AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1918, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

—« _ " THE STORY OF THE ROSARY." To-night at S o'clock the Fullers will present tit His Majesty's Theatre Mr Allan Wilkie and a solid phalanx of proved favourites in "The Story of the Rosary," described as a drama of rapid and picturesque action, which -has hud undoubted triumphs in England, Australia, America, etc. The play promises to be rich in cl°,u£ n H?„ fl , mi , rld , lol ' in ' thrills ' which infrnnf l\\ C ,l - Kt, ' U '' iof 0" ,l ho °se by a bomb s,.? m J, I "'. 11 d a duel whlcu eventually sets v, rong right, and makes '-The Story of the Rosary a happy one after all. There win c i, veu sc .l nes '" the nla - v - -Mr Wllklc will have a live part n.s Captain Paul Romalii. The cast also ineludCes Mr Myiati Edwards, Mr Herbert Leigh Mr Robert luiuan. Mr Ronald Riley. Henri Dore, Messenger Bell Is, Miss Marie Nev, Miss Nellie Ferguson, and Miss Adele Inmaii. "The Story of the Rosary" Is by \\ alter Howard, author of ".Seven Days Leave, and Is in no way connected with the play "The Rosary" that was produced in .New Zealand some time ago. To-night's performance will be the first production In the Dominion. OPERA HOUSE. ».,T,°" nieUt " Poller's Opera House there will be .submitted to the public the usual change of bill, and this bill will Include several vaudeville turns of a rare merit, this is to b the farewell week of the LPaul ttanbope Uevueists, who are to appear In the last and most delightful of their irrepressible comedy successes. This one has the name "Topsy Turvy," and is filled right up to the brim with frivolities Mich 11s will appeal to the hearts of all. Sergean<: Copeland and Kid draw interest to a hig'i degree, Kelly and Drake appear in amusing turns, McKay and Graham are tuuefnl singers, nncl several other artists of repute and renown add to the pleasure to be found in the bill. TIVOLI THEATRE. The Famous Players production "Double crossed" was written specially to suit the talents of Miss Paulino Frederick, aud the Producers of these, the best known of all those beautiful films that come out under the Paramount name, have made of the picture a great success, it is not astonishing, therefore, to learn that at the Tivoll, where "Double Crossed" was featured on Saturday afternoon and evening, there were crowded houses at each session. "Double Crossed" is a picture with a plot that deals with the love of a wife for her husband, and the way In which she risked her good name in order to help him. Pauline Frederick has the part of the wife. Eleanor, and makes in her role a powerful appeal that is comparable to that made by Fnuule Ward in "The Cheat." Eleanor and her husband are invited to the house-party of a wealthy frieud. and there the husband Is persuaded to play false to his host, in order to keep from his wife the knowledge of a small misdeed he committed in his youth. The wife hears the whole business, and decides to save her husband at the expense of herself, but several outside Incidents change the whole course of the plot, ami bring every misunderstanding to a happy conclusion. In point of general interest "Double Crossed" is one of the best films seen at the Tlvoli for many months, and with its vivid plot, brought forward in settings of exquisite beauty. And the settings of this play are things to be remembered, for the gay backgrounds in which are enacted the various incidents of the story enhance the picture value of the film, and create a pleasurable interest In the play as n whole. Besides "Double Crossed" there Is the latest American Gazette, and a charming comedy, while the Tivoli orchestra with appropriate, tuneful music, adds another source of satisfaction to the entertainment. "THE AUCTION BLOCK." There was a ousy scone Indeed presented at the box office of the Strand Theatre during both day aud evening sessions on Saturday, and many hundreds of patrons followed with pleasure aud interest the course of that lino Rex Beach novel "The Auction Block" as it was pictured on the sereeu. The story of "The Auction Block" is far too familiar wu'th the multitude to warrant repetition, for it is one of the most famous books that Rex Beach has ever written, and it abounds in that element of intense passion that makes appeal to the fancy of the people, and plays upon the many sides of human nature with the Insight of a master. "The Auction Block" is a Goldwyn picture, and every scene, from that in which the foundry worker Is engulfed in a mass of molten metal, through nil the extravagances of a famous American revue, the riot of splendour In the gay banquets of the millionaires, the excitement of a police raid on a fashionable gambLing den, a midnight murriage between a drunken scion of a wealthy house and a girl forced by her parents into the union, the shooting of a captain of industry lv his own by a revengeful paramour, is enacted to the life. The reigning queen of this splendid picture is Miss Rubye DeRemer, who has been entrusted with the role of Miss Lorelei Knight, the winsome girl who is forced upon the auctlou block of a loveless marriage by her ambitious mother. The element of humonr, too, Is not left out of this story, which, after the fine first parts, deals almost entirely with the works of the girl aud the