ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9790, 13 October 1917, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. •To-night will witness tho first of a series of four farewell performances ot the English Pierrots at tho Grand Opera House, when lovers of clean, wholesome entertainment will be well catered for. During their recent seasons here the Pierrots pleased many thousands w theatregoers, and as the programmes will be selected from the favourite numbers of each artist’s repertoire this farewell season should prove highly popular. Miss Elsa Langley will be beard in many popular numbers. Misses Billie Wilson and Shirley Cooke will accede to any requests for favourite numbers. Messrs vV. P. Turner, Charles Lawrence, Leslie Austin, David Lyle, Roy Cooke, and Louis Mitchell aro a sextette of memmakers of proved versatility. The box plan is at the Bristol until noon to-day and will be on view at tbe thefltr ® sweet shon all the afternoon, where daj sal© tickets may be obtained. HIS KAJESTTS. The variety programme at His Mulct y’a continues to attract *OOI- - Tho Stanhope rovue Safety Fust." whiidh is the mpin attraction, contains completely now musical numbers and costumes, in which the Ginger Girls aro seen to advantage. Tho Grarton Quartette sang “Coming _ Home, opei'atio selections, and ragtime enEemfbles in a mot melodious stylo last evening. Mr Stanhope and Mr Newinlan have some now business whidh tickles the audience . immensely. Mr Malcolm McLaohern last night "Th© Floral Dance/' <r Drake Goes West” and “Rolling Down to. Rio,” for Which he was heartily applauded. James hnd Seloria, with their musical turn, Muitfayne and the Royle Trio complete tho evening’s entertainment. GROWN THEATRE. * The storv of "Blood Will Tell" deals -with the lite of Sampson Oakley, the wouncest of a family of financial giants, ■whoso aipipreoiaitaon of the joy of life is greater than his interest in money-grub-bing. , He becomes entangled in «, college BoroiTie and ia expelled because he refuses to inform on his .classmates. For .feliis ho is oast looso on his own re‘souroes. and. after a season among the miid-nighlt revellers otf Broadway, finds himself with a wife and no visible means of support. Then the vigorous old blood of his ancestors asserts itself. He becomes a machinist, and finally, through his mechanical skill, is able to retrieve his father’s much to the discomfiture of the conspirators who had planned to wreck the Oakley interests. EMPRESS THEATRE. June Elvidge and Muriel Oiltriclis present ai remarkable contrast in the strong World film, drama, “Youth," ’to bo sareened at the Jilmipross to-dax. June Elvidge has the role of sister ip the engineer who is giving Way to drink and imperilling his position. Carlyle Blajctowell has a rolo in which ho is attractive, particularly im tho first scene, Where ho portrays a gilded youth irreisconaiblo and likely to wreck his future. His gradual reformation through meeting a girl full of procticisl common sense is natural. The supporting characters are worthy of mention, particularly tho Japanese valet, whose quaint observations are spicy amd original. In addition chapter 14 of “The Iron Claw," entitled “Plunge for Life," will be dhown. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Something nenv in pictures will begin at Everybody's to-day, when “Envy," tho first of “Tho Seven Deadly Sins” series, will be screened. The sipecinl star of “Envy,” which is the first drama, .is , Ann Murd'Ccfc, and a surprisingly lovely actress she is. She lias .a role of tremendous emotional power. The story concerns a little dreaming country girl Whose ideal of thp woman who must be perfectly .happy is the great actress yhose pictures she sees in the papers In a strange way the little girl’s life becomes' interwoven with that of the actress, and the awful suffering and hoilowness of the latter’s life becomes plain. The dressing of the play is something to be wondered at, and the costumea that the great actress wears both m her boudoir, pn the stage and elsewhere are the last thing in fashion and costliness. KING’S THEATRE. The story of "Blood Will Tell," the star picture to be screened at the King's "to-diao- at 2.30, featuring William Desmond. deals with tho life of Sampson Oakley third youngest son of a family of financial giants, whose appreciation of the ioy of life i& greater than his interest in money-grubbing. H© becomes entangled in a college scrape, and is expelled bttoanse Tie refuses to inform on his classmates. For this he is cast loose on his own resources, arid after a season among the. midnight revellers 0 f Broadwav finds himself with a wife and no visible means of support. Then (lie yl#?orous old bCood of Uis ajQC€©*tors assegbs itself. He becomes a machinist and finally through his mechanical skill is able to retrieve his father's, fortunes, much to the discomfiture of the conspiraitors who had' planned to. wreck the Oakle— interests. WAR LECTURE. Coming German Collapse" as tho ritte of a popular war lecture which >f r it M ’ M.P., will deliver at the Town Hall next Monday evening for the benefit of the "Our Day" Red Cross appeal and tho Bund Soldiers and Sailors’ fund; Their Excellencies the Governor- ■ General and the Countess of Liverpool will be present on the occasion, and tho .lecture will bo under the patronage of the Prime Minister, the Minister for Finance, and the Minister for Defence.: The Mayor will preside. Tho Wellington Patriotic Society’s Band will play selections previous to the lecture. Tickets are on sale at tbs Bristol and Norman Aitken’s, Courtenay place. The booking office is now open at the Bristol. AN AGRICULTURAL FILM. At the King’s Theatre to-night will be shown a film demonstrating the utility of an American device for saving labour and increasing farm production—tho “Once Over TUler.” The ‘ film was screened recently at Parliament House, where M.P.’s were much interested.