AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 18

AMUSEMENTS.

"BERKELEY SQUARE." The veil is torn from the past and a modern man steps back into the life of the eighteenth century, there to meet many of those whose names live in history, and to share in a love affair which is touching and beautiful. Such is the story told on the Civic screen in "Berkeley Square," a picture in which the only suggestion of a Hollywood touch is the high technical standard of the production. The picture is British in background and story. It takes its name from the square in London, where, 150 years ago, the cobbled streets echoed to the sound of coaches and teams, and where sedan chairs and the slow-paced watchman, with his "All's well," were a familiar sight. By easy, effortless changes of the scene, which are a supreme achievement in the film, one is shown the leisurely, but somewhat superficial life of the "age of I elegance." It was a time of polite manners, and of formality; conversation was polished, and even the family circle was somewhat afraid to unbend. Into this atmosphere comes suddenly Peter Standisli, an American whose fame has travelled before him, and, on the moment of liis arrival, the story is flashed on 150 years later to show another Peter Standish absorbed in the diary of his ancestor. Soon the audience is drawn back again into the j past to follow the life of the original I Peter in London. The romance is developed in a masterly way, for one is made to feel that there is an undercurrent of love in the attachment of the American for the girl Helen, which is irresistible. But she looks into his eyes, and with that look she catchea a glimpse of the future whirlpool of history—the great size of the cities to be, the tragedy of machine-made war, the conquest of the air, the roar of railway train and automobile, and the strenuous struggle of man. It is a vast theme, and the producer might have been tempted to enlarge upon it. But, after all, it is merely .a passing phase in the picture, and Peter Standish, who can look backwards or forward® over 150 years, sees how powerless he is to affect the course of events. The people of the London of long ago are puzzled and a little frightened by the strange depths of his mind, and there is not a little humour in it for the audience. Leslie Howard . makes a great success of the .principal role, and Heather Angel is equally good in the part of Helen. In the supporting programme Miss A. Sawyer makes a personal appearance, singing "Pale Moon." "Speak To Me Of Love," and "The Garden of My Heart." There is a travel film showing some fine glimpses of Japanese life in Tokyo, and the comedy is supplied by a Paul Terry cartoon. "ONE MAN'S JOURNEY." In his past performances Lionel Barrymore has set a standard for artistry which his public has grown to respect. Of all the varied roles he has played, his part in the Plaza's new picture, "One Man's Journey," though not the most impressive, is without doubt one of his most appealing. No other American actor is so well suited to the part of the country doctor with the potentialities of a great physician, yet who year, after year is paid largely in sacks of "last season's potatoes." In black and white the task seems ordinary enough, but there is only one Lionel Barrymore. The production is his, with lesser stars and studied settings as a background for the greathearted, kindly and self-sacrificing doctor. His science is tempered with philosophy and his acting with restraint. Where, for instance, in one scene a grief-stricken father threatens the doctor, Barrymore does not resort to that sort of male hysterics which we are generally led to believe is normal. The tone of his part throughout is whimsical and unaffected, gaining the sympathy of the audience from the start. The film is not sad, for in' the midst of a doctor's practice there is always room and reason for a quiet smile—especially when the practice is in the country. Much of the humour comes from the arrogance of " Doc.'s " big-boned housekeeper, played to a finish by May Robson. The performances of the tiny children in the picture were particularly well, controlled. One little girl's plea to her languishing mother was remarkable for its sincerity. " Doc." Eli's adoption of a daughter at birth adds another burden to his load, but as his son and the girl grow up their fidelity is his reward. The part of the grown woman is attractively taken by Dorothy Jordan, and Joel McCrea is the son who does well at" the medical school, but between this well-suited pair' an unhappy chance gives Romance a twist. Oscar Apfel is the only one whose voice becomes unduly raised—but one might expect that of a mortgagee who is offered payment in vegetables. The settings are simple, and therefore not distracting. _ Without the burden of confusing technicalities, several of those so romantc glimpses are given of masked and gowned surgeons in the operating theatre. The pjot is natural, and the performance genuine. Two cartoons, a Pathe News, and a farcical political "comic opera," entitled "Hizzonner,"' complete the programme. LONDON NEWSREEL CINEMA.

