ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1074, 11 March 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“THE FOLLIES.”

The above popular organisation are just completing a most successful tour of the Dominion, and the press reports to band are unanimous as to the cleverness and brightness of their performance. They come fresh from the Town Hall, Wellington, covered with the highest credentials, and acknowledged the best performers in their own particular line that have ever appeared there. They are said to provide an entertainment on the popular lines of the “Pierrots” and “Scarlet Troubadours,” bright and clever, not a dull moment intervening from overture to finale. There are twelve members of the. company and although all are artists, their lines are diversified enough to guarantee 3 most enjoyable evening. Miss Cissy O’Keefe is the leading lady vocalist of “The Follies,” and she is the possessor of a fine contralto voice. Her brother, Clifford O’Keefe, is the basso, and he, too, has a magnificent voice. The company is strong in comedians, who are led by Mr Percy Clifton, a comedian with a world-wide reputation. He is a host in himself. Mr Hugh C, Steyne is a typical Folly, a light comedian of the drawing-room entertainer class. Mr Percy Dalton is an exceptionally fine artist. He quickly catches the audience with his singing of rag-time music, and follows with some extraordinary eccentric clog-dancing, which causes quite a revelation. The Lussanne Sisters are quaint and bright dancers. Kennedy Black and Iris Edgar give burlesques on the different operas and musical comedies, and Miss Lily Moore is a clever soubrette and impersonator. The box plan for Thursday night is open at the Council Chambers. .

PICTURE SHOW

A beautiful programme is on the boards for Wednesday night, bright and sparkling all through. A fine star feature drama, “The Great Circus Catastrophe,” describing a thrilling accident in a circus, also a raging fire and an exciting escape by telephone wires. “The Tangled Web,” this is a beautiful and pathetic drama. The woman really loved her husband, but she was a wee bit tired of the white lillies and the innocent violets, and the everlasting monotony of her daily life, and her woman’s heart hungered for the blood red rose just a little way beyond the narrow path, so she plucked the sweet tragic blossom and she gave it to her lips, and found it was a weed. The end of the story is told in a husband’s kiss. Also “Red Sounders Sacrifice,” a lyubin drama. An up-to-date Eclair Journal full of interest. An industrial film, “The Manufacture of Macaroni.” “The Sporting Editor,” a real good comedy concerning a newspaper and a couple of editors, Miss Gloria editor of the woman’s page, and Milton Burbank the sporting editor. “Billy McGrath’s Love Betters,” one of the finest comedies on the market. A humorous adventure of Billy McGrath, with John Steppling in his well-known portrayal, replete with good old fashioned laughs.