AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17020, 17 December 1920, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

i•■ f — 3 OPERA HOUSE. Tho "Hello Girl" was repeated by Fuller's . New Royuo Company at tlio Opera House beforo a largo audicncc last night, and was much enjoyed. Kenneth Maclaine, Leonard Nelson, tho Sinclair Bros., ar.'.l Nat HarJey oot.ributod acceptable items to lw vaudeville section of 'he' bill. The- programme will "bo repeated to-night, and 'here will be w 3 matinee to-morrow. CRYSTAL PALACE. , In addition to the current yicturo pro--1 gramme at Crystal Palace, tlio Lincoln Ool- • leg» Pierrot Party appeared last night, and * g:rve a bright programme" of eong, danc-e, > and fun, thedr t-ffort being in.aid of tlio > Lincoln Collogo War Memorial Fund. The picture programma will oe" repealed to-day. A pictujo that will set a. now standard of I BritiSli production will he seen at Crystal I Palaco to-morrov.-, in ' the- British Actors' i dramatisation for the- screen of Lord ' eon's farnoua poem, "Lady Clare." <mo of tho > beet known and most popular of the- Post Laairea-'te's efforts. "Lady CJareJi ia a production that has evoked the liigiiesi m-aitO and greatest enthusiasm of any .iSnglish. pn.djiotion up to the present. The ro!*» of "Lady ClaTe" is token by Mary Odetto. who In the Pflxamonnt-Artcroft version of W. Somerset Maugham's well-known ]>!ay, ; "Jack Straw," featuring" Robert "Warwick, ' the etory unfolded is bo loßded with ' delightful lovo interest that tho spirit of ' romanoo will permeate, oil who «eo it. Jack •Straw is a. chivalrous '.ceman, who, after | many vicissitudes, is palmed of? on the- e'O- [ cially ambitious 'mother of the girL he- gloves i as tlio "Archduko of Pomerama." Of courso, exposure follows, but t-ho artiial denoue- | ment will como as ft big surprise to ali. Robert Warwick was itevei- more happily cast tlian tut tho bins 6 iceman, and) among- tlrose who play 'opposite liim arc Cha'rlcs Oglo tind J. M. Dumont, who will bo remem l >ered as "The Dope" in "The Mii-jclo Man." i Theso two picture's will be ecroencd tc-moi'- • mw at 2.15 aaid 7.30 p.m., and during next i week. LIBERTY THEATRE. 1 The present Peek's progi'amij'co v.-fit be «hown for the lost tinio *a.t tho J.iberty Thsatro ,tovda.y. Tho Real Art. Quartet to will ■also givo its final performance. A new and excellent programme at. the Liberty Theatre to-monv>w is headed by "Tho Fortune Hunter," tho Vitsgrnpb cevenreel special, which j?tar3 Earle Williams', one of tho most popular actons of «3i» screen. "Ti'lio Fortune Huiiter" i» from the. stag®' success by Wine hell Smith. First written as , a play, "Tho Fortune Hunter" ran for over i a year at the Gaiety Tlieatio on I'iroad-.vay, raid was then novelised by "Louis Josepli ©no of tho mast popular r.re-sent-day authors, creating wide interest. Tho <iic■furo is another concrete example that a ocreen version of a. play may he. supeirior to tlie stage interpretation.. The picture ia a 5p lend id entertainment, containing 'plenty of cornody, drama, end eu:priso3-, <ind unfolding •p. rluirmitiy story. Tom Terruw is l-eapbn-sib'le for tlie direction, a.nd Jeon Paigo makes an attractive "opposite." for linrle- Williams'. Tho supporting programmo includes tho .Pathe Gazette, Topical Budget, 3tli episode of "Smashing Barriers," and c. Nestor comedy, "His Royal Nibs." An ' outstanding' feature of (ho programme is the epeaial «n----gagsmont of Mr Harold Preseott, well-known Oiristchurch tenor. Mr Prescott will ping "Tho Bloom in on the Rye," "Awake," and "The Little iTirh Girl." STRAND THEATRE. George Walsh, m "Tho Sha.iic" snd the various other pictures at tho Straiid will be reipeate<l for tho last time today. To-morrow's new programme will' bo headed by Tom Mil in "The Tenpr." GRA"MD THEATRE. Holiday-attendances marked enc-Ji session Jit tha Gitrod Thea-tio yesterday, when "Th© Spite Bride," faturing Olive Thomas, and tlio rcat <A tho present programme v/eris- repeatcd. Tho eamc pictures will bo screened to-day. QUEEN'S THEATRE. To-day will afford the final opportunities of eeeing "Hoop-la," featuring Billi-j Rhodes, ■"A Mafi and His Money," starring • Tom Moore, and tlie rest of the fxccllent pro- • gramme at the- Queen's Theatre. EVERT BODY'S TIfE\TRE. "Dr. Jekyll artd Mr with John Barry more in the dual role, is- proving: a big ruocese at Everybody's Theatre tliis woek. There iB <i'n all-star supporting programme. ORGAN TIECITAL.-' " At Knox ("iiurcb, Bea-Tey avenue, 2.1y Pu_r- ' eel I Webb will givo his first organ recite.l on Tuesday evening n"*t. A progra-niiilo of music written by leading authors will te given, and a "Gondola Song," written by Mr Webb for tho Auckland Town Hali, and dedicated by Tx-rmission I>> mi ez-Governor, Lord Isiitgton, who was present at the inauguial psrformance, will bo played for tho first time in Gnistchurch. The ec.pr.ino ffo'ca are in the capable hands of Mrs Cower Burns. ============ |