The talented Jewish comedian . Julian Rose is at his best in the role allotted to him in the English film "Money Talks" ("Magenta Street"), showing at the moment at the London Newsreel Cinema".' The Sydney beauty contest' winner i Judy Kelly has the leading feminine juvenile lead. TUDOR CINEMA, REMUERA. Adapted from the successful Noel Coward play "The Queen Was in the Parlour," "To-night Is Ours" makes a splendid starring film vehicle for Claudette Colbert. The Tudor is also screening the brilliant Disney feature "The Three Little Pigs." BRITANNIA THEATRE. Two pleasing English comic pictures screen to-night at the Britannia Theatre. These are "The Man From Toronto" (Jessie Matthews and the late Fred Kerr) and • "The Medicine Man," featuring Claude Allister, prince of comics. KINGSLAND TALKIES. George Arliss has had few modern roles which fit hitn so perfectly as the lead and title role in "The Working Man," in which "patrons of the Kingsland Talkies will enjoy his acting this evening. As a very' human American shoe magnate who allows presumptuous youth to have its way, he provides endless amusement. Bette Davis has yet another leading feminine role opposite him. GREY LYNN CINEMA. Described as the finest English film to have 'been produced—a long, light comic— Alexander Korda's "Wedding • Rehearsal" won -universal praise on its initial release in the city. It shows to-night at the Grey Lynn Cinema. ' • • r- r • , . AMBASSADOR THEATRE. Comedy and drama are well intermingled in the film "Luxury Liner," which is listed for screening this evening at the Ambassador Theatre. George Brent and Vivienne Osborne are, the leading stars in this production. STATE, ONEHUNGA. The hilarious comedy antics of Joe E. Brown are seen at their 'best in "The Tenderfoot," which is to share to-night's programme at the State Theatre, Onehunga, with "Walls of Gold" (Sally Eilers and Norman Foster). EDENDALE CINEMA. The Edendale Cinema, Sandringham, will' show to-night "Soldiers of the King," an English comedy starring the inimitable Cicely Courtneidge, and that excellent German drama, "F.P.1." NEW DE LUXE THEATRE. Cicely Courtneidge will be starred in one of her best comedies, "Soldiers of the King," at the New de Luxe Theatre this evening. As a support "Dangerous Crossroads" will be shown. • VICTORIA, DEVONPORT. Acclaimed by many picture "fans" as one of the most entertaining, of British films, "Tell Me To-night" will have one of its final local showings to-night.-at the Victoria Theatre, Devonport. Jan Kiepura is the star.

" PENTHOUSE." Outstanding for meritorious character delineation, unusually subtle dialogue, and a wealth of tensely dramatic situations x cleverly blended with provocative and £ mirthful interludes, "Penthouse" scored t an instant success at the St. James' Theatre last night, when it was released " for the first time to a large and emphatil cally appreciative attendance. The proe duction is a skilful combination of most of the elements in the world of amusef ment that comprise the public taate. The - story centres round the underworld of i an American city into which enters a „ rising barrister whose social circles inT stantly ostracise him following a legal a triumph by which he secures the release ; of a notorious "public enemy." Even his c fiancee severs their relationship, feeling that she does not desire to be associated with anyone whose clientele is drawn from the scum of the city. She later ' becomes betrothed to a young man whose J association with a night club partner has [ to be discontinued, and in his doing so P a murder is committed, the woman is shot, and the young man is arrested ' and charged with the crime. The young , lawyer is appealed to on behalf of his ' successful rival in love, and he agrees _ to take the case, which brings him tc [ yet closer contact with the underworld. He meets a habitue of those haunts in ' the form of an exceedingly attractive : young woman, and together the two set out, with the aid of the former "public ' enemy," to fight the case of the accused J young man. Warner Baxter, as the rising f criminal lawyer, and Myrua Loy as the I night club dance girl who undertakes to help him, are excellently cast, and J responsible for a really finished por- | trayal of their respective roles, while * Nat Pendleton, as the gangster chief, j acts as to the manner born. There are stirring bouts between gang leaders, most | amusing comedy scenes, and pleasing ; romance running through the entire production, which. terminates to the | satisfaction of all. The supports contain an outstanding Walt Disney technicolour I silly symphony, "Lullabyland," beautifully I produced, a Zasu Pitts-Thelma Todd comedy, and a highly entertaining and ' interesting Metrotone News, which brings t to the audience glimpses of many