ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9791, 15 October 1917, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. At the eleventh hour, ns it were, the Fuller ’.'.'.anegamynt decided to postpone Mr Malcolm McEachern's com through the firm's southern houses, thus enabling the famous banco, in deference to too numerous requests from his many .admirers. to extend his Wcilmgiou r.ea=on for a few nights. Mosers Fuller regretfully announce that, this mutt bo the vocalist's farewell appearance here, no he holds contracts which follow oirecl anon his Antipodean engagement._ Therefore those who had intended hearing Mr MoEachern, and there are many who desire to do i»o again, are advised to avail themselves of tho opportunities the forthcoming week wi.l afford. ->- r L'w Jamas, the popular Yiddish comedian, who specialises in the most Iju.icrous local references of the extemporaneous genre, together with his dainty and vivacious partner. Miss Keinn Ife,nta, will enter upon a farewell week this evening. Clarke and Wallace, a duo _ of comedians already well and favourably known here, are announced for a welcome reappearance, and the vaudeville half of the bill will be completed by the . "Monarch of the Xylophone,’’ Mu.rfayne. Paul Stanhope will launch his sixth revue enterprise, "Hokey-Pokey,” with himself in the leading comedy role. His ma'ehinatior.o ns a r,;ano-mover who desires the affections of a wealthy and frivolous widow lead to all manner ' of laugh-provoking situations. Throughout a general comedy of errors there runs many lively and tuneful song measures, and there is, of course, the indispensable arrive of shapely rirls. In fact, as an Australian critic happily describe® it, "The show is a revelation of pulchritude.” Besides Mr Stanhope the oast will include Messrs Vai Newman. Will Raynor, Georgia Mcdall. Gerald Oashnvan, Clslff Toon and Teddy Tong. Mieses Lottie Newman, Helen Lo Cain, Edna McCall, the Grafters’ Male Quartette, and a chorus of attractive maddens. Tho ordinary weekly watinee will be given on Saturday afternoon. next. THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. The English Pierrots are now very :'am/iiiar to Wellijigtoii audiences, and il they bad any doubts as to ilheir popularity those doubts must havo been dmbelled on Saturday night, when they opened u shoit farewell sua'eon at ths Grand Opera House. The t'aeatro was packed. the audience was enthusiastic, and ike Pierrots excelled themselves. They felt at korao with their listeners, e.nd sang and danced and frolicked the two and a half hours away in igreot, style. Mr Charles Lawrence was there with hia contagious humour. When he was not (adding (a touch of mirth to soma demise rted number ho plan at the pianio. or facing the footlights alone in burlesque grand opera or some other laughter-making item. Thera was no mistake about his popularity. Miss Elsa Langley, petite and charming, once more made friends with the audience over the ioatlig’hts. Her Dubcih eiharaoter songs hud a touch of real artistry in them. Miss Billie Wilson was just ns wcet in nor contrilmtions. In ragtime items Mr Leslie Austin was really excellent. Mr W, Turner presided over all the fun in u, fatherly why, and put in flit neoir-iwt-.y touch 0.5. Mr Kay Cooke sang several ballads in a wav that “caught; on” with his hearers. Mr David Lyle’s tenor voice was hoard in 1.1 number of popular melodics, and Mr Louis MitPhoil Pa mar and nmdo fun in his typical it. o31 ’ • !ls Sbirley Cootie presided at the piano, and give ome entertaining monologues. The concerted numbers of the com many were excellent. Tile Pierrots tap-pear for three more evenings. “EOEEBO” BY SAVAGE CLFB. There was a crowded Town Hall on Saturday night on tho occasion of tho torero by tho Wellington Bavago Club in aid of patriotic funds. lor too first part of tno entertainment which was immensely enjoyed there was a resuscitation of the old form of Chxisty mmstrolsy. Chief Savage A. W, Newton occupied the chair, and Savage McCabe acted as interlocutor. A programme of cong, story, and jocularity was conducted with considerable brilliancy, many local hits being introduced. After tho orchestra, under tho conductorshlp of Savage H. McComish, had played tho overture, "Pique Lame" (.Suppc) there was a rousing chorus, ‘‘lieiincia's Wedding Day,” introducing "Albert, Norman, Alf, and Tom” in ragtime specialties. Then Savage Hugh Wright gave a Serenade, and Savage Norman sang "Let’s make a Night of It,” after which Savage Keily was heard in "The Bovine Barcarole.” Savage Moors was very effective in "Mv Old Kentucky Home,” with humming chorus, and was encored. So also was Savage A. W. Bussell in "Chicken Feathers’’—recalled with enthusiasm. A ragtime chorus brought this part of the entertainment to a most successful conclusion. In tho second part Chief Savage Newton introduced proceedings with a humorous address, and the orchestra was again heard to advantage in Haydn Wood’s "Longing.” A most amusing dramatic sketch followed, entitled "Somewhere in Switzerland,” in which Savages J. M. Clark, ICeily, Cummings, Elliott. Qneree, Barnes, Bussell, Thomas. Dick, and Captain Glossop took part. The "torero” altogether proved a remarkable success, and was much enjoyed by tho crowded audienos. "BLOOD WILL TELL." As "Sam Oakley 111./’ in "Blood Will Tell,” Mr \>m. Desmond has a pprt that fits him like a glove. His father, "Sam Oakley II.,” eon of "Sam Oakley I."—"Stone-face Oakley,” as he was called—tho founder cf the great Oakley fortune, tries to make his boy into a grad-grind businessman of the approved type. But at college the gilded youth gets into trouble in endeavouring to shield a chum from the. consequences of his folly. He is expelled from the. university, and his father, cut to the quick, refuses to let him help ia his business, "paying him a salary to star away.” Young Oakley, wry nnturally, "goes the pace” for a time, finally marrying a chorus girl—"the little brown mouse of the chorus,” Miss Enid Markcy. His father then cuts him off with a shilling, or the American equivalent thereof, and tho young follow, forced to earn a living, turns locksmith. At this work he becomes as expert at opening safes as any burglar. How certain financiers conspire to ruin J'Sam Oakley 11. ’; how "Bara Ottklev HI." comes to the rcecue; how his ‘ burgling” skill comes in very handy; and how he eaves the Oakley fortune and wins his way back in his home and into his father’s business, rnakso a very fine story and i? very well told, the unfolding of the plot was followed Tilth ths keenest interest by the large audience* at the King's •an Satnidiay. The strong pixegramme iupluden also Mr Aneoniu Moreno and Mias Edith iMorsr in the very laughable oomedy "6u»i» the Sleuth,” a chinning scenic "The Tarn and its Gorges,” and an attractive "(iauaioat | Graphic." i

