ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1922, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. “45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY.” Charles Ray in his big success, “Fortyfive Minutes from Broadway,” concludes at Everybody’s to-night. The role of Kid Burns, the ex-prize fighter from New York, who goes to New Rochelle to help a friend, is one of the best Charles Ray has ever played, and his aosumption of this characterisation in “Forty-five Minutes from Broadway,” will stand out as one of the brightest spots of his successful career. Charles Ray is immense as the “Kid,” and Dorothy Devore, of Christie Comedy fame, makes a charming Mary. The bill includes gazette, comedy and “Lure of the Circus.” 1116 matinee today commences at 2 p.m. On Monday the big five-reel comedy feature, ‘Married Life,” featuring Ben Turpin and the Sennett beauties, will head the new bill.

One of the greatest English character actresses,. Miss Sydney Fairbrother, is to be seen in “Laddie,” a newly-arrived British film, in which she impersonates a little old lady who comes up to London from her village home in order to surprise her son, a fashionable doctor. Miss Fairbrother excels in these quaint, picturesque characters, and proved as successful on the screen as she has long been famous on the stage. At His Majesty’s Theatre, London, she played in “Chu Chin Chow” for a solid three and a half years, and never missed a performance. Her acting in “Laddie” is a marvellous blend of pathos and humor, and should draw big crowds to Everybody’s, where it commences exhibition on Wednesday next, 22nd inst. THE PEOPLE’S. CONWAY TEARLE IN “AFTER MIDNIGHT.” When a man goes single-handed into New York’s underworld to rescue a beautiful girl there is bound to be a heap of trouble, and that is what happens in “After Midnight,” Conway Tearle’s latest Selznick picture, which is playing at the People’s to-day, commencing at the matinee at 2 p.m. Conway Tearle is seen in the dual role of Gordon and Wallace Phillips, two brothers of widely different character. The dramatic and exciting events of the story happen when, as Wallace Phillips, the star, enters the house of the brother, Gordon, and impersonates him so skillfully that even his beautiful wife is unaware of the change. The bill includes gazette, comedy and “Adventures of Tarzan.” “QP’s” QUALITY PERFORMERS. EMPIRE THEATRE TO-NIGHT. The appearance of the “QP’s” (Quality Performers) at the Empire Theatre this evening, under the direction of Southwood’s Ideal Attttractions, Ltd., is justifiably arousing keen anticipation of a very pleasant entertainment. The “QP’s” are a group of seventeen versatile English performers whose skill and artistry is of a very high standard. The programme to be presented is a London costume comedy extravaganza success entitled “A Harvest of Humor and Harmony.” Foremost among the vocalists is Mr. Aneurin J. Morris, the Welsh-Australian lyric tenor, whose voice is said to possess the sweetness for which the Welsh are renowned. Miss Hazel Fuller (soprano) is a New Zealand girl who returns after an absence of two years an accomplished singer. There is no lack of good healthy humor, an element provided by three comedians, Messrs. Sharratt, Webster, and Nelson, all in the front rank as performers. Mr. Leonard Nelson holds the unique record of having appeared for twelve years without any break in an engagement under the one theatrical firm. For an artist to hold such a record speaks volumes for his popularity. It is said to be the longest engagement known in theatrical history. Mr. Nelson states that he accomplished it by always giving the public new songs, and he claims as a result to have the greatest repertoire of songs in the world. Special features are the ensemble numbers, the jazz band, and the elaborate manner of the production. A great deal of the success of the Quality Performers is attributable to the orchestra under the direction of Signor Phil Asioii, the great Italian violinist. One of the numbers in the first revue is a brilliant Verdi Operatic burlesque. The treatment of this offering is unique, and expense has not been spared to give justice to its possibilities. There will be a new extravaganza presented on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Popular prices of admission are being charged, and the box plans are at Collier’s.