out5. standing events in the world of recent I occurrence. I STATE THEATRE. : The unusual and somewhat startling t personality of Mae West—putting it 1 mildly—sustains interest throughout "She t Done Him Wrong," that glamorous new s star's first starring vehicle. Ardent - "fans" will recall her small part as the ) beauty shop owner in "Night after T Night," an Alison Skipwortli-George Raft ; comedy-drama-of night club life in Broadi way. In "She Done Him Wrong," Mae i West first displays her billowy cm-ves tr. the world, and the world undoubtedly responded to such effect that with the release of her second starring film, "I'm No Angel," in America, she stepped up ' to the rank of third highest paid feminine ■ star in the world. Her peculiar style of > carriage, her srtrange almost rasping voice, r her barbaric splendour in dress and furnishing her euperb head of hair 3 that makes the average Hollywood blonde faded and toneless by comparison—all c things have helped to make her the most amazingly successful star the. screen has r probably ever known. She sings "Frankic , and Johnnie" in just the slinky, velvety r way that Mae West should, and in every way she retains her unapproachable personality. The film should do well in its current revival at the new State Theatre. ROXY AND TIVOLI. [ The dramatic plight of a "widow," who " is sentenced to wed against her premoniJ tions that her husband is still alive, high- ; lights the intense human interest of " "Deluge," now showing at the Roxy and ? Tiv.oli Theatres, with Sidney Blackmer, Peggy Shannon, and Lois Wilson. ; "Deluge" vividly depicts the end of the ; world by an earthquake and tidal wave, ; spectacularly effected by modern photol graphy. Helen Webster is separated from ( her husband, Martin, and after the dis- , aster finds herself among the three j hundred survivors. In their small scttlrr ment it is ordained that every woman of r marriageable age must wed. Helen's r intuition tells her that Martin lives, and L she is right. Martin eventually comes to . the settlement—with a beautiful woman . whom he has come to love, believing . Helen dead. The -climax presents a solu- [ tion of the trio's problems. Helen is , portrayed by Miss Wilson, with Peggy , Shannon enacting the role of the "other woman," and Sidney Bla-ckmer portraviuz \ Martin in "Deluge." Fred Kohler. Raff t Harolde, and Matt Moore are importantly , east'in supporting roles. Felix Feist, jun., i directed. A thrilling modern action meio- • drama, "Emergency Call," forms the chief L item on the supporting programme at tne . two theatres. This full-length picture | stars Wynne Gibson and Bill Boyd, with i William Gargan and Betty Furness in [ important roles. The plot of the film revolves around the conditions of graft i and dishonesty that prevail in an American county hospital. ADELPHI THEATRE. The popular Lilian Harvey and John Boles will be seen to-night at the Adelphi .Theatre, Grey Lynn, in "My Lips Betray," a Ruritanian romance in which John Boles is the king and Lilian Harvey the princess. In addition "The Crooked Circle," a mystery drama, will be shown. KING'S, NORTHCOTE. "The Secret of Madame Blanche" is the star attraction at the King's Theatre, Northcote, this evening. Jt is a gripping story of human drama, with Irene Dunne in the leading feminine role. ALEXANDRA, GREEN LANE. The German drama of the floating aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, F.P.I, will be the star attraction at the Alexandra Theatre, Green Lane, this evening. As a support a romantic film featuring John Boles and. Lilian Harvey, "My Lips Betray," will be shown. SOUTHERN CROSS, ELLERSLIE. The beautiful -dramatic film "Smilin' Through," featuring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard and Fredric March, screens | together with "Chic" Sale's comedy drama "Lucky Dog," at the Southern Cross Theatre, Ellerslie, to-night. "The Flying Codonas" and a technicolour cartoon will also be shown. RIALTO SUNDAY PICTURES. i Screening in aid of local charitics at the Rialto Theatre, Newmarket, to-morrow evening, and under the personal super- i vision of the Mayoress of Newmarket, Mrs. S. Donaldson, "The Crusader" is a powerful drama of to-day, featuring H. B. Warner, Evelyn Brent and Ned Sparks. YE OLDE PIRATE SHIPPE. A popular carnival programme has been arranged for presentation at Ye Olde 1 -Pirate Shippe, Milford, headed by a i bright revue programme to be staged by the "Royal Follies" company, and items by the Auckland Artillery Band. AVON DALE MUNICIPAL THEATRE, i .Comedy and little else will be the order ' , fori this evening at the Avondale Municipal Theatre, where the Slim SnmmervillfrZasu. Pitts farce "Out All Night" is to be combined with Wheeler and Woolsey's "Diplomaciacs." j ' GAIETY THEATRE, TAKAPUNA. ; ' Comedy, drama, romance