AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

NATIONAL THEATRE.

Witi "Tbe Coaaeel For the Defence." wbir-a opea* m the auia picte-? attr»rti«s3 of ihe bill of fare «i ihe Xatioaal Toea-tre >sorrow, tier* came* the return to the •crcea of that old faroerite, Betty Comp#on. She appears sa * cbrrmrag ciaraoteratalioa of • *omu barrister, la the opening sceaes she i» «e «■ * rirl *io hat ja#t fiaiabed her college edoeaiioe, aad k faced with * tragic problem. Her faster, vim i> a very weß-knowa rhyeiciaa. has made aa is res tioe. *sd is ixsag made the «ici;m o< a f*a* ef political rofoea. * h« latead to n* him of km datcorexr- It m left to lua 4na^itrr not ealr to «are iia from **■*"*' al roia. bat aleo to kat bss* aea itytatkia. Altiea««j it aaaapered by tbe poaabiEty of beiaa; killed, *be act* oat to aaake invcsrti^alioaji.' aad after * wfcote «ne of eirtptiooaJly exciting . feat* tbe £*ag vbick abc is workins, aad expowa their fcVtae. la a4ditioa to thrill aad mjr«*«ry eiesteat, wbidi are the o a wtaad ia« fealsrcs of the theaae. the «sj«eae» of ereata ako coeUia* pkaty of Baawor aad rooaaoe. Aaothcr old faroerite who will be meJcoajed oa hit retara to the acreea i> Bout Peter*, vbo a cad ia the aule lead. Hμ rote m that of a vrm-rpiper editor. »hoia»U the faeroiae ia her «chesc Other jnmmeat roki are fiDed by Rockliffc aad Jay Haat. Acooapaayiae thia Om there m * first-daaa «apporti2ie procraauae, the chief asaber of which v the .creejiiaf of -Jforth Star." a photoP Uy of the froea oorth. with tfc* dof Stroa»i>wt headias tbe cart. Kea llayaard, Vireiaia Lee Corona aad Siaart Holaa bare role. LYRIC THEATRE. Tdeally balaaoed, aad eoataiiuat a •pleadii rariety of eatertaiaaMat, the proctuism wfaici ■ billed to oj<a at the Lyric Theatre to-aorxow at eaeJy oae of the beat amaged by the nanagwrat of that hooae for mm tew. Bndia? the pktore wetioa of the bin of fate, vffl be Jack Malaair* latest -fekiek for Fiwt V*tioaal, "See Yβ* ia JaiL" whick a a coaaedydraaa, USBag of tbe experience* of a wealthy yovaf aaa who a forced to «9>ead • cera "behind the baa." Of coazM everything coaua oat right ia the ead, bat whik th« hero is eerriag ka tat, «ke a«e» eacs k kept brcatbkav tryag to realise what tk« ciiaux«e be. Tbe •tar'e aiji|iialit ca*t M a particularly atroag oae, the featured playem iadadiag Alice Day, who has the leading feaiaiae rok. Mack Swaia, aad that ~graad oU.aua of the acreea," George Fawcett, who ia welUaowa for ha caaracterMatMoa of the "gnrapy old father." -Shipwrecked," aaotker Knt Natwaal pktare, which a well castrated to "See Yoa ia Jail." win provide the chief eapportiag assaber. A* the title Mggeste, the aim m baaed oa a etory of ta* era, bat while eacitisf actioa a ta* aoat aoticeahlc fea tar*, the tkeae a aot wkk> ost ita romaace, baaoor aad erea pathos. Oae of the aoat iat«re»tiag acroca ©f the Ska a that of the wreck ol a lai«e oceaa fiaer. Thia ahot m virid ia the iiliisbi. aad has beea very weD photacripwai. A aae prograata* of food eopaertisf aaaSβ* wjl] accoapaa/ tkese two fnrterss at the Lyric

