ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. f( A -WOMAN’S HONOR” TO-NIGHT. H. B. Warner has another excellent picture “in “For a Woman’s Honor,” a story of which the scenes are mostly laid in India, and which recalls Warner’s ■celebrated work in “The Beggar of Cawnpore.” The combination of an adventuress blackmailing innocent people, the intrigue of a wily opium smuggler, and the self-sacrifice of a young English doctor, go to make this one of Warner’s most attractive plays. A strong cast supports the star, and the settings are all that could be desired, those of Eastern locale being exceptionally well carried out. The supporting films include: “Bride 13” episode 4, a two-reel comedy, “The Overall Hero,” and two topical films.

“ON WITH THE DANCE.” FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Everybody's management announce the booking of a big series of the famous Artcraft - Royalty masterpieces. These big special attractions will be shown at Everybody’s each Friday and Saturday as an extra to the usual programme. This Friday and Saturday the programme ■will include “A Midnight Bride” (Vitagraph feature), and the Royalty masterpiece, “On with the Dance.” This is a real wonder picture, and regular patrons will be more than delighted with the new innovation. Box plans are at Collier’s. THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF TOM MIX. Those who have not seen Tom Mix in his latest photoplay, “3 Gold Coins,” presented at the People’s Theatre this week by William Fox, will have their last opportunity to-day. The final showings will be to-night. This stirring story, written expressly for Mix by H. H. Van Loan, shows the “daredevil” star in all his glory as a performer of remarkable stunts of horsemanship, gun play and physical endurance. Beautiful Louise Lovely appears in “Partners of Fate,” a tale of matrimonial misdeals, and latest gazettes are also shown.

MALE CHOIR CONCERTS. A GREAT SINGER. The next concert to be given fry the Male Choir takes place on Thursday and Friday, June 2 and 3. The very special attraction of these concerts is the appearance of Miss Rosa Alba (sopr no), Australia’s leading singer. Miss Alba gave her first performance at Dunedin last week, and the following is an extract from the Daily Times: —“Mr. V. E. Galway and the Dunedin Male Choir gave those who attended His Majesty’s Theatre last night—and every part of the house was filled—a feast of good things. In the first place the concert served as the occasion for the introduction to New Zealand audiences of the brilliant young Australian cantatrice, Miss Rosa Alba, who at a bound leaped into the forefront of favouritism, and deservedly so. Miss Alba is unquestionably the finest coloratura singer that has beep heard in Dunedin for years. She is possessed of a pure soprano voice of extensive range, full and round in tone, eminently flexible, of resonant sympathetic timbre, under full control, and the transition from one register to the other is unmarked by any trace of change. Moreover, the voice has all the freshness of youth, and the singer is peculiarly clear in enunciation. Her first number last night was the famous aria, ‘Una Voce Poco Fa,’ from Rossini’s f H Barbiere de Seville.’ To a less accomplished singer the item would have provided serious difficulties, but these were simply used by the vocalist to accentuate her capabilities. Runroulades, trills, and other forms of vocal gymnastics were negotiated with astonishing ease, and with a voice that displayed their beauties to the full. It was a wise selection, for it served to show the artist alike in execution and in temperament. A storm of applause greeted the singer at its close, and in response she sang “Wake Up’ archly to an accompaniment delightfully played by Mr. Charles A. Martin. Still the audience was loth to let the singer go, and she again charmed them with ‘To a Messenger/ by an American composer. In the second part of the programme Miss Alba sang three bracketed numbers, well chosen for contrast and effect.” The other visiting artists are Miss Gladys Gammon, elocutionist, of Hastings, and Miss Leila Derby, solo pianist and accompanist, of Christchurch. Both of these artists come with big reputations, and the approaching concerts promise to be the best yet given by the society. Full particulars will be advertised later.