STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 77, 22 June 1927, Page 15

STRAND

HUMPHREY BISHOP CO. On Friday afternoon at the Strand Theatre the Humphrey Bishop Company will give an entirely new programme. “Scratcher” Ross will give a new version of his “Scratcherisms,” as the “Mocking Bird” and “The Pickled Porter,” while Arthur Hemsley has the assistance of Marie Landon in a screamingly funny sketch, “Arguments,” and he will also appear in a new comicality. Charles Albert will be heard in an entirely new role as “Dismal Desmond,” and will in association with the ballet, present a pretty song scena, “Six Pretty Maids.” Thelma Trott and Doris Pretty have a delightful musical specialty, and John Montfort with Elaine Maye has a pleasing duet, “It’s Too Late to be Sorry Now,” the former will also be associated with Walter Kingsley in another of their popular duets. An item deserving of special mention is the operatic scene from “Tannhauser,” in which Walter Kingsley as “Wolfram” will sing “O Star Of Eve,” with the “Pilgrim Chorus” by the entiz*e company, with a specially augmented orchestra, and organ accompaniment. There will be a matinee every day at 2.30. “She,” on the screen, will. be an adaptation of Sir H. Rider Haggard’s famous novel, starring Betty Blythe. It tells the story of “Ayesha— Obeyed,” an immortal queen who rules a catacomb city, and who is awaiting the reincarnation of her lover, for whom she has waited for 2,000 years. Miss Betty Blythe plays “Ayesha,” while Carlye Blackwell plays Kallikrates, her lover.