ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9793, 17 October 1917, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY’S. There was a well filled auditorium at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening, when tho current programme bv Fullers’ Vaudeville Company was again enthusiastic, allv received. Tho Paul Stanhope Company appear in a most hilarious musical revue. Air Malcolm McE'achern’s vocal numbers are in great demand. Murtuync, tho xylophonist, and James and Selma, comedy duo. are established favourites. Tho programme will bo repeated tl:i= evening. • KING’S’ THEATRE. An action filled story that does not pause to point a moral is found in "Blood will Tell,” the Triangle feature now being screened at the King’s. William Desmond is the hero, and tho swift changes of fortune and sudden surprises of tno ingenious plot suit him wellEnid Markey, as the bright little chorus girl, whoso marriage to the hero disgus:s the rich father, but proves the hero’s salvation, looks prettier than ever before in her screen career. The closing scenes of the play are very novel. The millionaire father is away for a trip, and the opportunity is seized by his business enemies to make an attack on his financial holdings. The young man has become a machinist, and ho actually manages to save tho situation by burgling his father’s safe in the nick of time. Two of the supporting characters are Charles Green and Margaret Thompson, and the work of the whole cast is satisfactory. EMPRESS THEATRE. 1 An illuminating instance of the foolishness of over indulgence in wine is seen in “Youth,” the star feature now being screened at the Empress, where the millionaire’s son and tho society bud both remember dimly in tho morning that they are engaged. “I wonder if she accepted me.” says the young man, and “I feel sure I promised to marry him,” says the girl nex.t morning. Three popular \Vojiti stars are featured in the production. June Elvidge, Muriel Ostriohe, and Carlyle Blackwell. The supporting characters are worthy of mention, particularly the Japanese valet, whose quaint observations are spicy and original. He also shows a big blustering driver a neat weapon in ju-jitsu. In addition to this feature, chapter 14 of "The Iron Claw,”- entitled ‘‘Plunge for Life," ; s also screened. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. The great McClure Magazine Company is a new force in the world of film production, but it has excelled all the standard makers’ work in the wonderful ■-seven Deadly Sins” series, of which Envy,” the star feature now screening at Everybody’s.. is the first Ana Murdock is the star in this production. The fight on the yacht, where the millionaire has trapped the heroine, is one of the thrills in the drama. It is a deadly in earnest encounter, and full of vim. The dressing of the play is something co be wondered at, and the costumes that the great actress wears both in her ■boudoir, on the stage, and elsewhere are the last things in fashion and costliness. THE PIERROTS. The English. Pierrots again drew a large audience to the Grand Opera House last night, when this little band of fun-makers delighted their hearers with the excellent numbers, concerted and individual. All the members of the company distinguished themselves creditably, and encores were numerous. CROWN ’THEATRE, William Desmond, in "Blood Will Tell,” drew another large house to the Crown Theatre last night. Commencing to-night a genuine story is screened in "The Pago Mystery," the World film drama now screening at tho Crown. The cast is a triple one of groat strength and includes Carlyle Blackwell, Juno Elvidge, and Arthur Ashley, the latter in the role which he plays so well of a dissolute, wastrel. The mystery element develops quickly. First of all Alan Winthrop, the hero, comes upon a beautiful young girl who is just about to take her life. She refuses to divulge her identity. Then he discovers in the lodge where tho party is staying a secret bedroom. The final problem is the authorship of the strange death of Colonel Page. Many of the scenes are taken in the Adirondack Mountains, at a summer resort. They were taken, however, ■in the dead of. winter, and the result is a more than usually lovely collection of fantastic snow scenes. June Edridge has unusual beauty, and acts with great emotional strength, and in this film. the honours go to her. The final scene is one of the most powerful in all film drama, and its climax can really be said to be overwhelming. The first chapter of the ‘‘lron Claw” serial will bo screened also. QHEEN’s””THEATRE. "It Is For England,” which will be ■ shown at the Queen’s Theatre, Cuba Street, .nest Saturday, will afford a unique opportunity of observing the British Navy during war-time. When the English Navy League approached the Admiralty with a request for aid. the greatest facilities were extended to them for screening a complete set of pictures of the Grand Fleet under active service conditions, resulting in the finest series of sea spectacles ever shown in any country. "It Is For England is at once a spectacular patriotic display and a romantic love story. The plot turns on the unmasking of an Anglicised German, who, though a member of the British Parliament, is actually the secret spy of the Kaiser. The action of the play is of the rushing order, sensation follows sensation with great rapidity. These are interspersed with tender love episodes which concern tho hero, who is a lieutenant on one of His Majesty’s battleships. Among tho outstanding spectacles shown m the film are scones in the-British House or Commons, and hunting and capturing submarines in the North Sea. The box plan is now open at the Bristol music warehouse,