AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

HAMII.TON-IM.IMMKK SEASOX

.ho f iJ"'V? laJ Vr/- A '' s Tlloatre this ovci,,, &*^ra? £&?s£> 01 Impulse." Ai-onllui: in pr p ss report" l^ hand, this is nue ~r the uW, comp"iun~ plays ~1 modern timw. It strikes the right i. ; M r ,j r rn;™ .sift, /;,,»-„* plot. The iij.-Piilnp nice wii: h<. stastMi ror live nlirH* ruul will be followed next Sat lirrtnj- liijrlM. Annr.-.-t iith. with "Dr NVake'si I'ntiiMit." Hnx piuns ill Wlhlmau and Are.Vs. Day siiL'-i nt Walker's 'l'lioueries. OPERA HOrSK. I'lir II ■> iliiincp of programme tliis evetiinir ;,t i lie Opera House the muuuxeuK-it utiuoum-es ,-i collection of artists of note The St. Leonards .-ome rtireet from South Africa with a reputation as chair acrot.;.ts ami hnlni'cprs of nx-eptlonni merit. ;i feature i.f their turn beine the performance of tbPir smvf- -iMttiPR rtoft. T>- 0 Lyrir-ni Four frem En;!: "1 s-e brinjrios ,t a 501e... tion of line snnjrs whirli are giveu in special Stage set fines. Tlie I-eopoln , Hiefers. Tri.» are alsn mailing their apne.iranep. nut mi a very jrrarrfn] tumblinz ar.i balancing turn. ' " ORGAN RECITAL. PeKnite the inclement evonine. there v-as » frnnii nttovlancp of lovers of nntflt in \h<. Twn Hull last Saturday nfehi to frpnr die I'itv (>r"jinist fMr. MatlnUnn s>arnettl In the spofial request programme nf pices rendered ilnring ttie July recitals nncli m "ITp'nilo ami Fusue in E Minor" heatlefl t!'o prnrrrninmo. and a flttfnj porforrcinncp w;is jjlven of these pnpnlar works. Meiideissr.hns -Sprinpr Son;:." played with lijrfctness anrl elesance. was so ■ niDi'li appiefio that a repeat was requested. l/Piiwrc'K -'Anriantino" also proved vry popular. :m<i a brilliant performance was sei-nred of Wagner's TM-elnde tn Aft 111. "Lohensrrin.' - BelHnl's 'A te O Cara" from "I Ptiritani" recolTd a rendering whii-U brniiflit otit to the fullest "xtent the fascinytins heanties of the lovely tennr rotnania. Widor's "Allegro C'antabile" and "Tn'-intji." two mnrrments from the celebrated orennisfs tifth symphony, were plaj-ert in a style reveajed the'heauties of tlio .oniiinsitions and tbe skill of the organist. After this masterly performance ■Mr. Rarnett ms heartily applauded, i delightful rendering of maDy of the principal uirs from (iounod's "Paiist'' concluded a profitable musical evening. QUEEN'S THEATBE. An exceptionally ~nod programme is hein/y sbov.n at the Queen's Tneatre as the first bi-weekly chanjre. The chief film. "Motherinp Heart." is an eiepodingly paftftic domrsliC siory. tellins; how a yonn£ married couple are separated by a heanrJM adventuress, of ivbom rhe husband becomes enamoured. The reconciliation between husband and wife is brought about by the death of their child. Another unusually good dramatic subject is "The Castaway." tellintr how poverty drove a woman ana he- child from homo, and ultimately caused rhe former's death. A philanthropic old gentleman adopts rhe child in the place rrf one of whom he has been berfiiimi. Snini> hnruoroiis pictures are included. .In tiie programme, und of these "Uoob's lo-heritanr-o'' is the tnnnlest and most original. •■OnlMvatinn of Geffee" is an interestinj educatinnol filni. while the ■ '■ffamft ("hronicle" enntsins tbc nsnal ntrmber'of topical events. GI-OBE THEATRE. Tlie uew programme at the Globe Theatre! includes a pictnre entitled 'The MOnse *a$ the IMon." Tbe film Shows haw a detective jTicites the hntred of a jans of tbteves, n-ho style themselves 'The Ilawks, -- by tryinc <o hrrat them down. The chief the tisrht between the wits of the detective and the criminal cunning of the members of the sang provides a-n nnnsnal nnmber of sensations.' Eventually tnr ttetective is enticed into the thieves r headquarters, where he is trapped, and thrown, caffgerj and bound, injo the cellar of the house to wait until the river rises, when he. would be drow-TiPn , . Tho det-c-tive, however, succeeds in tiirnin- tiie table* on tbc pinj; m a very ineenloiis manner. Tbe othev two dramatic snhiects of the programme are "The Rsufi't's Mask" and "Tlie Onod In the Worst .if T's." A iramtii "t wo* enmirs ami the latesi edition of the "SeiT. Zealand Animated News" are also shown. OTHER PJCTT'RE RXTEBTAINSfBKTS. "On the Altar of Death." tbe feature Oβ the bill at Kins liem-go Theatre, i< a powerful st.»r<- of love, with some exciting lnciilcnts thrown in. The jreneral items on the prosranime are diversified and well seiertea. Tbe Lyric l'egins its ninety-third weefc witl. a ••hoefn selection of films of a hi-h order of merit. The main Hem w a very lon- film railed "The Strength ot ■Men."' In nuWtion to tbis feature tliwe B a strous backing of spools of general Sn "Tb?'Kelly Gang" is to be. the fgd nttracrion nt \Tpsfs Pictnres this evemnj. This excitinc story ba-s been treatPd » • new and most complete manner .■«*»• cinematogrspb. and tbe result is saw i£> oe tt At M tbe Kind's there will be ««**£ I very mu.-'n onl of thP common Hin ft» FvPUitis in "T|.» Pn!l." a tbree tl-o'jsand fp P , r.ir,, by I'athe Freres. The stnry IS* I pathetic iipV. tr«aied in the complete man "" t PP th'i' : conTinnous^ , phony." "Tlie father,' "The loacners Pnrrion. TIIF. RrSKS. has. fenr daily. mate a. feat'-.re pf in«tvn-tins hepinners. PT. JntTS AMrtT-T,ANCE BENEFIT, by the rnmmlltep *™".*™ P ™Z£ for ! may be worn by skaters.