AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

I — NATIONAL AND LYRIC THEATRES. I An unusually attractive double star . programme will be shown at the National and Lyric Theatres to-morrow, it will be headed by a nine-reel super First National production, entitled "The Scarlet West." It is a tale or the thrilling West, when the old pioneers were blazing- the ' trains of civilisation and preparing the land for the generations to come. The picture is m3de to thrill all who see lt. There are sen- ' sational scenes of frontier strire, showing , the clash or the white man with the Red Indian. Thousands or real Indians are seen galloping over the plains as the frontiersmen charge to protect the ones they love. ! The cast includes. Clara Bow, Helen , Ferguson, Ruth Stonehouse, Robert Frazer, . Robert Edeson, Johnny Wajker, Gaston Glass, Walter McGrail, and many others. ! Five thousand real Indians and lour > thousand cavalry and soldiers also appear. , The second attraction will be another First National offering, "Just A Woman," featur- • Ing Claire Windsor, Conway Tearle, and Percy Marmont. It Is described as a mighty drama or wives, and vampires, and husbands . who often forget what they owe their ' wives. The latest Gaumont Graphic and a ' full supporting programme will also be i shown. 1 j CAPITOL THEATRE. ! " Charley's Aunt," with Syd Chaplin ln ; the title role, heads the programme at the | Capitol Theatre to-night. This is the plc- . turlsation or the great farce by Brandon . Thomas, which as a play has been running - for more llian thirty years, and has l returned a handsome fortune to its producers, it deals with the humorous and • embarrassing situations which occur when • one or the boys at Oxford Impersonates , another fellow's " Aunt from Brazil where ' the nuts come from." A splendid cast is I seen in support or Syd Chaplin. it I includes James E. Page, who played in the . stage production for twelve years, Ethel 1 Shannon, Luclen Lfttlefleld, Alec B. - Francis, Phillips Smalley, Eulalle Jensen. I Jimmle Harrison, Mary Akin, and Priscilia ' Bonner. Scott Sidney directed. The second Teature on the bill is " Dangerous i Innocence," a Universal attraction, lt !s described as a clean' and appealing love .' story, certain to hold the attention or men 1 as well as women. Laura La Plante and - Eugene O'BVien are co-starred, and are . supported by a capable cast of nrty people. This picture is an adaptation of Pamela Wynne's latest and biggest best seller. " Ann's An Idiot." William A. Selter directed. The usual supports are also featured. CHRISTMAS DRAMATIC RECITALS. An unusual ana charming programme will be presented on Saturday evening In the Concert Chamber by Mrs. Arthur Griffiths' dramatic students. The Greek play "Pandora" will be given in classic costumes, and brilliant spectacular novelties will include "Lovers or All Ages" and "The Bachelor's Reverie." Miss A. Dalton will sing the aria "One Fine Day," rrom : "Madame Butterny." Humorous sketches ■ will include "Shopping," and "At The Pan- ' tomlme." The box plan is rapidly lining >j at Messrs. Lewis R. Eady and Son, Ltd. ; j BRITANNIA THEATRE. • i The management has secured for [ presentation to-night a unique combination ! or vaudeville and pictorial entertainment, i The vaudeville offering is said to be the i most charming and beautiful "act" ever presented on a vaudeville stage. Then central figure Is a charming lady—iLa Ventura— who, with the assistance of her manager - (Mr. Freeman), presents a series of ' colour studies, dances, and poses. The picture programme is also good, featuring Colleen Moore in a First National produc- ! tion entitled "So Big." Wallace Beery, 1 Ford Sterling, Phyllis Haver, and other . favourites are in her supporting cast. GRAMMAR) SCHOOL CONCERT. All those Interested In the Grammar Schools are reminded that the Grammar 1 Schools Old Boys' Club is holding a concert ln the Grammar School Hall, Mountain Road, this evening. Leading local talent and performers from the four i schools will provide the programme. tr-

