AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 156, 1 July 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

THE ROYAL STROLLERS. This evening , , »£ His Maj?str's Theatre, 'X Mr Sydney James and liis popular Costume '■ Comedy Company will ciiy £:irewull to a- ■ New Zealand audience, ami the oecasioa will lie marked by tbe iirosentation o fV» •."'.' items by each uiemuer ol the couipaßjAlter the Strollers' opening cliorus ' n vooaf medley or popular airs will be contributed, to be followed by Miss Medeliue Boseiter and .Mr %(.-. moud hi duet soug aud dance,' and tiea .r Mr Sydney Jameo will present one othu:' inimitable dialect songs, "Girls I Have Met." A clever scena, entitled '"lie Chair- ~ man," will be followed by Mr George. Graystone in a budget of new songs, then. Uβ ■',' full company will give its own; version of tbe "Village Blacksmith," with actions to suit the-words. New wnga and dam-es,;;'; by Miss Itosslter. and ventriloqtdji . : speciality liy Mr James and his fricta ■ ••Uilly," entitled "A Dramatic Rehearsjl, ,, '.-■' will conclude the first part of the'pro-. gramme. A trio by Messre. James, liesluiond aud Graystoue will open the secphi.,. part, aud Miss Owen. Lewis, in her songii ! at the piano follows. A new burlesque by the entire company ivill then be pi?-: . sented, lifter which Miss Connie Milne-will. contribute Vocfll solos, and 'Mr Deshiouit'. ' will introduce new songs and an eccentric '-/,. dance. The Strollers have selected as tiidt ■' finale a '•Kagtimo Oratorio." in which all,the members o£ the company will appesr:.;The incidental music will De under 'We:;'; direction of iMr Arthur Frost, , and v "Zimmy." the comedy drummer, will lena valuable assistance. The bos plan of re-'.■ served seats wi.l he at Colemau's, Tobac./lk conist, H.M. Arcade, till 7 p.m. OPERA HOUSE. The final opportunity of witnessing Mhe ■: wonderfully etilful acrobatic feats of. tne- .'.-, live Manonurians will be given % 'at 'the j ' Opera House this evening. The ■ supporting! , items liave proved most popular during tie "" week. Among the artists making .rfc Sir last appearance are Dan Thomas, tne ii're- "'■"' bistihlo cumcdian: AI ace and Lorraine; ana :. tne Dauciog Jit-Leans. ■ " • ,^." BOHEMIAN ORCHESTKA. ;^Jjt The Bohemian Orchestra announce* their "•; second concert of ilie season for Thursday next. 'file programme abounds In good ■■■>/' things, first In order of orchestral: in- : , terest and Importance comes .Tschaisow--. ■ eky's "Capricio Italieu," which, it has beea declared, shows more brightness and vi- ; clouded giiety than any work . he-: ever wrote. Massenet's Selection, from- his early opera "Don Cesar de Bazan" is-a '. most pleasantly varied resume,' cleverly i orchestrated, and ranges from.' the frankly, jocose to extreme melodrama with many , intervening gradations of daintiness" and ,'■•■ grace. Neither of these works has .7" \ been performed in Auckland. Other band,items are well up to tbe Society's Stan-, dard. "Carillon," Sir Edward Elgar'erelnarkable setting of Cammaerts'. stirring i■■ patriotic ode, will berepeated in its originate form, Professor Maxwell Walker :being tut', reciter. The are- Miss' JeseiS Bartlett and Private KrneLt Drate. THE TIVOLI FOLLIES.' ■ : ", I The full company of 'Follies now pearing In Sydney will arrive in Auckland . by the -Makura on Monday week, - and :will/;: commence a reason of sis nights and one ; matinee at His Majesty - s .Theatre. ;Mr Hugh D. Mclnto'sh. is bringing over a .sho>Hv of pantomime proportion, there "being no.;', •less than sixty performers, and ;althouga -I some are starred, it is claimed, that in-.-dividually the chorus and- ballet are v capable of appearing as a> slugte "torn before metropoltan audiences, iliss. Vera ; r I'earee has added many; brilliant numbers'; to her repertoire. Miss Thetaa "Baye: is . i a dainty comedienne. Mr Jack Cannot \. has a new Tranch of specialities.'.and'&-.<" ably aided in his fun efforts Dy three:,-!;:: fine" humorists in George Welch. : Walter-. 4; TVeems (a coon impersonator), an<J Blity j Rcso (a quaint pantomimist). ; -Love zqnss J will fall to the lot of Frank Greene, the . fine baritone sinser. while Jean Keith -hi- , -.;' a dainty solo dancer. The yandevine.part i : of the programme will introduce.to New:.; Zealand the clever Australian ' contralto. ■'■.:■ Miss Kll.i Caspers, and another- musical f" s>ct of importance is the Belgian Orchestra; ; featuring the tenor Jacques Boi:' ;TB«j&j comedy element is supplied by Short-and; Jv Little ■ (comedy acrobats) in ..new. stunts.