AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16798, 1 April 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE.

The current, programme of vaudeville and revue was repeated at the Opera House last evening :n the presence of a largo and enthusiastic audience. "It will be presented again this evening.

"TirE LUCK OF THE NAVY." At the Theatre Royal en. Saturday evening, the- latest London success. the great naval diEima "The Luck cf tho Navy." fresh from a run of -ncuriy two years, -will b? presented by the Allan "\Vilkie Dramatic Company. Tho plot concerns ihe sUitiing adventures of a commanded of a British submarine, who 13 beset by Hu:i spie3 in England. The Kaiser's ■=3Cret" ag"n;? iuc'nde the tr.oilier oi a voting English" r.avn! o£scer. and a German who parses himself oS »= a wounded Belgian coluneJ. The phiv abounds in stirriacr situations, the disle-gu? is smart, and there is plenty of humour ski'fuliy interspersed. The drpma will be singed or. an €iab-irate scale, end the scenery has been specially prepared from photos of tho origins! London production. The box plan is on view at The Bristol, where heavy booking has ,been recorded. CONCERT AT CHORAL HALL. On Easter Monday night the puoils of Miss Bessie M.icDonald (dancing} and Mr R. Mounsey (singing) will give a recital in the Choral "Hall to raise funds for the further extension and improvement of the "Wharenul stfhcol "rounds. Master Jimtnv Grieve, "New 7>-:;!r.i}d's Hnrry Lauder," and the popular "Wharenui School choirs are assisting. CRYSTAL PALACE. The final screenings of the picturesque drama "Annie Laurie" are announced for today, and on Saturday the wonderful production, "The Red Lantern," featuring Xa?.imova, will be screened for tho first time in Australasia. To-night witnesses the farewell anpcarance 0; Preloni Hanson, the Banish tenor, who has been under engagement at theCrystal Palace since Saturday. By special request this evening he will give, in character, Caruso's famous masterpiece, "Vestia la Ouiba" ("On "With tho Motley"), from "Pagliacei": also tho ever-popular ballad, "Goodbye" (Tosti). "The Red Lantern" is a play of mysterious China, that gives Kazimova a dual role which reveals the tremendous Tange of her rare artistry. It is a play of deep under-currents, telling the story of an Eurasian girl—the daughter of two races—who fee's the eternal conflict of the alien bloods forever raging within her soul. It is a theme to wake tho pulses of the heart and fill the imagination with tho lura of secret Asia. The play resounds with barbaric melody arid glows witii the gorgeous and varying hues of the Orient. LIBERTY THEATRE. "Through the Dark Iload" was screened again at the Liberty Theatre yesterday, and new musical items were given by the Charles Smytho concert party. The programme will bo repeated to-day, when the concert party will conclude it 3 season. "THE MAN FROM KANGAROO." "So many Australian stories hava been maltreated in cinematograph production," says an Australian exchange, "that it is a real pleasure to welcome Mr E. J. Ca.nroll's picturisation of "The Man from Kangaroo," directed and produced by Wilfred Lucas, a man who lenows his business from A to Z. 'The Man from Kangaroo' is fully equal in general production, and superior in. photographic sottings and picturesque scenery, to anything yet imported from America, and the scenario by Boss Meredith is gripping, coherently continuous, scrupulous in detail; and, above all, . clean, wholesome, and refreshing. The characterisations ara true to life. Tho stoctanen, cattle dufiers, bushrangers, and _ gold-diggers aro not Californians masquerading in Australian dress, but just such types as were, and are, to bo found in Australia. The general atmosphere is redolent of Australian life without the somewhat ostentatious vulgarity which has so often disfigured previous productions. Mr 'Snowy' Baker's part as tho fighting parson abounds with excellent opportunities for different athletic stunts. Miss Brownie Vernon, who is making her first appearance in Australia, jumps right into tho heart of her audience. This i 3 the first of tho Australian productions made by the experts recently imported from America by Mr E. J. Carroll, and it certainly merits tho confidence and expenditure of the financiers,' besides realising the highest expectations of the public and justifying the enterprise." "Tho Man from Kangaroo" will be shown at tho Liberty for a week, commencing on Saturday. A splendid supporting programme of films, orchestral'music, and vocal items by Mr D. J. Evans, the "Welsh tenor, late .of the. Tui Soldiers' Concert Party, will complete tho night's entertainment. The box plans ars at Tho Bristol. ' • GRAND THEATRE. "Within the Law" was repeated at the Grand Theatre yesterday to good audiences, and will be screened again at to-day's sesiens. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Good business was recorded by tho management of Everybody's Theatre yesterday, when "The Squaw Man" was repeated. It will be screened again to-day. QUEEN'S THEATRE. _ • "Put "Up Your Hands," featuring Margarita Fisher, drow good audiences to the Queen's Theatre yesterday. It will he repeated to-day. STRAND THEATRE. "Mrs "Wiggs of tho Cabbage Patch" was repeated at the Strand Theatre yesterday, and will bo presented, again to-day. Mr Preboni Hanson, the Danish tenor, who has been delighting the audiences at Crystal Palace this week, leaves Christchurch tomorrow night for Palmerston North and Dannevirke. At Palmerston North, on the 14th inst.—tho anniversary of tho return of Schleswig to Denmark—a large and representative gathering of Danes will be held, and Mr Hanson will contribute soveral patriotic vocal items. Mr Hanson leaves New Zealand for Australia at tho end of the month, to fulfil several engagements.