ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. His Majesty's Theatre is still proving the fact that vaudeville retains its popularity in Wellington, when good "turns" are submitted. Hilary Long, "tho upside down phenomenon.,'' is an artist who does his business on his head. In addition to feats of skill on a trapeze ho descends a- flight of steps in this unconventional way. Ho brings his turn to a sensational close by sliding down a wiro stretched across the stage with his arms extended and his feet pointing heavenwards. Kurtis's High School Itoostere provide an original turn which demonstrates what piJrsoverance can arccomi)lish in the training of such, unpromising material as the common or garden barnyard fowl. These birds indulge in swinging, see-sawing, numberselecting, and various other occupations at the order of their trainer. "Peg and the Limit" are highly diverting iit "Fun in a Gymnasium." Ivy Davis and Courtney Ford give a high-class rendition of operatic selections. Gladys and Auber raise many laughs in their portrayal of eccentric comedy,- and Lallia Brooko _ depicts modes of the past in her depictions of modes from 1820 to 1920. Johnson and Conway, the Oroydona, the Vardcll Bros., and May Brilliant are also turns of first-class merit, which aro well received. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Les Miserables" continues to draw big audiences to the King's Theatre. This superb pictorial dramatisation of Victor Hugo's classic forms a complete evening's entertainment in .itself, and the film is perhaps the best, both as regards production and afcting, that has up to now been shown. The story of Jean Valjean and Cosetto is known to many, and ther producers have pictured many of its stirring incidents in a realistic way. The scenes loading up to the French Revolution are especially well treated, but perhaps the most appealing scenes are those in which Valjean meets Cosetto, the little waif, a child of terrible foster-parents, and takes her away to Paris. Their thrilling adventures on the road are many and various.

but on reaching tho city they find peace and happiness for many years. Then Cosette,. having bloomed into lovely womanhood, is wooed and won by Marius,_and Valjean lives long enough to see his darlvug happily married. Tho film will be repeated this evening. . THE EMPRESS THEATRE. ' There will ho a complete change of programme of the Empress Theatre continuous pictures to-day and to-night. Tho leading items will bo tho two ''feature" dramas, "Tho Stolen Treaty" (A.8.), and "A 'Woman's Stratagem." 11l the former, a foreign agent is anxious to get possession of a treaty which is in' the care of an ambassadc-r. The, agent secures the sorvices of an accomplice, 'a young- woman, who undertakes to steal the document. By a ruse she gets acquainted with tho ambassador's' confidential clerk, and she dupes him successfully. Tlio schemo fails at- the last moment under oxciting circumstances.

"A Woman's Strat-egem" is an uncommonly interesting Box story of life associated with the Now York Stock Exchange. The remainder of the soriea will include "Madura" (scenic), "The Farm Bully" (Kalem drama), "Zeb's Musical career" (Edison comedy), "Some Luck" (Crystal comedy), and "Count Barber" (Vita comedy).