and the thrill ( of adventure along a strange background— i that" of the waterfront of an American ( Pacific coast city—combined to make "I ] Cover the Waterfront," now at the Gaiety t Theatre, Takapuna, one of the season's best box-office attractions. MUNICIPAL BAND. , An interesting programme of popular t and classical music will be given by the c Auckland Municipal Band in Albert Park t to-morrow. Programmes will also be given r at the. Zoological Park to-morrow after- n noon, and at Mission Bay on Thursday 1 evening. TIVOLI SUNDAY PROGRAMME. The Ponsonby Boys' Brass Band will 1] to-morrow evening present a programme t of musical and vocal items in the Tivoli t Theatre, Newton, assisted by the follow- 1; .ing artists: Miss May Mitchell (soprano) a and Ida Lockwood (violinist), Messrs. n George Nield (baritone), Edwin Mitchell a (tenor) and Bandboy D. Martin (boy n soprano). 1;

"THE INVISIBLE MAN." It may have been th 6 name of a famous author, together with the film presentation of one of his weirdly-conceived books that drew a packed house to the Regent last night, but it was the sheer intensity of the depiction of the story, the highly probable revelation of improbability, that' alternately amused and thrilled this audience. We have had pictures in the past which depended on the sensational and the grotesque for their main attraction. "The Invisible Man," while containing these elements, is yet remarkably distinct from these predecessors, since, granting the possibility of the discovery, what follows from Griffin's experiment upon himself is so naturally convincing. Again, while there are thrills and tense scenes in the film there are moments of hilarity that come in marked relief, for the portrayed actions of the invisible man, and the effects he produces on the rustic characters of the village and the inn are exceedingly diverting in their bewilderment at the amazing happenings which occur. The story depends not so much upon actors and their delineations, but upon the amazing effects produced. Certainly Claude Rains, as Dr. Griffin, experimenter, who seeks fame and power in his strange scheme, and finds insanity and death, achieves a remarkable piece of work that must remain a lasting memory. So realistic are these that the audience can actually picture "his movements when books and furniture move, a cigarette is lighted and thrown away, a man is I strangled, and a confrere is held in rooted amazement while an empty rocking chair held him in spellbound attention—and conversation. Some truly astounding effects are produced, and the audience gasps when a suit of pyjamas, headless, footless and handless moves to a bed, and tlio indentation occurs on the pillow as the invisible man goes to bed. The make-up of this character, who is revealed only when clothes outline his invisibility, is a triumph in its conception and execution, while the final scene of the gradual outlining of the body as death comes is a powerful demonstration of camera skill. "The Invisible Man" is a remarkable film, its weirdness treated with restraint, yet with masterliness of presentation. The first half of the programme lias a merit in keeping with the main film. "The Three Little Pigs" appears for a welcome second week, while an excellent technicolour film, "The Clock Shop." is a dainty conception of grace and music. STRAND THEATRE. One of the season's outstanding movie musicals —a melodic, uproarious, comedy of college life as it should be, featuring a brilliant cast—this is "College Humour," which opened a season at the Strand Theatre last night. Bing Crosby, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, Jack Oakie, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Lona Andre and Mary Kornman have the featured roles lit the film. The "Ox-Road Co-Eds," a group of chorines who make the late Llorenz Ziegfield's famous ensembles look pale, prance in and out of the action. "College Humour" is the average youth's dream ot what college ought to be —a place where love-making and football are the two principal courses of study, where the professors croon to their classes, where all the male students are handsome and all the females beautiful. Football, for Arlen, Oakie, and a most pleasing young man, Joseph Sauors, is presented in "College Humour." The final game is highly exciting. Lona Andre and Mary Kornman, of the same youthfully vivacious type as Mary Carlisle, have small parts. Since everything is packed into one film, the appearance of the entertaining Burns and Allen, as caterers to the college, need surprise nobody. The Strand is also screening a revival of "The Eagle and Hawk, the recent dramatic picture of aviation during the war, which proved surprisingly popular on its city release. . Fredric March and Carole Lombard are starred.

