AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 12 November 1923, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

[ . ! TOWN HALL ORGAN RECITAL. The widely-differing characteristics or , the various classifications or the registers ;in the majestic organ in the Town Hall . were heard to mil effect at the municipal ; recital on Saturday evening. The combining or so many different qualities or tone, and all under the command or one Player, makes the pipe-organ the greatest •or musical instruments. During the i I recital Mr. Barnett brought Into play every ■ register and accessory, consequently the ! splendid possibilities or the grand organ : were heard to special advantage. He , opened with a vigorous rendering or AmesAllegro, which set oir the diapasons. Le™™h S '.? llmm er Song- displayed the dolce combina lons ana sort solo registers. Pleasingly given -as Dvorak's -Humoresque." whilst Charles Marie Widor's _S!___ , '_ 8 _ f J_' s >' m P hon y-" op. 42. con- , Jtisting or nv-e movements, which take 30 minutes to periorm, was the outstanding solo or the evening. This great tone--i-?J_H cc .K Yea a masterl y perrormance. and showed the organ and music to splendid m »T°.e. Balfe's '-Come Into the Garden Maud, and Aitken's "Mairle, My Gtrl " were M^w_fS_-_ nder^ d by Mr ' H - Gasquolne, Mr. Wblttaker acting as accompanist. AM-SJrJMENTS GUIDE. °" E V*udev_!i SE - MOrem ' 3 Pevue « n<l PICTURE THEATRES. STRAND —Madge Bellamy and "Oscar the Elephant" in '-The Soul or the Beast " princess— viola Dana in "Glass Houses." ! NATIONAL —CharIes Ray In "The Girl I ' Love." ; GRAND —"When the Kellys Were Out." ! EVERYBODY'S —GIadys Cooper in "The ] Bohemian Girl." _ TIVOLI —Betty Compson in "Kick In" and May McAvoy in "A Homespun Vamp." LYRIC— .Norma Talmadge In "The Eternal Flame." QUEEN'S —Charles Ray in "Scrap Iron" and Jack London's "Sea Woir." HIPPODROME— Marjorie Daw in "The Sage I' Bush Trail" and "Hoot" Gibson in ? "Dead Game." | *. BROADWAY —CorInne Griffiths in "Divorce ! t Coupons." £ EMPRESS —John Gilbert in " Truxton _ King." WEST end —Constance Binney in "Such a I Little Queen." ! BRITANNIA —Tom Mix In "Romance Land" and "Brothers Under the Skin." J THE CAPITOL PICTURE HOUSE— "A Kiss *' in Time" ana "The Gringo Revel." ii KING'S THEATRE— MabeI Nonnand in r "Jinx." WEST END —George Beban in "One Man In . a Million." r. d