redemption of her scapegrace of a husband. It was an audacious move on the part of the Goldwyn Pictures Cornoratiou to try the screening of such a book as this, but in their efforts they had the assistance of Ilex Beach himself, aud their work has been crowned with the most abundant success. So wonderfully successful indeed, is "The Auction Block" that it is a pleasure to know that the Strnnd has arranged to show Goldwyn pictures regularly. Patrons who would like to see "The Auction Block" in comfort are recommended to attend the day sessions, for there wall surely be a great rush on the theatre during the evenings. To cope with this rush, prices during the evening have been advanced. LYRIC THEATRE. At the Lyric Theatre "The Auction Block," that fasciuntkig Goldwyn picture that has been built up from the Rex Beach "best seller," has already achieved a high measure of success, and the crowds Still liock to the theatre to see more of the film. "The Auction Block" combines in rare style all sorts of things pleasant to think upon, aud very absorbing to sec. Life runs high in the film auri ulot mingles with counterplot through t" action. The stories of ; love, of reveng, and hatred, of financial doings and of concealed scandals will hold every bit of everybody's attention right along to the close. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Miss Kitty Gordon is the most popular artiste of the current picture bill at Everybody's Theatre. She holds tho role of heroine in -Diamonds and Pearls," which is the story of a woman who married for money, but still she is not satisfied. "Din- j monds aud Pearls" is a World film that Is well supported. THE GRAND. Douglas Fairbanks is always a great I attraction, and so Is Miss Bessie Love. The : two of them are seen to great advantage as co-stars in "Reggie Mixes In," a humorous athletic play that holds first place at the Grand Theatre. The tenth episode of "The Master Key" is also on the bill. THE PRINCESS. I Under the Princess banner this Week the double-feature programme is a conspicuous success The two films most worth while arc "Red. White, and Blue Blood," the Metro story of aristocratic blood that turns yellow, and the Triangle picture "The Regenerates,"' which is nearly as good. THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. Corinnc Griffiths holds first place amongst the screen stars congregated this week upon the Queen's screen. Her part, is the feature in "I Will Repay," a story based on one of the tales by O. Henry. TUB NATIONAL THEATRE. Another of those Fox masterpieces which have efer been so popular in Auckland Is "Some Boy." a film that heads the list at tho National Theatre during the first half of this week. "Some Boy" is rather a humorous tale, and George Walsh is featured in it. He plays the purt of a prankish youth named dovous, who is expelled from his school, and fills in his time as a press agent. (There Is a girl in the story, and, after having enough of a cowboy as her lover, she goes over to Joyous. There is an amusing Max Llnder comedy, and the most recent news film. THE GLOBE. The best of the films that are included on tho current programme at the Globe are "The Bondage of Fear" and the Metro play "The Upheaval." THE 'EMPRESS. "A Kentucky Cinderella" and "Wolf Lowry" are the features on the new Empress programme to-night. THE ARCADIA. "The Little Breadwinner." a neat little tale, with a strong power of attraction, is at the head of that picture bill which commences its season fV. the Arcadia Theatre this afternoon. also the picture will be shown, with its pleasing I film and musical supports.

THE KING* THEATRE. . "The Face at the Window," a melodrama which was widely welcomed at the King's Theatre on Saturday afternoon aud evening, was presented by the Brandon-Cremer I Dramatic Company. The play achieved i them a brilliant success, for the characters themselves, and the scenery, and, in fact, the whole of the settings, were distinctly ;to the taste of the audiences. "The Face at tho Window" has its settings In Paris, and it lias it plot that Is truly abundant in thrills. Besides murders and mysteries, there is a strain of science in this tale, which deals principally with the efforts of Paul Gouffet, a detective, to fasten the guilt of a murder on one Tfelgado, the worst criminal in the land. This Dclgndo :is evidently a clever fellow, and the chase leads the detective through the worst slums. But ho gets what he wants, and while writing the report f n ll« asleep, and is murdered by the criminal. Then n mad doctor comes along with a strange theory, and tests it by reviving tho detective long enough to write the criminal's name. Then Delgado gets angry, anil graps tho detective by tho throat, lie Immediately falls dead, and it: is explained that the current of electricity sufficient to raise the dead Is disastrous to tho living. It would be unfair to mention some members of a caste where all hit the popular taste and play their parts with nbilitv nnd discernment. "Tho Fare at the Window" will be played throughout tho week. THE WEST EXP, The feature drama at the West End Theatre is "Tho Ijovo Route," a Metro play, in which Harold Look-wood Is the reigning favourite. There are several good scenes in this picture, and the story Is one of the best. The supporting themes, too, aro good.