AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

NATIONAL AND LYRIC THEATRES. " The Iron Horse," the great William Fox attraction which has Been drawing crowded houses at the National and Lyric theatres this week, will have its final screening to-night. To-morrow a doublefeature programme win be presented, the attractions being " Wild Oranges," a First National production, and " The Everlasting Whisper/ In " Wild Oranges," the storyconcerns John Woolfolk, who, with his ' wire, is the victim of a terrible accident. " His wire dies, and the man wanders list- > lessly about the world. With a great friend be travels the seas in a small sloop. 3 Three years later, while putting Into an > Inlet for fresh water, he discovers a ; ■ ruined mansion, wherein live an elderly i I man, his granddaughter, and a gigantic ; > hair-wit with a murder to his credit. The , i grandfather has renounced civilisation. The hero falls in love with the girl, but, | 1 afraid or another tragedy, he leases her. i The call-of love, however, proves stronger \ and he returns. There follow many drama- ' tic scenes, notably one in which the half- ' wit, having Killed the old man, turns f ferociously on the hero. Virginia Valli,' ! Frank Mayo, and Ford Sterling- have the , '! leading roles. The film is adapted from ; i the novel by Joseph Hengesheimer. " The i Everlasting Whisper" is a William Fox feature from the story by Jackson Gregory. • Tom ,Mlx has the leading role. The b natural scenic backgrounds are said to , surpass anything of the kind shown L before. I DAME CLARA BUTT. ' Booking- ror the three concerts to be • given in Auckland Town Hall by Dame Clara Butt and Mr. Kennerley Rumford • opened to-day at Messrs. Lewis K. Eady and J son's at popular booking: prices. Only three I concerts will De given, commencing next v Tuesday night, January 19, when a grand gala programme will be presented. In response to hundreds of requests. Dame Clara Butt will sing as encores " Land or Hope and Glory " and " Abide with Mc," I and many of her popular numbers, several new ballads will also be included on the opening programme. No other living British singer, one may sas% can rival Dame Clara Butt, who is making another tour or New, Zealand, in the possession or music specially written to suit her voice. At least three works on a fairly big scale were composes with the Dame Clara Butt voice in view, and she must have lost count long ago or the ballads which have been turned oil expressly for her. Among the I beautiful music aevoted to " that great rolling ocean of voice " is fittingly enough Elgar's Sun Pictures. One cannot remember any other artist who made his first , bow as a public performer in the colossal . Albert Hall, London. Tnis Dame Clara t Butt did in Sullivan's " Golden Legend," i at the end of 1892, although she had prec. vlously been heard only as a student in an I operatic performance. People are still 8 wondering whether the Albert Hall was a ; built in intelligent anticipation or the , coming or Dame Clara, or whether Nature, ,in its abhorrence of a vacuum, produced 3 ! the voice io nil the hall.

1 J AMUSEMENTS GUIDS.

1 , (For Entertainment Announcements see t , Baofc Pago.) I HIB IYIAJESTY'B THEATRE—Guy Bates Post In "The Bad Man." J OPERA HOUSE —Revue and Vaudeville. c ' f i PICTURE THEATRES. 1 NATIONAL AND LYRIC —Madge Bellamy l and George O'Brien in " The Iron , Horse." , MAJESTIC —Jackie coogan in "The Ragr I Man " and Dance Interlude. BTRANP —Nazimova in "The Redeeming , '» • Sin" and Prologue. '■ EVERYBOPY'S and TlVOLl—Gloria t Swanson in " The Coast of Polly." 3 " Rames," at Tivoll only. HIPF-ODROME —Hoot Gibson in "Ride Tor Your Life," and " The Woman With s Four Faces." PRINCESS—Doug-las McLean In "Never Say I Die" and Buster Keaton in " Tnree I Ages." RIALTO—" The Night Club " WOO. " Pleasure Mad." GRAND —"Rewi's Last Stand." QUEEN'S —Mary Plckrord In "Tess or tne Storm Country," and " The Burning f Trail." y BRITANNIA.—Pictures and Vaudeville. - I WEST END—"The Girl in the Limousine" ,' and "The Beloved Cheater." '• OAPITOU—" Peter Pan " and " The Man ie 3 Blue." REGENT—"The Silent Call."