AMUSMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 16, 19 January 1914, Page 7

AMUSMENTS.

] opera HODsa ..... 'y- , ' w ■-; The new vaudeville bill to fee" p'resehtefi" "' : at the Opera House to-night Iβ announced .... to , contain- items by eleven new arrivals - from ' Sydney. Tlie ■ management invits special attention for- two'tnrne in par-. ,>. .. ticular. The tlnsmanl trio are from Spain. ' and are said to have a European reputation as sensaMonal oquilibrletH. Vim Hondas ■ ■ '■ trip., are from New-Tork; their.'Specialty la a spectacular turn on wheels. Other perfonnera in the bill are Eeitli "".Mote" "(a": .*>"., finger of some Tenown). Delnur and Cae- . ■ sandra (slack wire, artists),/and Carlton and Sntton, comedians, who were last in Auckland three years'ago.' " QUEEN'S THEATRE. "ChivalryaOuUawcd" is. the title, of. the hwl feature drama of the new programme first shown at the Queen's Theatre this morning. It is a Western film, produced apparently, by an Italian company, but. nevertheless, is a Temarfiably (successful representation of cowboy lif all the better for being dluTeretit in' treatment from the American films of f>.e same class that- are so often seen. There, is plenty of noble horsemanship and exciting gnn-. . v , play In the traditional manner, and the' ■' plot is particularly original and interesting: • The hero, to escape punishment for a crime of which be is innocent, takes up .with a.band of outlaws, and his sweet- v . heart goes" off in dramatic fashion to tell him about an approaching- raid on the gang by her father, the local sheriff. The outlaws become distrustful, and, after ' a series of hairbreadth "escapej : the couple manage to explain tilings to the sherilT. with the result that the paternal blesslug ■ , : ~ is bestowed, and all' ends happily. ' !># GLOBE THEATRE. A dramatic film acted by IrisU actors in Ireland I.s the principal .feature of tlie . new' prbgranime nt thp CJlobe' Theatre. ■ ' The subject: Is, na'tnrally. "Irish as well',.. : ' 7. rtnd the title Is f'Widow Maloney's Faith." ~ ' Dan Maloney. son of the wjdow, geps into, ' ' trouble following a fight, and. has to lea'yu -'. the country. Ills sweetheart, however, re- " siets the advances of -hie rival, whose father turns the widow; ont of her home, and, • eventually. Dan returns, a rich man; the villain: being conveniently '-shang- ..' :" hiiied" on. a. vessel bound for the Nbrtli ~'.:' Pols?. "The Ranger and His Horse" i& a Booil Western film, full' bt eicitrem'eut ' '■.' from beginning to end. The most. thriilinK incident ocenn? when the ranger's horse • -" ■''"• hauls its master: arid a girl whom he lias rescued from a band of outlaws up to the top of a steep cliff.' .'The Warwick, " T: - Chronicle shows' a very Interesting set of ! newK-pictures, Inclmling one of trie funiotis ' Corinth Canal, the cutting of which aroused almost as,.much interest Jii its day as'the opening qf the Panama 'Canal rtoeis now. : The' two comic pictiireSi on the programme are both "wild animal" ones. - '• \ '<- PRINCESS THEATRE^. ! '.':.}: A fine new film programme-was shown this morning at the. l'rincess Theatre. The principal clranuitic picture" is entitled "True Clqwu. and the Priiria bonna." ' ;ph«j story f.;-; is that, of a troape of strolling .Italian players', i;i>, leadings, to ..the -rmucdcc . of. .Glnseppi, 'wUostr -- - beautiful daughter Anita is the cause ol • the trouble... Anita,. .who .has been com- i mended to Hie guardianship of the clpwu Toto,; is • offered » Bpsitian. in an. yi>«T tt : . ■■■<*•■:•■ .company l>y au Ameiican manager, -SvUui "T^ , ' hears lier voleei -Toto goes witii iser,; only. to-find that the villain'■ of the piece has, also joined the company. An attempt to poison Anita Is frustrated by the.down, who "fheri becomes'tlie husband of Anita iustea.l of 'her 'guardian.' "The Sea' IStermir , . "is another good though: in a"very dll- --• -• ■ ferent setting—among teher-tfolk" on the ?•-.-,:• American coast.' 'Some striking in "this" picture, and. one, a rescue from tiii ■ ■■■'-£ open boat,! .Is. p.aisicnlariy;; well manajjed-'j -■■t^OTHER PICTURE ENTBRTAIXMENTS.;, " ':''-■ The new programme at-the King George Tljeatre coatnins!' ii spectacular drama, entitled "A Throne at Stake." Topical : views are also shown, dealing with , rhe Maori boys who walked 355 miles' from , .. Te Kao to Auckland. "A Bargain with Satan," known sometimes as Student of Pragne," is ths fascinating study, that will. dliUhguUli tlie new programme at the Lyric Theatre ■• - vl ; "Tlie Keeper of the Secret" will be shown " in die new-programme at the "Royal Albert .Hall to-night: •■■-■•:;' •A : complete change of programme wUI be made at the West End Theatre fo-iiishr. At tiie Newton Picture Palace to-day ,f The Engine of Destruction" will be shp>yu. fa the new programme. " '' . : new programme to.be; preeen,tea at . t?»e K'AS'f- .Theatre to-nislit cpropriees: in ". '■' unnsnally interesting range of pictures. The ' topical pietOTes will be a feature of this. -. tfiweek!s collection. '■ .-••■■ ■ '; LITTLE 80-PEEP. '. ■ , *■ •"■ : The "Evening Post". (Wellington) says abo.ut the 80-Peep Pantomime, which is m* .-.>—,- be produced at His Majesty's Theatre, ~^ ! next Saturday :—"A house' packed in every ' ~~" part greeted the second prodnction of the pantomime, "Little 80-Peep,'. , by thei.Mc-. £ Kay Royal Pantomime Company. Merriment reigned , throughout the evenlh-' •' ; there, were tier dun moments, and the ap- ' ptause . throughout" was Widow Bumpkin, ia the person of Mr. Bruce Drysdale, was the chief fun-maker. He -was'par- ' ticuTarly happy in his burlesque of topical and local happenings. Miss Mack, as Jack Straw, was" ilso" very succeseXuL and was ;v loudly applauded for her • clever exhibition of baton swinging. The unique acrobatic turn by the Anderson trio, which alone was worth gpjng to .see,' was also appreciatively received. The pantomime ' throughout Is ' threaded with, beautiful fcallete:"* : The box" "■"*.-< plan is open at Wiidman ana Arey's. , ;..._,, '" "'■"••-" '» ' "-?.,' .•■; ■ ■;•"'*'-.'■;-; :■'-"•-..■;