AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 207, 30 August 1918, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

KATIILENF. JIncDONELL SEASON. This evening, at His Majesty's Theatre, will lake place the eagerly looked Tor return of Miss Kutblcut- -MacUonell, Mr. Charles Waldron, and a specially selected •1. C. Williamson Company, in the remarkable play ••liomance." According to a contemporary. "Romance" is the kind of play which might well evoke contradictory opinions, and the judgments would be framed less on dramatic than on personal grounds. Jn fact we are whirled off to the region where taste decides. The old rector of St. Giles, in New York, lias in the long past had his hour of romance (that ended in pain and renunciation with a famous grand operatic star—Cavallini (Miss Kathlene MacUonell), who had been the mistress or (he young rector's friend, patron and mentor, San Tuyl. It is pleasant to have to compliment Miss MacDonell nn the pretty inlent she brings us. Also Ihe lady has a resource of vitality that is little short of wonderful. Many cleverly studied tricks of gesture give intimacy to her clever presentment of a stormy temperament thrust into a crisis too heavy for its strength, it is a tine performance. throughout: the work of an artist of poetic feeling. .Mr. Charles Waldron as Thomas Armstrong, the rqftor or St. Giles, uses his natural gifts and undoubted talent to great advantage. He always seems to be quite able to carry the weight of a really tragic scene. and in the lighter and nmeter moods he Is admirable. Other than the two principals, there are several strong minor characters in the play, all of which •• -v more than ordinarily well handled by a •'■ C. Williamson company, whose e,,ual as .•in all riiiiiid .irvanisjil ii.n has not been hetered r,,r many a day. The author. Mr. Ldwnnl Sheldon, has called his play ■'The \v.r!d-s Greatest Love Story." It Is .rrlalnly the tale of a ltomeo and Juliet of modern ha hits and thinkings, thai is in many ..r Its passages highly poellc ami entirely absorbing. "Homanco" will he Payed until Wednesday night next. On 1 hill-Winy next w staged, for the first time here. "The Cinderella Sinn," to follow which mi r:,|.i,i m ..5i,,,, :lr( , announced "I hi' Rainbow." '-Onteast." and "Daddy Long Lets." The box plans fur the first nights :,rc now opeu at Wlldnian and

THK scAiti.irr Ti:iiii:Aiinri:s " l« mini,, years since the pioneer comI , ""* " r ■•'slum.' en y ~( , u , ,.r l ~„,„, 'aincrs. ilie original Scariet Troubadours, visile,l Xew Zealand and 10.-al auiiiKemen! lovers should be pleaded to learn thai ihe fumliluntinii thoroughly re-organised will open a Ihree-weeks' seas.ni in th" Town Hall cnui-eri chamber to-morrow evening. Th inipany is a compact one. every member 1 1J: 1,, ,i v . f rn ,,i rank. II Inelmies Misses Ivy Davis ti-ollie-■l.ientiei. 1.a11,i Ward soprano), Madollno Knight i.-..nii-:ilioi. Hilda ileJlnrlry iiiiinnetisel. Messrs. Courtney Ford (comeillalll. Andrew I'aee ilighi e.iineillanl Itenn Millar ibass.,l. Hawthorn.- lllglit coined la 111, Philip Ihirdmati (mimical direImp. Mr Kennedy ]:| n ,-k is business manager. A feature of ihe entertainment Is coueprlpil nitmliern and jjenisi Cr.ir.i lirand llperil. The burlc.s,iiies are said lo be fully up Hi dare. The bos plans for the lirst six nights are now on view at Wildnian and

Tin: NATioxAi. Tiir.ATiti:. Willi H.Mißla. Fairbanks plnying the part if lite cliivaliuu- hero in "A Modern M.i-k.-teer ■ in n.e life, this Purainoiiiii release lui.s I n responslbl,. Tor big business -,| ihe National Theatre this week. The til 111 will run ..111 1.-morrow and another, .ailed "Flare Cp Sal." is to take its phi'-e. iiainiy llorolhy lialtmi has tlie leading role in this new I'am mount fwiuir.-, which i> a sireeii play of stirring incidents and big moment*, li w.is in the days of tlie K.ild-nish In Cnllfori.la ih.it "Kl.-ire I j> Sal" g:tmilled her life away in 11 deal of

