COMPETITIONS END

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 449, 3 September 1928, Page 14

COMPETITIONS END

DEMONSTRATION CONCERTS The annual festival of the Auckland Competitions Society was brought to a close on Saturday when two demonstration concerts were given in the Embassy Theatre by prize-winning competitors. Varied programmes were presented, and. from them it was possible to judge how successful the festival had been from the artistic point of view. At the evening concert choral numbers were given by the Beresford Street Congregational Church Choir and the Bayfield School Choir. Other items were given by Miss Winifred Sharp and Mr. Jim Sharp, Miss Phyllis Mobberley and Master John Cameron. Miss Isabelle Brook was in her native dance, and the dance duo of Misses Edna Tullett and Stella Vernon was very effective. Perfectly schooled. Miss Cecil Hall’s combined ballet gave a splendid performance. ROYAL SHOWS “DOOMSDAY" A strong cast and a remarkable storj combine effectively to furnish an ev®®' ing of excellent entertainment wun more than the usual amount of inspiration at the Royal Theatre, Kings!** o ; where Paramount’s film versfa* ®* Warwick Deeping's novel “Doomsday is now being shown. Florence Vidor is the star of this a * traction, and Gary Cooper is her han some and talented leading man. A disillusioned girl, weary of en . drudgery, faces a momentous decisio Love or luxury? » One man wanted her as the last an finest addition to his collection beautiful things. The other wanted her as his companion, his helpmate and his wife. The first man offered her a jewels, fine clothes and servants. second man had only love to offer. Anno Nichols, the well-kno^ authoress of “Abie’s Irish Rose, herself be seen on the screen in Far* mount’s version of the famous She became a movie actress when * tor Fleming, the director of the P lCt fvl had a special “shot” taken showing writing the first lines of the play*