AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15500, 29 January 1916, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. The leading attraction fop next week will be a Lubin fonr-rccler, entitled "The Valley of Lost Hope,'' starring tho American actor, Romainc Feilding, in a filmic adaptation of Shannon Fife's powerful story of the Californian mining days. The critic or tho '"Moving Picturo World" says of this picture: "All through the play tho settings arc very fine. They iviil mih admiration everywhere. Deserving of great praise is tho head-on collision between two trains. One searches tho history of the. screen in vain for n parallel for this terrific scene." There will be a. suitably varied list of all new supporting subjects. "MY OLD DUTCH." At His Majesty's Theatre on Monday night, the picture success, "My Old Dutch,"' will bo shown for l.hc first, timo .in v Christchurch. "My Old Dutch" is'a- picture play of Albert Chevalier's famous song of that name, and in tho filraatisation Chevalier himself is featured, and Florence Turner will be seen as the "old dutch." The coster of Chevalier's song is not the vulgar drunken hooligan that some imagino him to be, but a hard-working, big-hearted, happy-go-lucky chap who loves hia "old dutch" and little "nippers" with sincerity. The plan is at The Bristol. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Tho Awakening" 'and the other films on the current programme wero witnessed by anothcj- crowded bonne at Hi 3 Majesty's Theatre last night. There will be a matinee performance this afternoon, and the programme will bo repeated for tho last time to-night. GLOBE THEATRE. Good houses again prevailed at the. Globo Theatre yesterday when the current programme, which contains a particularly exciting episode in the

''Million Dollar Mystery" serial, was | repeated. The same pictures will be shown at the usual hours to-day. GRAND THEATRE. "The Second String," a very'elaborate sporting drama, was witnessed bv crowdod houses at the Grand Theatre yesterday. Tho other pictures shown also came in tor licartv appreciation.The films will be screened again today. QUEEN'S THEATRE. '"Chinese Vengeancc," a sensational melodrama, held sway at tho Queen's Theatre yesterday, and produced prolonged thrills for all thq many patrons who thronged the theatre at the various sessions. The same programme will be presented for the last time today. SYDENHAM PICTURES. There was a good attendance at the Sydenham Theatre last evening. A special matinee will bo given this afternoon, and the final presentation tonight. On Monday, "My Old Dutch" will be screened. MUSIC A L RECITAL. A musical recital and monologue, promoted by Mr Stanley Rankin on behalf of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board's section of the Public; iServices group Queen election, will bo given in the Choral Hall on Thursday evening, March 2nd. Mr Stanley Rankin has rapidly conic to the fore as an artistic exponent of the musical monologue and sinaer of light sougs at the nlano. Tho public were first rriven :iroof of this when Mr Rankin was awarded first place at the New Zealand Competitions with his interpretation of "A Bunch of Roses."