ENTERTAINMENTS.
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. I ila Lee's newest picture, "The Midnight Girl," which opens at His Majesty's to-night, is a fast-moving. thrilling drama. The story of the beautiful and talented Italian singer's struggle for recognition on the operatic stage is replete with romance, beauty, comedy, and drama. " The Midnight Girl,"' a picture of Broadway night iiro with all its glamour and all its grief, is from the pen of Garrett Fort, specially written for Miss Lee, who n:tikes the most of the many opportunities that the story affords .her.
Stage-struck girls will find a lesson in this photoplay, which is a true picture of the difficulties that beset one who is ambitious of a career in tin theatre.
Douglas Fairbanks' remarkable m>ture, "The Thief of Bagdad," which screens on Friday and at Saturday's matinee onjy, is, according to all accounts, one of the most remarkable moving pictures that ha.s over been seen. It is filled with bewildering and amazing happenings never before considered possible to depict. Nobody ever thought of telling such a wonderful atory in such a marvellous way before. "AWAY IN ATHLONE." Denis Kehoe, the romantic actorsinger who presents himself and his players in "Away in Athlone" at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening, is a firm believer jn the performance of the sane, healthy story type of drama as opposed to the neurotic play that modern writers attempt to force upon the public. Therefore, in "Away in Athlone" lie presents a breezy comedy of clever dialogue.-and quaint types of character, with just a little bit of the good old villainy which never succeeds in its nefarious»aims. He has made close on 1000 appearances in "Away in Athlone," to which be brings forceful acting, ii sure comedy touch, and n pleasing baritone voice that serves to introduce some tuneful ballads and a couple of Moore's classic melodies to the accompaniment of the little Irish hand-harp. His company, headed by Frances Kayher, includes a number of clever artists, among whom Helen Feigns, Ronald Riley, Gwen Dorise, Maurice Lynch, Aline Dunn, Tom Buckley, Lester Carey, C-has. Keegan, and Bernard Beeby give a good account of themselves.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10672, 17 February 1926, Page 2
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