AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 269, 13 November 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS THEATRE,

The "Marvellous D'Almaines" will appear at the Empress Theatre this evening, with a forty-five minute presentation of conjuring, magic, eleight-ot-hand and an exhibition of fire-eating. The act will also include a clever ventriloquial number. On the picture side of the programme,. the main attraction will be "The Garden of Allah," produced by Rex Ingram, who made "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," "Searamouche," and "The Miracle Man." The etory of "The Garden of Allah" is fly the well-known author, Robert Hichens, and the screen version wae produced on the actual locales mentioned in his original. Location trips were made to the Sahara, where the exteriors, including that of the desert eand-etorm, were made. The story is one of the love between an English lady and a monk who breaks his vows and leaves the monastery. The theme is unusually dramatic, and works towards a surprising climax, in which the monk returns to his life of solitude. TECHNICAL COLLEGE CONCERT.

For their annual concert the students of the Seddon Memorial Technical College staged a mueical play in three acts called "May Day in Welladay"; it was produced and presented entirely by the etaff and the pupils of the college. The play wae well attended, the hall being packed to the doora on both evenings. C. Maloy as the Beadle was an outstanding character. Nora Slaney as Grannie pave a remarkably fine rendering of the old lady, and her song "When I Was a Girl" merited the rounds of applause that it received. H. BlomLjld took the character of Gran'f'er. W. Thompson played the part of the village yokel well. The singing of Annette (Joan Bryan) was heartily applauded. The vivacious character of Saucy Sue was taken by Joan Booth on Friday evening, and by Gwen Ryan on Saturday. All the dresses were made at the college by the dressmaking classes. The lighting effects on the stage were verysatisfactory, and the arrangements for the lighting were carried out successfully by three or four of the electrical engineering students.

"HIT THE DECK." This evening at His Majesty's Theatre. the J. C. Williamson, Ltd., Musical Comedy Company,- including Annie Croft, Gue Bluett, May Beatty, Reginald Sharland and Leo. Franklin will make their farewell appearance here in '"Hit th* Deck," the brilliant naval comedy which has been attracting record audiences eince ite initial production here on Thureday last. To-morrow night and on Thursday evening the company will stage "Th# Girl Friend" and "Hit the Deck" at Hamilton. The election results will b» announced during the first interval of the performance of "Hit the Deck" at Hamilton.