ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MISS ROSINA BUCKMAN. The programmes for the forthcoming concerts to be given in the Empire Theatre on Saturday and Monday by Miss Rosina Buckman, the famous New Zealand soprano, and Mr. Maurice D’Oisley the English tenor, promise to be of more than usual -interest, as (both artists have achieved extraordinary success in grand opera and on the concert platform, and are able to combine the two with happy results. Prior to leaving' England for New Zealand Miss Buckman and Mr. D’Oisly made an extraordinarily successful tom* of Great Britain, emoracing the princpal cities. In Manchester which, in the opinion of musicians, is one of the most critical towns in England, they were the principal soloists in a concert performance of “Caval leria Rusticana” with Sir Henry J. Woods, and the Manchester Guardian reviewing the performance says: “Opera companies are a little given to a complete reliance on the melodrama to carry this work through, and we rarely hear their finest singers in it. We hear, then v with a certain surprise the fine musical qualities which such singers as Miss Buekman ana Mr. Maurice D’Oisly reveal in the work. Mr. D’Oi.sly has- come on amazingly in the purely dramatic sense also, and one could trust him to make the Turridu of this opera effective without any help from the music at all. The frequent exclamations which demand so close an approach to the parlante style were given in such a vivid way that they more than any otlier feature lift his performance above that of the normal tenors in the part.” Duets from standard operas will be a feature of the Buekman-D’Oisly concerts, and the success these artists have enjoyed with these excerpts in England will doubtless be repeated fourfold here. The box plan is now open at Collier’s. EVERYBODY’S. “MY LADY FRIENDS” TO-NIGHT. “My Lady Friends,” starring Mr. and Mrs. Carter de Haven, will be the attraction at tE very body’s “ Theatre tonight. The picture has been adapted from tlie farce of the same name which ran for many months on Broadway and was characterisefi as one of the funniest plays ever written. In. its transformation into a motion picture scores of additional laughs have been injected-into it, .with the result that it is one of the most humorous pictures ever produced. The story details the difficulties which beset a man who out of the kindness of his heart has befriended three girls—the “lady friends.” Those who saw “The Girl in the Taxi.” and “Twin Beds” are promised another rare treat in this picture, which is guaranteed to keep the audience in fits of laughter from start to finish. Oh Monday and Tuesday the big First National special attraction, “The Sign qn the Door,” will be shown at Everybody's. Norma Talmadge stars in this big picture sensation,, which will be screened for two nights only.

THE PEOPLE’S. LAST NIGHT OF “RED COURAGE.” Hoot Gibson, the smiling western star and rival of the popular Tom Mix for public favor, appears for the last time to-night in his smash-bang production, •Red Courage.” “Red Courage” is a vivid story of a political fight in the western town of Panamint. It takes a Peter B. Kyne to paint the picture of the absorbingly human characters who live and love throughout the five reels. Interwoven into this picturesque ‘background is a two-fisted story of a fight — the fight of a man against tremendous odds—the fight against the corrupt influences of a crooked political gang — the fight of a man for a girl’s love. Supporting films are two-reel Century comedy and an International News film. The prices are advertised as usual.