cards !.. save her fmlipr. and il was iv those Mime days thilC a h.id man came lo ti'ivn disguised as an Intiocput, Innocuous l»r mill t....k the girl away with him. "Flaip Iμ S11I" I* B"lng to he supported by a liill of otluT Paramount pietiire* thai will 1... npprecleted. TIIK TiVoi.l IMCTURKS. "Hidden Pearls." the pleasant, romantic I'nriiiiinunt plc-tnre itmrorntnit the eternal Irlangle, and Willi S.-.-su.- llayakawa as the principal pliiyiT. will i-nd il.- nparion ul the Tlvoll Theatre this evening, and then, with tin' afternoon session 10-niorrow. patrons will lie presented with another new Paramount play. This one has !>eeu taken from the" « lerfiil Imy-hook "Tom Sawyer." - :;s written T>y Mark Twaia, hnmorlm. and Jnok Plekforil. Ihe brother of the h.love.l Mary, will bnlil the lovable pharslPter of Hie her... "TOlll Sawyer" will lie presented, together with 11 liill of topi- < ul, iravpl. and comedy numbers. THE OPBUA 11OUSK. Itryaul and ltrynnt nre enlleil Ho-trlr haton spinners, and their turn at Fuller's Opera lloiusp this week is a spcctHcula,one. Miss Xellle Kolle sln«» choruses, and l< very popular. S.. nre tlip Vivians. Juvenile i<iiiEe!>, Harry and l.i.iite Farrow, ■ lever comedy sketch iirlisi.s. Yorlie Cray and company.' and several other high-grade an'iv of this programme will I.c given tomorrow afternoon. "MY FOri! VKAKS IN" fiF.UMAXV." The season f..r the presentation ~f thp Him, "My Pour Years In liermany" in Aiicklnnd has lieen extended, but neither the l.yrle nor tlie Str.:i-..l will show it after to-Pifl'lt. To-morrow it Is to lie presented :it Kverylioily's Thealrc. inifi Iliore. it will stay f.T all the eomins week. This picture a.iapl.itiiin nf Anilnitfnidar (ierard's book of historic rerninisccM.e< has 1..-11 seen l.y many Imndrnls ~f Auckland people, and during the romlnic*wcpk there will he a chance for everybody at EverylioiiyV. the rr.ixcKSS. The I'rineess is to shnw another Metro feature 10-ninrmw. This is a film presontlllß Ihe fauioi's Metro pair Fronds X. Hushuinn ami Miss Reverlcy P.-iyne. The .story lias name. "With Neatness and liispalch." and it* in five rather tlirillin;,-a'-ts. It will lie well supported. Tin: qi"i:i:.vs. .June Elvldce and Carlyle Blat-kwell nre to be feattirpil at the Queens to-morrow In "Thp Way lint." 11 World picture based oil a story showlnc the cupidity „( a mother who seeks n tilled husband for her daughter. "The Croat Secret" will be shown again. THE ÜBAND. "Sprradine Dawn" Is on- of Hip beautiful fioldwyn releases, and ,vill fealtire Jane Cowl at thu tininil to-morrow, when It replaces the invasion t'flm "Womanhood." Charlie Chaplin will be present also in Hip romeily-fari c "Easy Street." JIIK lAKK'. "U'illiam i<. Hart comes again to theI.yric this week-end, in a play, "The Patriot." which will bo a titling Miccessor to "My Four Years in Germany." Hart has one of his usual roles, and he plays it with his usual power. "Tlip Patriot - will be supported by a pleasant selection. THE EMPIRE. In (he Kmpire Theatre, Dominion IJond "Tiilie's Punctured Homanee." n Chaplin pfTorl. is being baeke.l by Fairbanks In the laughing Qlui "Double Trouble." The child ren's beauty competition still is popular. Prizes will be awarded according to the vote of Ihe audience to-morrow night. THE AItCADIA. ••The Sowers," a powerful! dramatic pic tiire which covers ihe days before the engaged sowing thp speds of discontent, is the leading film at Hip Arcadia'now. A Ileal romance is worked Into the play, with Blanche Sweet a.s thp heroine. Also bpin;: shown is another chapter of the Paramount serial tale. "Who is Number One." the wi:st fad.

••His Own I'eoplo.'' with Harry Morr.7 us the hero, is to he shown at the West F.nd to-niglit with "The More Kxirellent Way " preventing Anita Stewart, ami a Keystone comedy. THK GLOPE. '•Moral Courage -, i< still runniiifr at the Globe.