the betrothal, are all of a subtly farei- ' r eal character—the diversion of two gentlemen of very great literary emience ' playing with the theatre as with a toy and turning its worst mannerisms into r harmoniousness id beauty. Sir Nigel . is to be congratulated on having secured the services of Miss Marie Ney for the heroine (she is one of the younger ac--1 tresses who consistently touches the - first rate), and of Mr. Bertram Wallis v (light of so many musical comedies of other days) as the Beau. His ease dignity, and sense of style were en- - chanting." I Thirty-six sound and dialogue pictures will be released by Cinema Art i Films during 1930, made up from four- ' ™?? A Britlsn productions, twelve from i U.F.A., and ten from Tiffany. Among tho attractions to be released, "Blacks mail" and "Atlantic," British Interi national pictures, head the list. Others I include "The White Devil," U.F.A ; from the novel by Leo Tolstoy, ' and Devi. Saint," Emil Jannings's first ' talking picture.- ---; Universal has just purchased for the i use of Joseph Sehildkraut a magazine ' fj?f y P? Henry ]a Cossett, entitled . Deadline." It is being put into continuity form by Edward Lowe, and i will be directed by John Eobertson i Barbara Kent, Scott Kolk, and Harry . Stubbs have already been assigned to ; important roles. ■ . While it seems a certainty that a i great deal of credit for the making ■ of "Noah's Ark" will go to the direc- , tors, there is one group that played a ; big part m it which is likely to be , overlooked by the movie public. This ; is the research staff. Dolores Costello .is starred in the production with L George O'Brien. Cecil B. de Mille's second talkie . will bo "Madame Satan," an elaborate comedy farce. Jeanie Macpherson , is writing the. story, and Gladys Unger is working on the dialogue. De Mille recently completed "Dynamite," his first talking picture. Four veteran stage and screen actors appear with Harold Lloyd in his first talking picture, "Welcome Dan- ,- ger." They are Noah Young, -who had . a prominent role, Charles Middleton . former stage star, William Walling . stage and screen favourite, and James . Wang, veteran Chinese actor. "Welcome Danger" will be released shortly . in New .'"'Cealand. : The brightest of Erin's moat recent masterpieces, "Juno and the Payeock " q3S t^f as a "tal kie" at Elstree. Sarah Allgood and Edward Chapman, tiie latter a newcomer to films have ■he leads, with Maire O'Neill, Sydney Morgan, John Longden, and Donald Lalthrop m prominent roles. This production was adapted from Scan O Casey's famous stage play of the same i^ame. William-Kent, noted musical comedy star, has been engaged for "The King of Jazz Revue," starring Paul Whiteman. John Murray Anderson has also engaged the Russell Market Dancers tor this revue. Jack Mulhall, formerly a popular screen comedian, is likely to equal that popularity in dramatic roles. He por«?fVT£ Parts of Sreat Power in Dark Streets," an underworld romance, m which Mulhall is called upon to characterise and speak the roles of ™Cr°^ , a cop ' who are brothers. The difficult feat of having Mulhall shown twice in the same scene and talking to himself is achieved without a flaw. "Tin Hats," which was made as a silent picture several years ago, is to have a musical version. In the original version "Tin Hats" was directed by Edward Sedgwick, with Conrad Nagel, Claire Windsor, George Cooper and Bert Roach in the leading roles ' .Evelyn Brent's second starring all talkie for Paramount, "A Lady in U>ye,» has gone into production at the Hollywoo studios. Clive Brook has seen assigned the male lead, and Neil Hamilton is featured in the cast. ■ Roland Young, a stage star, who was brought from New York to'play £ "Unholy Night," Lionel Barrymore's recent mystery production, has been signed under a long-term contract. His f™' 8 ?*«*' Ms. new contract will be that of the major in "The Buele Sounds," George Hill's forthcoming talking drama of the French Foreign Legion, in which Ernest Torrence and Wallace Beery are to be featured. 'Jealousy," the late Jeanne Eagels second all-talking production, will arrive shortly for New Zealand release. 'Jealousy ' is a dramatic story of SSSE t^stfr^ Mar C*«•* The_theme song for Marion Davies's ■ Marianne," her first Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer starring talkie, is setting a new : record as a popular seller. Although the picinr- has just been released the number written for the production by ■ one of the ten biggest sellers throughout tho country. b •i "T h°«£° US<? of Troy>" a stol7 similar to "The Student Prince," but having a Spanish locale instead of Austrian, will be Ramon Novarro's next ' S V ? aC?,° Herb Bro™ a»* Arhur Freed will compose the music and . lyrics for this production.

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