AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 8, 11 January 1927, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

11 ' FULLERS' VAUDEVILLE. t Elton Black's Town Topic Revue Com ! pany is still "going strong"' at the House |. of Fuller, in Karangahape Road, in conjunction with four good vaudeville turns, another large audience being attracted to 1 the Prince Edward Theatre last evening. > The opening ensemble. "Keep on Smiling."' : by the full revue company, and "Smile - While the Sun is Shining,"' by Arthur . Clarke and the company, was a joyous effort, and was followed by a bright ' comedy interlude by Elton Black, Charles ' Sherman, and Charles Megan. "The ' Klondike Rip," a neat little sketch m : which Messrs. Black. Sherman, and Hiss [ Curley Sherwood participated, was immensely funny. There are a whole series of sketches. "The Prodigal Husband," "The . Shoe Store,'' and "The Sleeping Princess' 7 being the best. Elton Black is a tine ' character comedian, and his assistant. Charles Sherman, proved an effective foil in slices of burlesque and other comedy. The accomplished ami trained feet of Miss ■ Neva Carr Glynn and Mr. Charles Megan . rapped the stage in dancing of a standard . quite in the top class, iuese two also sing very well together. Mr. Percy McKay has • a tine voice, but does not sing often ' enough. This week's musical melange. i labelled "Miles of Smiles," is easily the i best presented by the Town Topics Revue Company. One of the best ventriloquists , heard on the Fuller boards for a long I . time is Frank Rodgers, whose description k on £he programme as "the man with the '■" many voices." is not hyperbolic, his imitation of a baby crying being wonderful . to hear. Miss Amy Rochelle. who sings operatic solos and lighter numbers exceedingly well, and who gives child impersona- ■ tions; Stompy anl Stella, a pair of coloured singers and dancers, and Reg. Thornton his his chicken "Doris" are still on the bill. 1 The same programme will be presented every evening this week, with the usual matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. EMPRESS THEATRE. Heading the professional and amateur vaudeville programme at the Empress Theatre this evening is "Raymond," billed as the Great Magician. "Raymond" gets out of a trunk which is padlocked, roped and nailed down, and he claims that his trick has never been solved. The Two Brewsters will appear in burlesque and eccentric dancing, and turns by fourteen selected amateur artists will also be presented. The stellar attraction on the picture programme is "The Beautiful City." starring Richard Bathelmess and Dorothy Gish. It is the story of the fight of two lovers to crawl from the shadows of the ghetto into the sunshine of the beautiful city beyond. It is said to be the finest drama of the stars' careers, j -