AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 208, 31 August 1920, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

■ tIPBRA norsFThe new prog-ramme £t i"u.ik-r's Opera House last nlgth-t satisfied „ larze attendance of patrons. In •'Sadie" Hie Sunshine IPl_.Te.rs ot Walter (3forse provided an entirely new musical playlet. wlii.-h was (.haracteriaed by eatcbv _nd tuneful musical numbers, sceonipa-led by iinusu.T!3y pretty ballots, and served up ia an atmosphere of Infectious comed-y. in which freorge .Storey got In some of his fine work as a burlesque detective, and was well s-mpponte.l by .'rank llaloinjr as a comedy waiter, and Mh?s (le-rite -Lartln as r.n entomolojrlste. The inclusion of Harry .Koss and Marshall Lawrence In the cast raised the standard o.f the rausl.-au programme, which contained a number of excellent j filing's. pr__ably tihe 3>e*t bclnir a trio ' •! j Navlgantl." by .Miss ilyli-i .Shannon ami ; Messrs. Ross nnd L-nvren.-e. A Pierrette lia-Uet with Miss Polly _Mol_ire.n In [lie solo part, was one of the features of the phi.rlet. In the vaudeville section of the proan-amnie Ml-- IN.If nee. an En_llsih piinto. star, marie her lirst -appeapiu-e lv Auckland in character s.ines. which she presented wtth a vivacity that installed her'in the favour of t_ie house. An entertaining -ilium! act was provided by "Champion's Dogs." which performed a numlier of tricks with the -est Indicating that they took a keen Interest in their education. Jennings* and (;.-ra! 1 presented a mi-rt-ful panto. absurdity, in 1 which Gerald's dam, impersonatl-u and I dancing kept patrons r.r<-king wilh glee. The refined contortion act of "T'.ie Fishers" land the reappearance of Rev. Frank .; >r[man in his popular ballads, c.u-p.et.d a Ibrl.ht p-ogromme that will be repeated j nlg-litly during the wc-k. and at the usal Wednesday and Saturday matinees. VAiriHVii.i.i-; I'OniPKT-rn.iN.-'. The vaudeville trials were continued at .His Majesty's Theatre las-t ecning. Tbe awards were as follows :- Songs: Il.vs under 13. Herbert -Crook 1. Stan.le- .Madden 2: girls under 1.1. .Hazel J.ihirson und M. . _iurtensh_vv. 1: ladles. Miss Whitburn. 1: I men. Mr. T. Long. 1. Mr. W. Itainb.iw _. i Song, --.Bul.bies." children: F. I_ivis and | Miss .11. Johnson 1: special .prize for > "Hubble*." -Mi.-s Tot She--..1.1. Comic r.-d ! rations: Men. Mr. (3. ('. tollertou 1; ladles. Miss -Crook and Miss Mol'-all 1. Dancing-, girls: T. LMargan 1. F. Le lb.y _'. AMUSEMENTS GUIDE. OPERA HOUSE —Vaudeville and Waller George's Sunshine Placers. KING'S THEATRE "The ' Butlers," the Allan Wilkle Company. PICTURE THEATRES. EVERYBODY'S — "Male and Female" (Thomas Mole-nan and Gloria Swanson . NATIONAL —"The Lone Slar Ranger" (William Farnnm). | PRINCESS —"Turning- the Tables,- and i Mdlle. Irma Caron. mezzo-soprano STRAND—"Sauce for the lioosc." and Meg-. cimino. character artist. 'TIVOLI — "liuckleberry Finn" (Lewis Sargent and Gordon Griffiths.. j HIPPODROME — "The Red Lantern" t-iaztmova). 'LYRIC —"The End or the noad" (Claire Adams and Richard Bennett ■, and I "Mystery of 13." I QUEEN'S —"Woman and the Law" I (Miriam Cooper and Ramsay Wallace. GRAND —"Social Ambition" (Howard liiehman.. and "Mystery of 13." i ARCADlA—"Louslana." i BRITANNIA—"The Rose or the West." [EMPRESS —"The Crimson Gardenia." PARNELL—."shadows of Suspicion."