CINEMA AND THE STAGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 98, 31 March 1916, Page 7

CINEMA AND THE STAGE.

TOWN HALL. j May 4 and s.— Coape Dramatic Cm j May 31—Clement Wragge, pencilled. | June 30—Allen Doom*. i H.M. THEATRE. j Pictures every evening. Mr Howard Vernon received a ■ hearty welcome recently, when he re- j turned to the Australian stage, where j he appeared in the revue ‘'Arc A e Downhearted P” at the Little Total re. Mr Vernon is best renumbered ioi his masterly impersonations of “KoKo,” “Bunnythorpe,” Lord, Chancellor,” and that particular lire of Gilbert- and Sullivan plays. : & **■'" Amid all the alluring charms of ■youth and beauty in recent musical comedy successes, there has been seen i again in Sydney a familiar friend of ; fond memories, who in her entia.ice brings fresh breezes of oxogntncuS, even where P.'l was blight belcio. Maggie Moore' one of the greatest friends the public of Australia am New Zealand ever worshipped, has contributed ''ring the last few months to jr-ixi -masses; her voice, so clear and fresh, her sense of humor so ! great it .would, indeed, be hard to - and 1 her equal. May she long remain to I’ciißor ..id delight us!

Charles Chaplin will be twenty-five years old, come Michaelmas. is but another way of saying ho \/uL corn in London in 1890. The first pair of shoes “Charlie” ever wore as a bauy turned upi at the toes. .They made Charue’s papa laugh, and all the family »and friends laughed too. As Charlie grew older, it was discovered that the fault wasn’t in the first pair of shoos; no matter what kind of footwear he tried, the toes always turned up Those who know the business politics of the “movies” say Charlie was lured to the Essanay Co. by the tempting cash offer of £220 weekly. Charlie Chaplin lis not married, aois statement w.L ■ settle a lot of discussion.

The cost of ‘ e Million Dollar Mystery” production to the Thanhouser Company was £200,000. Of that sum £2OOO was spent on costumes fur Miss Marguerite Snow alon~ “The House of Mystery,” the big mansion in which so many! of the scenes are laid, was bought outright for £40,000.

Lovers of the fistic art now have an opportunity of seeing in picture foim, the John Son-Willard match 4 hat

I brought back the world’s championship to the White Rape, after being rejtained by the negro for seven years. (The film proved that Johnson had I not, as many thought, lost his punch. He sets and maintains the pace for 1 twenty rounds, and right up to the 128th and final round, shows a vigor 1 and rapidity of action that confirms | the opinion that his hands had not | lost their cunning nor his face its ; golden smile. The giant Willard, i gradually forcing the pace and beating | his man slowly and surely, lends a thrilling effect. * . » » # Miss Elsie Wilson, the Australian actress, who was so popular in “Our Miss Gibbs,” .when that opera company toured Australia ml New Zealand, has taken up film work in America, with the Flying “A” Company. She makes her first big appearance in i “The Lure of the Mask.” Miss WilJ sou has a fascinating role in a fascin- | ating film'; she is the masked figure, j who, despite the entreaties of a young ' millionaire, refuses to hfe the veil i from her face. The lure of the masK j arouses the millionaire’s curiosity; I the gir] behind it arouses his love. He ! follows her to Venice, then to Mon be i Carlo, where] he protects his unknown | friend f»cra the insults of a gamble' | aids her in her flight; and then dis- [ covers that the man who has oeo-uno ' his .y :r. none other than the hus- | b urn lady of the mask.

Miss Katklyn Williams was recently asked be sec l at of her success >n acting with wild animals. “I j>t act with them,” was tho answer. “it might be well to correct th nprossion that wild animals a*e ‘d T upon many occasions prior to pertoitmng before the camera. Animals muld rot work if ‘doped/ We jimt reduce all risks to a minimum ini then we take a dliance.”

“I’m On By Way to Dublin Bay” is the title of the latest photo piny song now being sung in 4ustr*ba at tbe picure houses. It is a patriotic ballad, wherein the visualisation of the events of which the vocal'st sings, gives an additional effect.

Sir Beerbolm Tree has taken up the motion pictures. He readily closed on the offer mad r ’ y the Triangle Co., of America, for. —21,000 ku thir*> weeks film engagement. The fact that his audiences will number about fifteen million persons a' week through the medium , of the pictures, ates where the money is coining from. “Macbeth” will be the first of his film productions, to be followed by Dm Tempest,” both of which will be seen in New Zealand shortly. He was received enthusiastically in America, where he was accompanied by bis daughter.

“Under Two Flags,” adapted from the great novel by “Ouida,” will he seen m New Zealand shortly.