NATIONAL AND PRINCE EDWARD

: For what is virtually a seven-week sca- , son, the hilarious Australian farce with • music, "The Hayseeds," is screening at i the moment at the National and Prince • Edward Theatre*. Its Auckland city : season has been spread continuously over • at least four theatres, with one other ' outside the city showing it simultaneously. ! Cecil Kellaway as "Dad" and Katie Towers as "Mum," Kenneth Brampton as i Mr. Townleigh, Shirley Dale in the i romantic feminine lead, and Tal Ordell in ■ a comedy role are the chief figures in the ! film. Together with its pleasing interludes ; of music and dancing by the popular Richard White Australian ballet girls • (cast as a party of hikers), the main comic ; angle of the film takes on an enduring measure entirely free of boredom—that sin of some Australian films. The film hag a suggestion of dramatic interest, into which is woven a welcome romantic touch. At the National as well, this week's patrons will be entertained by a revival of Gracie Field's most popular film, "Looking On the Bright Side." WEST END THEATRE. The team work of Billie Burke nnd Katharine Hepburn, assisted by John Barrjlnore's sincere character portrayal, combine to make "A Bill of Divorcement" a worthy film version of Clarence Dane's famous play. It shows to-night at the West End Theatre, together with the English drama, "Sleeping Car." NEW REGENT, EPSOM. "Shanghai Madness," a romantic drama of the East, featuring Spencer Tracy and i Fay Wray, will be seen at the New Regent Theatre, Epsom, to-night, together with "A Lady's Profession," an excellent comedy starring Alison Skipworth and Roland Young. EMPRESS THEATRE. "Rasputin and the Empress" is the star attraction at the Empress Theatre tonight. In addition will be screened "Great Stuff." "Rasputin," on its initial city season, proved one of the most popular of last year's major films. Its cast is headed by the three famous Barrymores—John, Lionel and Ethel. RIALTO THEATRE. Colleen Moore, Spencer Tracy and Ralph Morgan will be seen in "The Power and the Glory" at the Rialto Theatre this evening. As a support a drama of Morocco entitled "Baroud," filmed by Rex Ingram, will bo screened. CRYSTAL PALACE THEATRE. The popular Jessie Mathews will be seen to-night in "The Good Companions" at the Crystal Palace Theatre, Mount Eden. Adapted from the story by J. B. Priestley, the film tells of the adventures of a touring vaudeville company. PICTUREDROME, MILFORD. The main film entertainment to be presented at the Picturedrome, Milford, this evening will consist of Jean Harlow's unusual "sex appeal" romantic drama, "Hold Your Man," in which the star plays opposite Clark Gable. Jazz will follow. CAPITOL THEATRE. The first of a series of films co-starring Edmund Lowe and Wynne Gibson in modern dramatic roles will be presented at the Capitol Theatre to-night under the title of "The Devil Is ; Driving." Also showing is "Deception." NEW EMPIRE THEATRE. | Hilarity and human kindness, as seen i in "Prosperity," with Marie Dressier and Polly Moran teaming up once more, will contrast with the severe outlooks expressed in the problem play, "The Woman in His House," the film version of the Philip Barry play, "The Animal Kingdom," at the New Empire Theatre ' to-night. STRAND THEATRE, ONEHUNGA. A splendidly directed picture dealing 1 with the outbreak of the Great War from ; the thrilling moments of the Sarajevo drama in July. 1914. until the final clima-. . tic consummation or the great central romance, shows this evening at the Strand Theatre, Onehunga. Kay Francis and Walter Huston are starred. ONEROA CARNIVAL. The s.s. Duchess will make another of her popular excursions to Oneroa Beach « to-morrow morning and afternoon, the I two trips being necessitated by the popu- 1 larity of the scheme. At the beach itself, a pierrot show, dancing to orchestral music, a bathing beauty contest and other attractions are provided for holiday- 1 makers, in addition to the natural faci- 1 lities, euch as bathing and canoeing. <