new HirraonoMK and unm files an al»ars eoasla* witb caserns f«a*. aad certaiafr that «f the •««» etnak for tb* rigat to rtnllwgt the world* ciumpioe, bdiwi Jack Dempeey aad Jack Sharkey, «S>eoM be so exceptwa. It is sow «t tbc New Hjppodroae aad Empress Theatre. E*xi roar.d of tb« eeat«st is sVovb ra &***-!. and the Actual p-anci »its which lie cschMspioa knocifd ««t aw «Meacat is very clear. Not oaly tbc fight il*rlf. bat •"*» tli* caUrasissm «ad tb« «SBOtioM of tU vat crewd that «stb«w4 far tiw hattit are ikon. A Insjiiaiii— srwis is asea,< rramamd t» it* capacity, wjii faw »iw> •eem ta be jtwt ac inter otici as the oosl«i>Uat« At h»ta the New Hippodrocßc aad Ftitit , *— Tbeatrta tbcrv is a Srst-daat •ceosarasyiag profrasaae. At the Xcw Hippo. 4mM, tb. «Mef Mwortiat fiat fa "Tβ* Heart «f Sa.io»«/' vkkk kaa *t tU. kead cf its cast, Alia* e&c cf W£Qia« r«'e swat pep«Ur *re». Tit lisa, r-4r fcW • aeoMs* retried dariaf tfcia »«rk. It W W» Bade w*b tbc eattfsl attaetasa of" diractar to «raa taa asaaßest «ctail, aeac of tot aceaaa haviag base rsartad asiid teniae* wbici baro saUaei for bnlliaaee asd , —"ria— Otbar «m----bexs oa the New HisMdrasM's biS a<» tbat wcOMcsova O. Heart- acre!, The

Uaa Abort Tows.* TV* fib k-. Ail* iroa e&d to ead. aad 7«?*!ar. At tfee L.:ceaae.'* aaoth«r of Aim* rra« reticlea s<tt Fox, ■ There m al*o tbe late: Fex XeZ 0. Heary coe«i.v, "Tie S? PBINCCSft, TIVOLI, n Tll|—j u reriape aat ooe of Rarsai LkatBrotiker/ las klac gf—/tL*M whici will «?«a «t the PtiaeM. sad Ertrybo&y'* "Safety Firet," "Hot W«tcr* «J5K*D*7»" ■■•β-e ■β-onderfunj- mcc«Mf«l Ascklaxkd mimbh. bet "Tht Kii , sboaid dnw record ladiaeeTfcl tkroofb the t&cme, Lloyd • -~— m^T of coarse tl»e eeqneacc of cvtafc ao a»e*ae witbo-t rt» roa»ace, tWau J Jubyiu lUwton, •β-bo fcui new hen iZmT leadisf l*dy :a h» p«*t fear « dactioa*, » rncain cart in tie iac cb*ractc riai txra. cad. m xmmL m tbc be* of ac- ulcßt. Waiter jJJ* ateo ia tbc cad. At eack of ttefci tiseatr» tier* wiD be aagCiwr IbT: tare attrartsno. That »t tie ftkZH be *"See Yoa ia Jail." a Fnet *-*-»,' picture. «birb h*» at tbe bead af as mT .Tack Mcaall aad Alice Day. TWfta x* * kaghiMe vita tseaie iaterpreted by a atnac car Gewje F a trcelt aad Hack W featured raka. At Ererrbely'e, tat da? another Past Xatiosal reiwae, «t«rt •iara S«-raa Or«j aad T—aa leUj. kraat, wtiie at tbe Tjroli Ta, ftameab. Gaae." • Warten tteffier VSfe ARABIAN GALA MONT. la aad <rf tbe AccVlaad LafiaT haw* lest Socieir, * craad »n¥iaa aaja aaitt Pffmanwd by Urn. AVraHar mCI QStder tbe atwpicea of tac AaeUand Ladi*' Ziao i*t Society, «iB ae Ui a thf Disariaad Cabaret, Poiat Camlet, ft* cceaiag. EU'jorate ?rrparatouaa hat are aude far tbe ball, ' Tll in ■■ ii. wiHißeiade, ia additioa to aeaeni Aaaoat. tbe presentation e< * aaaaar b/ tbe Deatiec Tno aad La Letaac Sapai. 1W act, »b:r>i via be a ap*riaHy —a, ataatt be very TW cabaret baa htru deoontad it. a typtcaOjr Arabiaa mfk. Daaaag »ill be to maec jrmijal bj » fint-daaa bead.