AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

"MOTHER GOOSE." The crowded house at His Majesty's last night was obviously delighted with the brightness and surprising effects of the pantomime "Mother Goose." The elaborate staging effects are of great beauty, I while the singing and dancing arc eini- j nently satisfactory. A matinee is being given this afternoon. Th.c management ' announce that it has been d«lded to give a ' special matinee performance on Tuesday afternoon, when two frundred soldlere have been invited. OPERA (HOUSE. The highly entertaining fare served out at the Opera House attracted another lnrse audienw last night.' The present 15111 will \>e staged finally to-night.. The management announce a complete change for Monday night. •THE SHOPWAIiKBR.'' Charlie Chaplin, the prodigy of the picture world, makes his first appearance after his recent holidays in a film called "The Shopwalker." which Is being screened at the Lyric this afternoon and to-night. The ordinary rules of fun-making apparently do not apply to Charlie, for, although oe hae appeared in a great number of comic pictures, hie powers ere undiminlshed. Thie ,1k illustrated, by the fact.that he has now signed a contract the "Mutual" producers at a salary of about JESOO per day. GβA'FTON THEATRE; - - The~ prizes won In Conneofl6n""with" the children's picture essay competition the Grafton Theatre were presented at the theatre this afternoon. Commenting on

the fha racier "of "the essays." one of the judges faid one gratifying feature of the i-ouipetltion was: that although the pictures in the series dealt wltb subjects written": _for mature minds, the children bad taken: no harm from them. In every case where -the- playß-«rere~T:ungtnn , tea'qn~T!tltlcal~ancl". observant lines the young- writers - had a-pparently extracted only the moral lessons. Sordid details in plots hart-left innocent minds not only '■. unsofled, but even a little cleaner. ■ ; ■ --• AX'XETTE'KEMjERiMAX COMING. ! ~, Annette •Kellerman. the .beautiful Aus-.] tialian, whose figure is acknowledged the' most perfect in the world, will be seen here shortly in the wonderful photo-play ••Xeptmie'js...Daugbter," which has been a very strong attraction everywhere it tag appeared. It filled a big Broadway Theatre iu>-New York "City, for 3<to tally"" Matinee*). This wonderful picture will be screened at the Britannia Theatre, Three Lamps. Ponsonhv, also the' Broadway, Newiuarket, .j, es t Monday and .lour Xoliowjng nights.-•-■; '. Tl-'.- ;~ <■■*'- :.■■-,■ other" picture "entertainments. At Everybody's and King's Theatres tonight, a production called "The Eagle's XestV will be-the principal.attraction:- r. There. is a jstno-ng supporting: i programme. ' ... • '■ .""• '■Tiie excellent selection bl' pictures which, aTe being shown at the King George [Theatre will be shown "for the last time. tt* day. On Monday a complete" change of bill will be made. ....-.■■- I A remarkable "picture,"' palled/ '3right Lights,'.' .w«s ..ißtrodoced ; with'the' new "bill at.the. Grandj Theatre, torday. Mabel' NorV. inund. and Roscbe Artmvklc appear ia the' filni at their best. I .!

-"The-,Ciry'>-is--the-titfe-of- .111 unusual production wblta is being screened at the Graf ton Theatre for ; the first time to-day.' TJMre are several other items of considerable merit an the list. - :■-.; ■Another: "Metro.", masterpiece, called "The■.Comeback,'.'..is being submitted with I-the change of programme nt the ' Princess I Theatre to-day. The Him illustrates the regeneration or a society Idler. .." Big bouses are being attracted at , the Arcadia Theatre, where the. film called "Th'e~ Honse of Tears" is being shown. ■ "The Kidnapped Stockbroker" is the title of a distinctly*. noTed; picture which beads the .new'programme'"-at the<}l<>be : Theatre.' . SUBMARINE MOTION PICTURES. ".'"Xdntune-R: Garden" "-is:;,th* .tft'£ of Qne of 'the most remarkable cinema 'pictures yet filmed. It has been shown in Australian picture theatres, by j. G. WII-: linmsou. , r.td.. u: aiid '*ae ,, pr6ved( > a'Sj>.wer- !- ful attraction, so the Ancklard season will be looked,forward.to witn interest. "Xep--tone's Garden", will be shown lat His Majesty's Theatre . for .roar-nights, commencing on" Wednesday'evening next;" Lit is said - that ','blues, boredom, and dlsvatisfactinn qnirkly flee before the charming and beantifnl scenes and. the absorbing, thrilling adventures-'which::befell the Williamsons in their submarine trip in the waters of the Bahama Island*. These scenes ami adventures were ' 'faithfully caught by the '■ motion " pletnre camera. Among the wonderfnl things recorded on the film are the antics of native boys diving : for coins, coral beds, T>otanie»l. gardens, sunken wrecks of ehrpe, a deep sea diver ' hnntlng for lost treasure. ' In preparing ■this marvellous drama of the-deep,- with

its fairy grottos, its.strange and beautiful. . (tentlyrwayinc submarine palms,—ite thousands of brilliant tropreal flsli;" the expedition spent months of patient toll and Tast sume of money, but the result" is said to ■be wo»th «11 i that: was expended on ita~ prbdoctlon. ■"•■...;-., ,i ',„/..'".-'■' ';"•' ,":.,-;v ;; . ORGAN RECITAI/TO-NIGHT. the municipal br'san recital will be given 7 In the Town Hall to-nleht. The principal ■ numbers of the: p'rpennurie'^rill.-consist of I Elgar'e- by Slbeliu>.|--norodine's"'"ln .the "Convent,", and the "Benediction Xiiptiale" • :