AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 72, 26 March 1928, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

NEW HIPPODROME THEATRE.

Another first-class picture and vaudeville entertainment has been arranged for presentation this evening by the management of the New Hippodrome Theatre. Heading the stage Kide of the programme there will oe a "revuette" by the Moonbeam Revellers who have been specially engaged. Their entertainment will last twenty-five minutes and will include ballet, song and dance numbers arranged by Miss Lillian O'Leary. Charles Massee, the popular comedian from "Jaspers, Ltd.," will provide much of the humour of the bill of fare, which will also include turns by Ivan Novelto, a smart cartoonist, "who will feature his original Bhadow work, and Jack Dale, xylophonist and Swanee Whistle expert. The vaudeville will be complete with an interesting act by Harry Woodruff, who "will first baffle the audience with his illusions, and then actually demonstrate and explain how hia many entertaining tricks are done"; it is indeed a novel act. "Now We're In The Air," Paramount'® most recent starring vehicle for that fine comedy team, Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton, will be the headline picture attraction. Cinema fans who have seen these two artists in "Behind the Front," "We're In The Navy Now," and "Fireman, Save My Child, cannot but enjoy their antics as airmen. The story is a well-balanced one, with excitement and comedy well blended. There is a mystery element to the theme, which is interpreted by a strong supporting cast. Louise Brooks has the leading feminine characterisation, while other featured players are Russell Simpson and Malcolm Waite. ORGAN RECITAL. In the Town Hall last evening Mr. Maughan Barnett gave the usual free organ recital. Hia principal eoloe were Bach's "Fantasia in C and Fugue in G Major,-' Rheimberger'a four movement* from Sonata in A Flat, and Parry'e Chorale Prelude on "Martyrdom," all of which were distinctively handled. The programme ateo contained solos by Mozart, Beethoven, Nesbitt and Sullivan. DANCE AT OTAHUHU. At Otahuhu to-night a dance, featuring the Ambassadors' Band, of Wellington, under the leaderehip of Mr. L. Burnip, late of the Winter Gardene and the Kashmere Cabaret, Christchurch, will be inaugurated. The dance is under the management of the orchestral leader and Mr. M. Price, and patrons can be assured of a pleasant and congenial atmosphere. MAORI ENTERTAINMENTS. To raise funds for the Maori hospital at the Ngaruawahia pa, a series of entertainments is being given by a troupe of performers from the Ngatiporou tribe. The troupe has performed before the Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of York. Native dances and hakas in full costume are staged, and the second part of the programme consists^ of cabaret items b.v a first-class band which is touring with the troupe. The first of the concerts is at Avondale to-night, and there will be one at the Picturedrome, Milford, i to-morrow night, and one at the Trades 'Hall on W' dneaday night.