AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS THEATRE.

Michell. a darine woman acrobat aafl contortionist, will provide the priri' ipal turn on tlii* evenings vaudeville and Picture programme at the Empress Theatre. The act. which iudndes trapeze and sihor wire work, i> from America, and has b*"en on the .T. C. Williamson circuit. Edith Whittaker. soprano, "ill he hoard in voral nnmlim. and .leanettc. child acrobat, -will provide another entertaining twin. "The "Head Man" and "'Diamond Handcuff?"" arc the two biz pi< tures. The Hr.nl Man" is one <-f First National"* Litest ptnrrins vehicle* for • narhe Murrav. wliilr> "Diamond Hand'-uftV" i* a thrilling Mctro-Goldw jn-}la\or nielotlrama. tcllins the story 01 an unlucky diamond and the misfortune it brought t<» all who possessed it. This story xs piescntod in three a< ts like a stare pla>. The fiist is the story of how th<- diamond is taken irom a mint , , stolen I>> a nwn worker, and sent nut int« the « orld on its terrinle Tiiis<ii<»n. In the nwf"H it cause* .i IoT. oi <Joinesti<- trouble, it i.« in thp thiriL however, that it causes most trouV-ie. It is r.>i>onsil)!e j'or cans war? and other violent ili«lu! l>aiKos. Tlir i ,i<£t for earh Sit is- different. I>>na Malcna appears in the first. Conrad Xapol. .Idm anil <Jwen T,ce in thp Brcnjid, a n<l F.I nor Boardman. Oray, and Sam Hardy in the third.

HIPPODROME THEATRE. Two entcrt-aininz picture* arc being screened at the Hippodrome Theatre. Thrv are "Made For Love." which ftarf T>.'aTr]i c. .Tfiy. and "The t/ow'ooy Co;>."* a Western thriller fratiirinc Tom T> lev and Iris f.Tinous pals. The stor>- of "'Made For l.«ne toll? fi an Anuiii.in ar< lijpol«ri?t. who (lisf-ivcis a rich tomb in Ksrpt. arid t\ ho. in his cntlnisiasm. necle<ts his wii>. She finds consolatioji in th<» jwiety of other men. hjit this involves her in trouble. An Kiryptian prime plot* the death of her husband, and m the fijlv «rqnent destruction of the tomb the coi:ple find the road to happiness. Edmund P.irns play.= opposite Mi«« •Toy. Bertram Orassby ai,<i Kthel avo lestured mcnilwre of the supportinc cart. I'.randon Hwrsi has the strong mle <.f I'haraoh in the ancient Egyptian e trhich is as beautiful as it is ma-sne and impresurc Frankie Darro and -lean \rtlnir play with Tylor in "The C..»bov C«v " and much a inurement is provided bv tlie star s dog friend. "Beans."

ALFRED O SHEA. Sir. Alfred O'Shea, The brilliant IrVh tenor who delighted Auckland audienrc* with jour concerts H the middle of l. v t year, will Jeavr Australia shortly j.. r America, and will break hi* journey m Sive a brief series oi concert* in Aui-kiand He has had another great fu<".-«* n tho iommonwealth. and music-lovers in ihw; city arc fortunate in having another opportunity of hearing him. Thr fir*t concert _ will b<. given in Auckland «° W ?».?- L all on Ff,br "a'T -'- and. a* befor?, Mr OShea will devote mu.-h of i-. fco ln-h folk sonw and national ail*. He will also be heard in operatic «=ongs.

PICTUREDROME. "'Standing room only" wa* the order at the Pieturedroine. Milford. on Saturday night. A splendid picture procranmie was followed by a two-hours' dancing earn v a l eome /Oft dancer* being rr«*ent The recently-formed orchestra. Thomson* Jazz Sparklets, delighted the mrm--makfi« with a specially selected «r*orc of syncopated loxtrot music. Other entertainments at tine popular rendezvous a-* advertwed.