THE CROV7S. Tii© chief picture now being screened at the Crown is "Blood Wiii Tell/' Samson Oakley 111. is the most prominent person in the play, itis character, meek and loving, is strangely contrasted with that of his father, who cuts a bold figure in the financial world. ,But Samson Oakley IX. doed not understand his son, and little by littla relations between them are .strained. Later the father exiles his aon, who has been unjustly expeLed from college. Luring this tinier thev enemies o! Oakley IX. hare been busyplanning his downfall, and even succeed in winning over his doctor, who orders Oakley il. to take a holiday. The web is spun closer; the dissolution of tho father's company seems inevitable. But in the right time Oakley junior steps in, and here the climas of the play is reached. Of course, he , saves everything, and as a natural consequence is recalled, to the loving neartn of his parents. Another picture of unquestionable merit is a sccnio of tne River Tarn, At one moment precipitous walls of granite rise from the nnruffled edge of the water, £ the river is overhung by thick *nd luxurious foliage. Tho undulating hills crowned here by waving corn, there.by richly coloured vegetation, are a deii b ht to ilie eye. “IT IS FOR ENGLAND.” The official Nary League super-feature “It la for England" will he presented at the Queen’s Theatre on Saturday nest. The British Government and the Aonura’t T —ranted unprecedented facilities for the production of this magnificent r.uper-fe-ture with- the result that t;ie story contains scene* of the Grand Fleet in actual service conditions and scenes in the British House of CV-nmcns. "Unlimited pains were taken to moke this production as comprehensive, and elaborate as possible, and the result is that the movrmer.t? of the pint pass from s.en-Btic-n to sensation w-th increasing thrill. The plot is aimed nr exposing enemy intrigue in Britain. Of the thousands of scenes displayed in the jMoiuctipn every one is .Vosoluieijr accurate. For insane*. the Jrneur in the lieu** of Common- «how the m’t-'.brrr of Farliitnerit otory. a noniralisarl German, is the r l . '-rei -.vj and agent. A ro:ioar:rc lots th«-nie is an outvtaiuitng feature of uha play. The box pi.n will open r.‘: the Bri-yiol next VTodseilay. . . WAP. LECTURE. Genuine help can be given iho ‘ Our Day" lied Cross Appral and the Blind 'viiulcr" and Sailors' Fund by the purcha.-? of tickets for the popular war lerture on “The Coming Giirman Giijpt.' ’’ to be delivered by Jir T. 11. Wiiford.

JI.P., at tho Town Ha.ll this evening at” s’ o’clock. Their Exbcllencice tho Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool will bo present on the occasion, and the lecture will be under the patronage of the Prime Minister, the .Minister for Finance, and the Minister for Defence. Tho Mayor will preside. Tho Wellington Patriotic Society’s Band will play eelections previous to tho lecture. The booking office is now open at the Bristol. EMPRESS THEATRE. An average version of tho prodigal eon plot is presented in “Youth," which drew large houses at all to the Empress Theatre on Saturday. Carlyle Blackwell and June Blvidge pro at the head of a strong cast. Bryan, Goodwin, after one of his many sprees, is sent by his father to Tennessee, where a dam is in progress of construction. Ho moots Jean Elliott, sister of tho engineer in charge of the work, and falls in love with her. While under tho influence of liquor he insults her, and later, smarting under the sting of her retort, he starts to make good. He is the means of reforming her brother, who is also a slave to drink, and finally, when his regeneration is complete. Jean pardons him at his father's request. A rich vein of comedy runt throughout, one of the characters being a Japanese valet, who raises loud laughs among the audience with his quaint sayings and amusing actions. The supporting items included the “Topical Gazette” and Chapter 14 of “The Iron Claw," entitled “The Plunge for Life." In this chapter Legar once more baffles the police and obtains the half of his confession from the Laughing Mask, who, owing do his inability co capture Legar, decides to leave the country. “THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.” “Envy,” the' Erst of "The Seven Ijeodiy Sins,” featuring Miss Shirley Mason and Mess Ann Murdock, two beautiful and charming photo-play actresses drew large and interested audiences at Everybody’s Theatre on Saturday. Miss Mason is the heroine of the seven plays, each of which illustrates in turn one of the deadly sine; and in the first drama of the Berios she is very much tempted to envy the beauty and the success of a famous actress, whose part st played to the life by Mis* Murdock "Envy” illustrates the trials and temptations that lie behind a great stage tvtroar. It abounds in romantic passages arid dramatic situations in the way of oOitumes, both indoors and out. The amusing Keystone comedy “Maggie's First False Step,” a beaiutiml .Paths scanic “In and Around Son Diego," and 5 very interesting “Fatho Gazette” of current events complete on admirable bill cf *'are.