EMPRESS, NEWTON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 16

EMPRESS, NEWTON

“THE WHEEL OF LIFE” “The Wheel of Life,” the all-talkie based on the successful stage play by James Bernard Fagan, is the principal feature on the splendid programme at the Empress Theatre, Newton. The* film is a romantic drama, and the setting is a British military post in India, where Richard Dix, as the dashing captain at the post, falls in love with the beautiful wife of his superior officer. They abandon their romance for the honour of the regiment, but meet later during an engagement with wild mountain tribesmen. The climax is one of the most amazing yet recorded on the screen. L)ix appears to advantage in the romantic role and creates a striking impression in his part as a soldier. Esther Ralston is the feminine lead, and O. P. Heggie is the colonel who never suspects the clandestine romance.

BAND AT ZOO TOMORROW The Municipal Band renders a fine i musical programme at the Zoological ! Park on Sunday afternoon at three j o’clock. Sullivan selections, instrumental solos, bright marches and hymn ! tunes will be featured. MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT The 14th concert of the season will , be presented by the Municipal Band in j the Town Hall tonight at eight o’clock. A line programme will include a seriess , of Wagner items by the band. Instrumental solos will be rendered by Messrs. McLennan and Davies. Vocal--ts will be Miss Nellie Lingard and Mr. Wilfred Scott. BAND IN ALBERT PARK Lovers of band music should enjoy ; : the programme to be presented by the ; Royal Artillery Band in Albert Park j tomorrow. Several well-known band pieces will be played. YE OLDE PIRATE SHIPPE A merry evening of dancing should be enjoyed this evening in the gorge- , ouslv decorated cabaret on Ye Olde ! Pirate Shippe, Milford Beach. The musical programme this even- ' ] ing will, as usual, be capably handled \ 1 by Ye Versatile Pirate Jazz Band. | : The tea rooms on the shippe are | 1 open orj Sunday, and on every after- :

CLICK CLACK CABARET At the Click Clack Cabaret this evening an orchestral request night will be held, when the popular Click Clack Orchestra will play numbers asked for by dancers. Dancing will continue to a late hour, and a very pleasant time should be spent. DIXIELAND CABARET With new music by the ever-popular Dixieland Dance Band, which is recognised as the best dance band in New Zealand, the Dixieland Cabaret should be the scene of another enjoyable dance this evening. ORGAN RECITAL The recital in the Town Hall will be given tomorrow evening commencing at S 30. The City organist, Mr. Maughan Barnett, has selected a varied programme, which will include works by Bach, Rheinberger and Goldmark, Best’s Concert Fantasia on Old English Airs, • The Swan,” by Saint-Saens. and Tschaikowski’a ‘Dance of tlie Sugar Plum Fairy.’ 1 *

Harold Lloyd’s first all-talking comedy, ‘‘Welcome Danger,” which was completed recently at the Paramount Hollywood studios, will arrive shortly for New Zealand release. The picture has been months in production. It introduces Harold Lloyd as a talkie star.

“Sweetie,” in which Nancy Carroll is supported by Jack Oakie, Helen Kane and William Austin, is a musical romance of college life. Miss Carroll plays the role of a chorus girl who inherits a boy’s college.