ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE MIDNIGHT FROLICS AURORA THEATRE, TO-NIGHT. The J. C. Williamson “Midnight Frolics” Company, headed by Clem Dawe and Mona Magnet, will appear in the Aurora Theatre this evening. Clem Dawe is recognised both in Australia and New Zealand as the best and most humorous comedian yet seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Mona Magnet is one of the leading Revue artists of London. They will be supported by a large and brilliant company of players. Of this undoubtedly fine organisation the critic of the Dominion writes : “The Midnight Frolics must be giving just the kind of entertainment that the public appreciates, for the theatre has been packed every night since the start of the season. Clem Dawe and Eric Edgley are the producers, and the main fun-makers of the Revue. In half a dozen sketches and 'potted plays’ they make the audience yell with laughter. One of the big attractions is the Jazz Band under the conductorship of the famous Russian violinist, Gregory Ibanoff. Dance and song numbers are plentiful, the attractive ‘girls’ and the talented ‘boys’ all knowing their syncopation. Dorothy White, capable comedienne, sings and dances delightfully. The vocal trio, Hettie Hyde, William Perryman, and Oscar Beck, harmonise wonderfully in some good numbers, and each of them makes a welcome reappearance in a solo. Phyllis Amery l dances delightfully and helps the cause of jazz along.” The box plan is at Flatt’s. SATURDAY NIGHT. TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS. “Trelawney of the Wells” is an enchanting film version of Sir Arthur Pinero’s great play, and tells the love story of a stage star and a scion of wealth. GOLF WIDOWS. “Golf Widows,” another star feature, is a novelty of the links in which galavanting golfers and wandering wives become entangled in a web of hilarious complications. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. man/ WOMAN, AND WIFE. “Man, Woman, and Wife” is a drama of society and the underworld, and of a man who was a coward. His wife believed him dead, and a girl of the tenderloin, loving him, showed him the way to salvation. TURUA PICTURES. DANCING MAD. “Dancing Mad,” to be screened at the Turua Hall to-morrow night, is an' up-to-the- minute comedy of domestic difficulties. He longed for a home and children, but all he saw was dance halls and pet dogs. It is a fast and
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5431, 31 May 1929, Page 2
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388ENTERTAINMENTS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5431, 31 May 1929, Page 2
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