AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 295, 11 December 1923, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

. I THE OPEBA HOUSE. Con Moreni's Revue Company Improved on some of their previous productions in the presentation or "Caught in Cairo."' at the Opera House yesterday. The scenery, notably in the opening scene, was distinctly food, the musical numbers were suns pleasantly, and the humour or Con Morenl and the brother Australian soldier was true to type. As Ginger and Bert, the latter who had apparently had a touch of the desert sun and could not nnd anything. , least of all pnthusiasm for the great cause, the pair provoked unrestrained mirth in I their guardianship or their superior oßlrers two daug-hters, one of whom succumbs to the Inevitable rasclnation or the desert Sheik. The latter role was played by Keith Desmond. Miss Ida Legrg-att was in pood voice, and her contributions had much 110 do with the success or the piece. There I was not a great deal of merit in the lndii visual performances on the first hair or the I programme. Miss Trikie Ireland opened : the performance, and sun? a number or I popular songrs pleasantly, but without suf- ' lie lent expression. Mable and Malfe, billed as the rlumsv boy and chic comedienne, were brightly described, but there was more merit in their clog dancing than in any other portion or their item. Keith Desmond scored a Satinet success in an extract Trom Hall Calne's renowned novel •The Christian.•' His upbraiding: or the ! hypocritical canon was an excellent exposi- ; tion of merciless condemnation. rvat i Hanley showed his versatility in a catchy i recitation full of "sees," and was irresisl tibly funny in various interpretations of it. After an absence of several years. i Fred Bluptt has arrived back in these parts, and he is sure of a good season as soon as thp audience "get wtse' to his character- : tstics. There is a lot of humour in his songs and antics, while his very appearance is calculated to raise a laugh. GERTRUDE ELLIOTT'S FAREWELL.

To-nlg-ht, at His Majesty's Theatre, the • distinguished English actress. Miss Ger- , trude Elliott i Lady Forbes-Robertson i. win bring to a conclusion one of the most ; successful seasons of its Kind the Auck- . land stage has known for many years, when the laughable comedy "Enter Madame" i will be played Tor the last time. Taking it altogether, it is one of the most entertaining ptn-rormances that has been presented, to Auckland playgoers for a long I time. To-morrow night Miss Elliott and ihe brilliant supporting company will com- I menee a tour or the .North Island country j towns, at Hamilton, when playgoers or that ! centre will have the opportunity of seeing the brilliant actress in "Woman to woman." , "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA." "The Beggar's Opera." which is to be produced In .New Zealand by the J. C. Williamson firm, commencing at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday next, will not run as ■ long here as it is doing in London, where ' It is in its fourth year, but spiders are not likely to closer-settle the box omee Tor some time to come. Still as fresh as i roses, despite it 3 105 years of age. the • opera is capable or captivating- a critical audience. Gay' 3 wit has Kept tne "book" , sweet, and the music always had vitality . enough. Both frequently remind one of , Gilbert and Sullivan. The resemblance ! will be round startling when Filch and Inion are singing , their highwaymen's > chorus. Gilbert's Cornish rovers are' lineal descendants or (Jay's gentlemen or ' the road, but his Pirate King- is a stiffy, ; rheumy creation alongside the Captain ! Macbeath or the opera. Gay's work is a skit on the pompous opera of his day. An exceptionally strong- cast comprises Miss Pauline Bindley, Mr. Hilton Osborne, Mr. Reg. Roberts, Mr. Geo. Wllloughby. Miss Beryl Walkley. Mr. Chas. Mettam, MIS 3 Eily Malyon. and Miss Molly Tyrell. The j orchestra wi). be under the baton of Gustav siapoffski, in their bewig-ged costumes of the period. The company is at present : playing in Wellington, where it received j an enthusiastic reception. The box plan ror the seven-nights' season opens at Lewis I R. Eady and Son, Ltd., to-morrow morning-. NEW ZEALAND FILMED. For three nights only, commencing tomorrow at His Majesty's Theatre, Aucklanders will have an opportunity or seeingthe Him compilation or New Zealand's scenic wonders, which set or pictures will shortly be sent to the Empire Exhibition, and also to America, to advertise the Dominion, in the hope that visitors will be attracted to our shores. To compress into I two hours sufficient to g-lve the onlookers a slight Idea or what the Dominion has to ; ofTer —in the way or facilities for travel, I the nature of the country, the extensive variety or her flora and rauna, or the mag--ntneent beauty or her rorests, lakes, and mountains—l≤ no light undertaking. Mr. S. Taylor, Government cinematographer, I lias, awing- the last two years, produced what is undoubtedly the fluest collection of .\ew Zealand films ever exhibited in this or any other country. This, coupled with the explanatory lecture by Mr. 1. Winsloe, who accompanies the mm on its tour, including Great Britain, U.S.A.. and Denmark, makes an enjoyable entertainment of a very high standard. The whole series Is well compiled, and takes one quickly rrom one ; end or the Dominion to the other, from I high up among the great glaciers, showing- ' high climbs with ropes and ice-caves, ski- ! ing-, the wonderful West Coast and Huller I (Jorge, and the Franz Josef glacier. Lake ! Kanieri and lanthe. together with all the famous >orth Island beauty spots.