¥ next at Wildman and Arey's. . '.' ' - v ; — —'. ■' ' ■;. PRINCESS -THEATRE. .■" -^ . The new bill 'at-the' Princess presents an adaptation of Henry BnsseH.w Miller's story. '-The Ambition of Mark t; Trnitt," which. In -its picture form, is j called "Tbe Fruits of ' The film portrays the story In a vivifl -andip emotional manner, but carefully avoids, exaggeration. The well-known ■. .picture ,J ■ actor Robert Warwick, takes the leading-V part in an admirable uumiier. wliile : the j; snpporting characters are well The story mostly, concerns a millionaire,,■" whose wealth has been gained at.the cost'<;'': of his fellow creatures, and who, when Ke'.ij has reached his goal, finds the barren one. There is a strikingly original: .md interesting plot,, and the whole .pietusH is staged in a manner worthy of prort.i'i- ,- tinn;? usually released througb -the WorlS't'??. Film Corporation. ...,.-. -3vf . "CABIRIA"—A MASTr.nriCCr % Xobody in the twentieth centnry really/ believes that Archimedes. 2200' years :ago,K; hy. an arrangement-of mirrors succeeded ii»H setting fire to the Roman fleet off Syracnse. r :'" The people of the ancient world believed-it#S'. implicitly. So did the people of the mediaeval world., for they believed; in if 1 : miracles. None of them, however, saw It :"';■ done. Tbat is. reserved for the incredulous ;- g people of the twentietA century—those whoi* know that the'story is a fable. They • can 'g see it done before their eyes. It'is sbotfn 1 lin "Cabiria, -, the historical war-play whiefcr ,;: is. to be screened at the Lyric Theatre,® Satnrd.iy. Sth July. "Catiria" conies- to 1 New Zealand heralded as tbe greatest pic- m ture-play ever produced. The episode men-4f lioned above—the burning of a huge fleet of i>s. the olden days—is merely one. of a.great--ft number of extraordinary features in thls'ys nim. vrbii-li is 12.000 ft long. It tells : tie iii Ptory of the first great race .war of —the only race struggle till the war broke oat last year. The great events j , of that tremendous feiid between two greiCM nations are beld together by the story of-;; Cabirij—a Sicilian chad, -wlio grows hrautlful woman during the course of the: 'f play, and has tbe,.mast astonishing"adwnrV'Vtures. A delicate ' love story, a skein of -.ission. and yet. a third narrative'.K of Scree .jtrigue run right throu2h the";;' drama. Its author was Gabriele 7.10, the famous Italian poet, novelist,' arid 'i playwright, who has definitely turued to the-. ? picture screen to find expression for His ■ I masterpieces. ".Cabiria" is the "first of TS'jM great scenarios. It has already 'ereiMjH sensations in New York, in Rome,"in. ParS.rp; , ; I and in London. /'■ ,-. OTHER PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS- " The management of the I,rric Theitre-.:.! announce an attractive programme- for .the '•'<- i coming week, the initial screening of whreli*. ■ will take place this evening "TheSS*™ Strain" will no doubt prove the most.. popular Him, as it is a powerfully-act?*."': story, dealing with life in the grim n»:ta- • ! lajid. Diistin Farnum, an accontpi*3S*Bj! artist, plays tbe leadiug roie, while tnc-suP-SS porting cast includes many of the best' of*--Triangle Film Company's artists. - " '■'z3 "The Fath of Happiness" has dellghtea ' , large audiences at the King George, , "; I Theatre du'rinc: the weeV. The B for "The Broken Coin" i« growing • : ' BOr ? , f;, ■ bitter and sensational In eath episode. ■"■■■ i ; The "c'tar" film, at the G'.obe TheatreC° ■ j l j • a powerfully realistic subject. tDtI o^H ■ "Tw ' Women." Anita Stewart, ■_ Swayne Gordon, and Earle Williams':««./;! 1 members of a strong cast partii-ipnrittg.'-"". -'•! A Metro., "A Yellow Streak," ff f ! ;.|.| . screened initially at the Quoou's Theatre ■~1 > to-day. Novel In conception, with aS'Pj'is , , - dramatic and exciting incidents, the - U . IM .-■ ,■-. : promises 'to be a great et-ccess. ■ •■ i-"^S£ \ - A bright, piquant comedy-drama. callefvg; 1 "Booties' Baty" will be screened at;itJ*S ■ and Everybody's Theatres ; lug. The film is a really good lausUter- ; ;; ' maker, and is free from impossible ate* .;,-'; ' tions. . ~ ;'."■• j?|!j '. Lionel Barrymore and Irene Howley : ? l *>y two renowned artists apreaiiug iu'n»n»-sfj j -parts of "The Yellow Streak, ,, a powcr«i r «; ■ -drama heading the u.?w programme at '?*y;j •Srafton Theatre.' . n : "The Heart of a Painted Woman""is * I '&. 1 1 traeting many • patrons at the Arcaol*':;? J , Theatre. The film is. lavUMy staged, ffhW^iVj . the theme is most impressive. . "-••■• %.■:> : -M