"SUMMER LIGHTNING." The association of Ralph Lynn, the brilliant bemonocled Aldwych comedian, with any film is sufficient to ensure its success, but when the vehicle for his acting is a story from the pen of P. G. Wodehouse, the results are a triumph and a, feast of fun. So it is with "Summer Lightning," the British production which inaugurated a new season of laughter and gaiety at the Majestic Theatre yesterday. Lynn has been seen in many roles, but few provide such scope for his masterly clowning as does the part of the impecunious private secretary who seeks the hand of the niece of his titled employer through the unwilling aid of a nervous butler and a snorting prize pig. In the, life of Lord Emsworth nothing matters beyond the safety and health of the "Empress"; the huge wallowing Berkshire is more than a child to him. And when the pig is mysteriously stolen on the eve of the most important agricultural show of the year, the frantic owner of Blandings Manor is prepared to make any sacrifice for the safe return of his beloved animal. It is, perhaps, superfluous to indicate that the scenes which develop reach the height of unroarious farce, with the harassed Lynn employing every manner of device to ensure the success of his carefully laid plans. The dialogue of this exceptional production bubbles with the effervescence of champagne and the wit has the sparkle of wine. Mr. Lynn rises to every occasion, and at no stage is the part, which at times becomes somewhat slender, overdone. His characterisation is polished and satisfying. The leading female role affords another opportunity for Miss Winifred Sliotter to add fresh laurels to her many past successes. Her charming naivete offers the correct foil for the Lynn thrusts and witticisms. The remaining members of the cast, which includes Dorothy Bouchier and Miles Malleson, is well placed. There is much of interest in the supporting programme. Views of the Cornish const are brought to the screen in a delightful travel study, and the screen magazine contains its usual budget of distinctive ideas, arranged on the association of ideas basis. A further instalment of the astrological series, "The Children of Virgo," is also presented.

DANCING. Dixieland, cabaret orchestra. Peter Pan, Reg. Morgan's Dance Batid. Masonic Hall, Newton, Operatic Quintet Orchestra. Labour Hall, New Zealand Labour party's dance. Click Clack Cabaret, Bob Adams' Orchestra. Crystal Palace Ballroom, Manukau Cycle Club's Dance. My-T-Fine Dance Hall, grand gala carnival. Druids' Old-Tifne Cabaret, Morrow's Orchestra. Orange Hall, Newton, Rio Grande oldtime dance. St. Columba Hall, Grey Lynn Ex-Ser-vicemen's Club dance. "C-Side" Club, Kohi., Malcolm Byrnes' Orchestra. Gaiety Hall, Surrey Crescent, Connon's Orchestra. Oak Hall, Liverpool Street, dancing. Swanson, Peggy Dolores. Dominion Hall, Dominion Road, dancinr Ambassadors, Dominion Road, danciu;. Waikowhai Hall, old-time dance. amusements guide. PICTURE THEATRES. CIVIC —Leslie Howard In "Berkeley Square" MAJESTIC —Ralph Lynn and WlnlTred Shotter in "Summer Lightning:." PLAZA —Lionel Barrymore In "One Man's Journey." ROXY AND TIVOLI—Peggy Shannon In "Deluge" and William Boyd In "Emergency Call." LONDON—-"Money Talks." NATIONAL — Cecil Kellaway In "The Hayseeds." REGENT—CIaude Katos and Gloria Stuart In "The Invisible Man." STRAND—Bing Crosby and JacK Oakie In "College Humour." ST. JAMES'—Warner Baxter in "Penthouse" ADELPHI —"My LlpS Betray." ALEXANDRA —"My Lips Betray." AMBASSADOR —"Luxury Liner." AVONDALE—"Out All Night." BIRKENHEAD —"Sailor Be Good." BRITANNIA—"The Medicine Man." CAPlTOL—"Deception." CRYSTAL PALACE—"The Good Companions.'' DELTA (Now LynnJ—"Dlplomajniacs." DE LUXE—"Soldiers or the King." EDENDALE—"SoIdiers or the King." ! EMPRESS—"Rasputin." I EMPlßE—"Prosperity." [OAIETY (Takapuna)—"l Cover the Wa-ter- | rront." ' GREY LYNN ClNEMA—"Wedding Rehearsal." KING'S (Northcote) —"The Secrets of Madamo Blanche." KINGSLAND —"The Working Man." PICTUREDROME —"Hold Your Man." PRINCE EDWARD—"The Hayseeds." REGENT (Epsom)—" Shanghai Madness." RIALTO —"The Power and the Glory." SOUTHERN CROSS—"Smllln' Through." STATE (Onehunga)—"The Tenderfoot." STATE (Symonds Street) —"She Done Him Wrong." STRAND (Onehunga)—"Storm at Daybreak." TUDOR —"To-night is Ours." VICTORIA—"TeII Me To-night." WEST END —"Bill or Divorcement."