ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE “VICE-REGALS.” e GRAND OPENING TO-NIGHT. S ■ After a record of 168 nights in their ». own theatre, St. Kilda, Melbourne, and j, 66 nights in Hobart, the “Vice-Regals” will commence their season to-night, s where, for three nights they will present f to the New Plymouth public the gems t of their vast repertoire. From the over* ? ture of the orchestra until the final curi tain there is just one running fire of - sparkling little comedy sketches, which ? are clean, clever, .and originl, quite like 1 nothing seen before. The company is I' exceedingly strong in comedians and • also has a wealth of vocal talent. No • (further evidence as to quality of the “Vice-Regals”’ performances need be of- • fered than the fact that after playing ‘ for 168 nights at St. Kilda, they filled 5 the Melbourne Town Hail on their three ' farewell nights. Speaking of the com--5 pany, the Melbourne Argus said: The ’ entertainment was the final night of • this excellent combination’s eighteenth ’ change of programme, and it was marked by success which has never been sur- ’ passed in the Arcadia. The further the ' season goes the greater the success the “Vice-Regals” achieve. Time after time last night they were forced to give as i many as three items, the applause from ‘ the audience being exceedingly warm- ' hearted.” There are original sketches, full of laughter, as is “Omar the Judge,” which gives a peep into the East. Another feature is “Hell Gate of Soissons,” a true and most thrilling narrative of the Great War, dedicated by the French poet Darino to the magnificent bravery and heroism of the Royal Engineers. New Plymouth theatre-goers will doubtless fill the Empire Theatre to-night to welcome this great combination. EVERYBODY’S. LAST NIGHT OF “JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN.” The snappy Western romance “Johnny Get Your Gun,” a Paramount production featuring virile and popular Fred Stone, concludes at Everybody’s tonight. It is a screen story of the en air, with a romantic element that does not fail to thrill and delight the onlooker. Stone, is well known for his athletic feats, and there is no doubt that he fairly out-does himself in this production. A screaming Mack Sennett comedy "Quack Doctors,” gazette and “Bride 13,” are also on the bill. Tomorrow at 2.30, the D. W. Griffith Paramount Royalty masterpiece, “The Great Love” comences at this theatre. It is in seven mighty reels and is the play which Griffith’s was commissioned ’ by the British Government to produce showing the crushing of class distinc- ; tions as a result of the war. The box s plan is at Collier’s.

THE PEOPLE’S. BERT LYT-ELL TO-NIGHT. Beginning to-night, “The Price of Redemption,” the big new Metro production starring Bert Lytell, will be the feature attraction at the People’s. Pieturized from the famous novel, “The Temple of Dawn,” by J. R. R. Wylie, this new Lytell vehicle is said to surpass all previous screen productions of this popular young star, and to establish a new record in expansive film creation. The story of the play in which Bert Lytell enacts the leading role is that of a young Englishman in the dark heart of India, who becomes famous for a deed of exceptional bravery and then sinks to the depths of degradation after an unhappy marriage in London. It is a screen story of rare power and tremendous fascination, in a setting of mystic India. The bill includes gazette, comedy and “King of the Circus.”

THE KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD.

“THE KEEPER OF THE t)6OR.” A picture with an appeal to booklovers is announced to be screened at the King’s Theatre, Stratford, next Friday night. It is from Ethel M. Dell’s famous story, “The Keeper of the Door,” a romance which commences in England and takes the reader to a restless little village on the Indian frontier. Here njimerona adventures are encountered, including a plot by the natives to do away with the political resident and his party. “The Keeper of the Door” is entirely British, and the producers are to be congratulated on the masterly manner in which they have handled the subject. The atmosphere of old England is faithfully reproduced by the opening scene, depicting the ivy-covered priory around which so much action takes place, and there are also many glimpses of wood and dell. The price's for this all-British super-production will be: Dress Circle 2s, Stalls Is 6d (plus , Seats may be reserved at the theatre office. Telephone 268 m.