ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2672, 15 December 1923, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

WESTMINSTER GLEE SINGERS. A REMARKABLE OVATION. One of the concerts given in the Sydney Town Hall by the celebrated Westminster Glee Singers must have been a brilliant epic in the annals of music, judging by the following excerpt from a critique published by the Sydney Daily Telegraph. As soon as the final cadence ended the great audience of 4,000 people rose and cheered. The enthusiasm was -remarkable and clearly demonstrated that the stolid conventional concert, procedure has no recognition with the Westminster Glee Singers . . ... It is this same company that is to give a grand farewell concert in the Town Hall on Tuesday next and it is confidently anticipated that the hall will prove to be all too small to hold tho.->e desirous of admission. Diversified music, from the simple, old-fashioned ballad to the highest lea Ims of Grand Opera and choir music; music sacred and secular, grave and gay, is what the Westminster Glee Singers give their audiences and their wonderful success in Australia is testimony of the popularity of their entertainment, which is entirely different orthodox concert. Every the Westminster Glee is from England, and all re highly trained artists. The entertainment given by the Westminster Glee Singers can be summed up in one word —delightful. TOM MIX IN “ARABIA.” Tom Mix has an entirely new role (an English adventurer) in “Tom Mix in Arabia,” the star item at the Town Hall to-night. It is the greatest stunt production that this star lias made. Among other reckless feats is leaping an automobile over a fifteen-foot embankment into the sea and sealing the front of a castle at a rate of speed which is astonishing. During the escape from the sheik’s harem there is a flying leap and somersault from a balcony into a sunken bath in the centre of the castle floor that took the breath of even the Bedouin guards themselves. The plot is very logical, being moulded on the lines of the famous success, “The Sheik,” with an added vein of comedy which brings the whole' picture into line as one of 1923’s best features. An animal comedy .“Elephant’s Nightmare,” a Gazette, etc. are included on the bill. TJsual prices: 9d and 1/6, children 3d and. r 6d. Next Thursday the fine film adaptation of W. W. Jacobs’ novel “The llonkey’s Paw” is to be screened. Watch for further particulars of this big success. ' ' ROYAL PICTURES. George Arliss, who has created a name on the English legitimate stage for his interpretations where a crafty, cunning, cynical interpretation is called for, plays the lead in “The Silent Voice,” a picture that is declared by the critics to be one of the season’s classics. The star as a world-famous musician who suddenly affliptedE %ith deafness, establishes a grievance with the world, which turns a loving husband into a,cynical, harsh human being. His wife-well come and see for yourself. This picture is to be screened at the Royal Theatre to-night Also comedy: “Put and Take.” On Monday next, a big doubleprogramme is promised, consisting of vaudeville and pictures. Miss Winifred La France comes ' with splendid accounts of her ability in music, song and story, having been for over two years on the B. and J. Fuller circuit. She is assisted by Mr Lester Sinclair, a well-known English comedian. The picture part consists of a fine picture: “The Face Between,” featuring the popular favourite, Mr : Bert Lytell, for the double programme the low prices of 1/- and 2/-, children half price will be charged.