COMBINED RECITAL. A combined vocal and pianoforte recital was given by pupils or Miss Berta Carr and Miss Maida Hooker in the Lyceum Club last evening. The large attendance was treated to an' entertainment that delighted rrom start to finish. The pupils, both in tlie vocal and musical items, displayed undoubted ability, and tne manner ln Which they carried out their work renects credit on their tutors. A reature or the recital was the tone colour and quality or touch displayed by the pianists, while characteristics or the vocalists were diction and purity or tone. Mr. Ivon Lambert, L.A.8., proved a finished pianist in ills rendering of the slow movement rrom "Sonata in D Major" (Beethoven). He rurther delighted in -'Cuckoo" (Arensky), "Darkened Valley" (Ireland), arid '-.Noel" (BaUour Gardiner). Brilliance or technique covers the eiTorts or Mr. Arthur Reid, who played "Prelude in G Minor" (Rachmaninoff), "Whims" (Schumann), "Humorcsque" (Swlnstead), and "Gopak" (Moussorgslcy). Miss Lillian Hart was well received Tor the interpretation or "Concert Study" (Y. Bowen), and an artistic rendering or "C Sharp Minor Polonnaise" (Chopin) by Miss Lily Richardson won Her unstinted admiration. Miss Dorothy O'lVelll and Miss Aileen Tuck were distinctly good in pianororte solos, and received deserved appreciation. Among the vocalists Miss McLeod, who possesses , a charming soprano voice, was heard ln : "Tv Pat La Superbetta" (Fesch), and "Lo. Hear the Gentle Lark," with nute obligato by Miss Nellie Simpson, and sang with great ease, giving a finished performance. Miss E. Gunman displayed undoubted talent, and sang "Non So Pui" (Mozart), and "Rider or the Forest" (Bullock) with much impressiveness. Mr. James Hutton, a baritone, thoroughly pleased in "Drink to Mc Only with Thine Eyes" and "Sound the Trumpet." Misses Gvven Ormiston and Lou Morris were also heard in vocal numbers that earned tor them the appreciation or those present. i STRALIA CONCERTS. Seldom or ever does such a galaxy or talent appear at one concert, as the Auckland public are about to sample when the StraMa concerts open at the Town Hall on Tuesday next, December 8. Stralia herseir has been accustomed to appear with a pianist only, or with an orchestra, and so great has been the demand to hear her, that ln America alone, she played to record houses Tor three years with no supporting artistes, but Mr. George Walker, who has had 3 5 years' experience of artistes and the public all over the world, Is taking no risks, hence in addition to the great Stralia will be Chuhaldin, who, again, in himseir alone has been drawing capacity houses in Australia. Andre Navarre, the baritone, was heard by Stralia at one or her concerts abroad, and his voice so pleased her that she took him in hand, giving him lessons and advice, and now he Is recognised as a baritone or great promise. In duets with Stralia his voice blends most melodiously. Sverjensky, the solo pianist and accompanist, will be welcomed by all lovers or music in New Zealand. His. last appearances in New Zealand were with Madame Lipkovska, and in every town he visited audiences received his iplaying with acclamation. He will introI duce many novelties and new numbers lon this . tour.. The plans are open rdr the 1 season or Tour concerts at Messrs. Lewis R. Eady and Son, Ltd., and all students are granted concessions. PUPILS' RECITAL. The Concert Chamber at the Town Hall was well Riled last evening, when the pupils of Madame - Humphrey-Steward, assisted by Misses Mavis Grevatt, Olive Lloyd, and Gladys Evans and Mrs. BrettOsborne, gave a most successlul recital. A particularly long programme included vocal solos, duets, trios, and quartets, part songs, pianororte solos and trios, and violin and 'cello solos, the pupils being granted an excellent hearing. Harp solos by Misses Grevatt and Audrey Dickenson were particularly well received. Madame Humphrey-Steward, who officiated at tho piano throughout the recital, sang " Harp in the Air," the item being much appreciated. At the conclusion of the recital Madame Humphrey-Steward was presented by her pupils with a cut glass rruit | bowl.

LITTLE TllEATltEaotg^ The Auckland -Lmie'Th_._' ' ".'•■ second season or 1 s hr,t . fe s «!«_<_ opened on Friday iii_h! . _*! WUiil Operatic Society's hiK?P«i Auujl The season will i ast r JV Gr ««°n Ca triple bill will be &_*tfeMßl The Maker or Dreams" «?,'«?W*»W _t ■ "E. and 0.E.." (Crawsrfav vSm..*?" n aw__ Man or Destiny" is at Messrs. Lewis R.W(SS»j| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AuSfsr Sy te«em, ot* suss. sl Se ma liL«^^' entertaining m addition tolloor and excellent music \n_2. "Weini formances by members (\ SSSb pS w.il be repeated at interval* h I. " «»«« evening-. A motion picture nrn-. urln « «« wireless hensive list or attractions•pr&xSs'Wto rair are to be devoted th fur_f a _, or •«» students' Mock in th? new huUalnl: AMTTSEMEI.TS GUIDE. (For Entertainment Announctmanta __ B«ok Pagt.) ■ ™ opera house—Revue ana Vau.evm, • TOWN HALL—Sistlne Choir Soloist! AUCKLAND GRAMMAR BCHOO_-c 0n cc«. PICTURE THEATRES. N *™ N L_ys"' ? LYB, °- Grimt_ la STRAND— '-• The Old Curiosity Sliod ■' <_a I " The King or Wild Horses " p m I EVERYBODY'S and TlVOLl—Gloria Sw, n ! son m " Madame Sans Gene '• w ' HIPPODROME—" The Arizona Einressand " My Dad." "Dress* PRINCESS—Raymond Griffith in <<■**~ Night Club." ■ l . a * RIALTO —" The Eternal Struggle" .m " The Early Bird." . ana GRAND—Norma Talmadge ln " Secre'sp queen's—"Arter the Ball" ana "'_,« Tomboy." " ™ CAPITOL—" Charley's Aunt " and " Dm. gerous innocence." ■ .- BRITANNIA—La Ventura and "So Big. STRAND (Onehunga)—" The Painted Ladf. WEST END—"Gold Heels" and "Divorce* EMPRESS —" The Thundering; Herd,"