AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

' -''SWEET- NELL OF OLDUBCRY."

This evening,' at' His "Majesty's Theatre, Miss Nellie Stewart "wfir lie'seen In her most famous Impersonation, "Sweet.Nellof Old.Drury." Nell Gwynne and. Charles Stuart are popular stage figures, as they aire popular in real lite, and "Sweet Nell" is one 6/7 the most successful of romantic "Sweet Nell" will7be played for the remainder of " the' season and Nellie Stewart's farewell. ' .--* -.— .-. OPERA HOUSE. ..The jolly clowning r of Fiquo is a bright feature of. tbe variety entertainment at the Opera "House. ; The magician tricks of Wong Toy .Sun, who carries "a-trulyOrien-tal. atmosphere with Mm, are delightfully mystifying, and" Mr. James Teddy is a most surprising. leaner. , The musicalcomedy ' turns lend pleasant variety to the programme, KLXCS- GEORGE THEATRE. An attractive series of pictures was introduced at the King George Theatre this morning,' when the second bi-weekly change of bIU was made. Thte most Important Item on the menu is a two-part dramatic production palled "The War Baby," the background for which Is woven from the present European war. The, scale upon which the picture is .constructed and staged Is nstonishlngly complete, and tlie battle scenes are sufficiently vivid representations' of the real thing. The story illustrated by the film is of a kind that lays strong hold on the sympathies of. picture-lovers.. "Out in Happy Hollow"- is a "Vitagraph" 'production that Is sure to prove quite to the liking of connoisseurs in motion photography. The latest "Topical. War Budget" contains. an intensely interesting collection of views taken at the front. The funny, part of the programme is well-represented by "An-Exciting Courtship," and "Michael MeShane, Matchmaker,;' while an educational film llustratlng the popular, trades of Indo China, lends further variety to the programme. . ' .