AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 228, 24 September 1918, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

OltfvKA HOUSE. ••And the last shall be llrst" might l>e • aptly applied to the change of proiiniimno ; UHbLTccI in wiUi full auditory honours '; at the Opera uouse lust cveniue, for ttic ! items ttrw.inls the close were of noteworthy atcrit. In fact, the concluding turn, thai of one named Durno, who was making Mn debut, lv Xew Zealand, hub remarkable as an exhibition of tiauiiielng feats. He is a trick cyclist, who usta> only uue •wheel aurt I«:«I;lLm the same with .skill and ease around the stage. lie uiiiiuLaliiH liLs locomotion anil equilibrium aiul juggles racquets. The one-wheel high cycle—ail minus s-leeriug apparatus—was astouudlugly cuminauded. and ridden by the trickster, who aleo climbs il[t and down Hlugle pol<*, with crossbars for footing, and balaiu-cs himself and jugglo; the while. The. other artists who urowded the laru In the second part were the piauo comedian I'hll il'ercival, ilugbic OgUvle a Scottish singer, aud Leywood ami Norcll, a v u P ul »r dve > whose stage work Is alwayx smart amL up-to-date, An. utmnguh«rc of hrlghtnenH pervaded the first liortiou ul thu bUI. wbieb was submitted ' by a merry minstrel troupe, consisting of.] tt number of receiMly received vaudeville ■ contributors. "JPun lv a Cabaret" wan tnc j eovurlnc title of the organised novelty items with breezy choruses. Songs, I humorous and otherwise, joken and quips, | and varied suhUetle? that kept the atleti- I tlon of the audience were presented, the | four "coona" of the «how Ix-iiig recpou*il>le for a little <i>lour In the way of sldHUlit diversion. Wluulc Hhtxlt* Uuttered abuu-t .sinslL* nt ,- Xhe iioys," Warwick Unnley gave, besKles a bit of drollery, a couple of his beM vocal hil», Uwen Ha»t<> Kladdeirt.il those present .with her praceful | ilanclni: aud hijih kiirklu*, while the Xvi S o« "medtau (Ward hpi™* limcrson! Marjorie Alwyn aud iu R» au<l Craham ais.i ecore<l applause foi-indi-vidual efforts. Krue Uelevale. the general imerlociHur aaue, and also recited iinprcsKlvelT the' patriotre Anxai: -war poem, KlncVnc of •••Wiieu Your Mother Says (.wlb>e"' g and a ,oo.i jg**"^ I o iiurnl- and" U, Clero that kudos m U Ht go^ will be repeated Lais week as usual. TUF, NATIONAL TUBAXBE. The National is now presentini: nf> it* lirKt fejiture th«- Paramount story »"• Mother's Son." with the favourite screen Dlaver Charles Hay in the ascendancy. "His Mother's Son" w a really story with a number of Bettings that have educational value. The picture has plenty lot human incident, and is tuu-ked by a ; B ond comedy, by various topical themes, and by ti first-rate selection of mnaic THE TIVOLI THEATRE. Thvro is a Httle of that beautiful oW belief in eueceeelTO Jlv«-s pictured in the gn-at l'arninouiit picture "Joaji The Woman." which twines a delicate fnbrlc of romance round the famous huitory of Joan of Are. There is a man lighting to-day who is a modern version of the hero of a romance with Joan. Uβ was In oiden days her lover, the man who was compelled by dutr to carry her Into U»e camp of her cruel enemies, just as she bnrsclf had been compelled to renounce the romance of her heiirt in favour of her country. bo the treat lilstorj of this noble woman is aacn as In a dream, with the atonement of the man to-day to gi\e it a lilting conclusion. I ".loan the Woman" is screened with a ■ melodious and thoroughly appropriate : musical score, and is being presented ucforu i bumper houses. It rims in the afternoon and the evening. TllK EMPRESS. i During the tirst three nights of tkis week , the World picture play "Shall We Forgrivc Her?" is being screened at the Kmpress, I with June Klvidge in the first part The 1 story Ls the old one of a wife with a past. I "The Iron Claw" serial is in its taird chap- ■ ter. AFTERNOON OaGAN RECITAI* : The City Orgeniut will give a recital In the To-wn Hall to-morr-jn- iWedjiesdayi afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The programme ' I will Include iSoellmaun's <iotnique." ! Sullivan's "iMarrh troro Henry Vlll-," and I -Ihe Jolly Miller." an English folk poug. Songs by Sanderson and Woodfordc-Kinden will be sung by Mlss Eva Shari). a. Dew ' vocalist at these recitals. OTHEB PICTUHE ENTBKTArNKEJSTS. The Princess is sDewing Uie film-play "Masks and Faces." -This play, taken from a highly successful sUige play, has as its ' cast a unique coterie of England's foremost stage stars. Anita Stewart, dainty player, has a sweet part In the title role of "The During of Uiana." the current heauiiner at the Strand. "Duchess of Doubt" is a Metro play at the Globe. It has Uicmj Wehlen as the 1 star, and is backed by "Uer Nature ' Dance," a comedy. I j The best of the films being unspoolc<i 1 J each day this week at the Grand is " The Silent Master." Ko!>ert Warwick la the principal player. The Lyric Theatre has as its current 5 first, feature "The Da-ring of Diana." This , i.x a swift play, with AniUi Stewart as heroine. •Who Is To Blarai?" rnns at Everybody's, ami tells a fascinating story with a. mystery iv it, Harold Lockwood, in tie-Metro "Broadway BUI," U the bright particular star at prj-scut on the I'.ritannia screen. ,j To nisht again Uip Arcadia will be show"Tho (ihost Honso." together with Inn - tenth instalment t.r thn iiiremoiua serial i "Wlio Is NuinbtT One!" r At Purnp.ll ph-mr"." Itiilji-t! Wn-wiok . is presented in "Thi! (false Friood." Aiso , Chuptin in Cure." \i ; . . f.tir.nge dnr • William Farnum comes in "Maying Fair : '