ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

. • li is; .^IA J KOTO'S.. Til KA'i'UK. -. y' | t-f'Xi^S ted Q 5S', j ( Vlnir ; KtXK I pA~^^.l(-^3 "toji'aiv r iiuijority ol : Ih*,-'- aVt i.=t i'= r.;-; f,< : ) lip.•;s 1. , ;ijjio'l !;.-,'a: ->l"iy> V. lfh :iu i'xC'i-ij"iii . ••in of !;.•< : soilgsjan'd^Muitor-|nd jiu ite'; ea Vi' i Ofl v ,fl 1 o?i I VoVi i >-* ■ i t u "a i t ifW S3 nair vi-asjrV? 1 sh'.i-ii ij Wijlyi;icls I ;mi< joj >artsloj;^h ill' "Callingglil? 11.1 i?^11 Kt|k »wt singings,ivpi'ei fii11iffiil iyoori;-S.';':ift.Ko;n ? l-:o tt-! 1 .--i jln>f<J? t:p/i t; s. : -t.fif ft J rr'il jij 1 5i ;hi' /••r'i-c-iriri', saying's-.:!ii-l';-'!;i'n.'-e:-:''It' ;, iviis uuiie a .-deji.irluriV iii. yairie--, i-ille Vir. lotillh;tpmlTVo^vpril r«i> rc-sp.i I'tf<l ii ] I'lx. ivas'-received' ■ ity.All old S'av:;-,in!e itii; jii ! songs j.w(M'eVnf^tiii^:most;"|^nti:i:tain|ng' ?iiaractei\DThisMff£iffthaS;g;iiiic<ifg!^a|i. [Mipuiarity'j.iii \New^Zwla. songs, adds" t'oithe? valuer] of any'sayings..iwere. ..also eontribut<d ; liy.';,u!oliH<r'~pair ,oi' ■ fpccialiiy : nri'sts, j Strattons, iwho received-a goocKwelcome, on their.-'-first :ftpi>earanco in, Xeiv : Zea; Unci,- St.; Oeorge and Dnyiie. til.e' tal--ented Eiigiis'ii. musical sketch artists, were seen to adviiitage; in liuihy.'fflnsicttl turns, ..w'liile. Jlaiirice Chencweth, the popular'''tenor,-pleasedfthe,, audience.so. much that lie-was'..-repeatedly recalled. Tho' sensational auilete Mr imior.' made a- reappearance, r tliis' tiirie -witlicutliis partner Fr»iii%, who ..strained.himself in Auckland last week.r'Mo'iiiioy performed some almosß»vnbelierable feats- -... ot strength, .and then caused great-asmise ; meut°bv slnwuig - tho cffectn-f-i.ess ot Jananese m.etl'iods-of- self defence. In this lie was assisted by a member from the audience, who finite appreciated t-lia sti-eis'-th of tho display, y 1 rofessor Lewis' performed numerous feats • 01 lowrdemain, aud Lit tic Plioebo. Lefti.i proved iierseif a talented .juvenilo. entcHasiner. «Piithc's Gazette was-.-aiso thrown' on the- screen, and many liueresting {.topical event*, dopict-ed. , Tlli - . KlNfi'S THEATPK. Easily among "the very best picture ontertninments wliich have been put 011 in "Wellington. is the'-'current- show at. the King'.;'Theatre.- There are several stars, - but the brichtest in tho constel-. latioii is "lit the Bishop's Carriage.". It is fin exciting dramrx, enacted in bright American fashion. Tho ' film covers the -story of a girl's temptation and trial. ■ Nance is a wilful child and is severely beaten at the board-school. She runs away, and - takes-refuge in a room which transpires'to be; the. lodge of a pick-pocket." : Two years'later, shejs tollowing the pick-poekot's'M-rade.Ac Pennsylvania railway bo steals a bag of ieweller.v and gives it to her to (jscapo with.'-' She gets away,.but the alarm has been raised, and, seeing that she is watched,' she calmly walks'into a bishop's carnage and thereby allays suspicion. ' She feigns...illness, 1 '.and is taken br the bishop to a house which is none other.than that of the robbed man. Circumstances set tho polico 011 the trail, but she. departs by a window just- before they , arrive, and'this timo t-nkes refuge in the office of a thoatro manager. Se£ ; iiig the police, following as if in snrch of someone,, the manager pretends that she is learning a'.part- for the stage. When the police leave she airroes to take Work as an actress; Her piek-pocket. acnuaiiitance insists 011 her return to the manager's office _to bring nwav the* }eweis which slie left there. Against Ifer will thev both. go. Tlie pick-pocket is capturcd by the manager, and tho police', sent for. 'Tlie manager ciofcrly shields the girl, but gives the man into custody. She commences her stage, carcor, and Soon- is tempted to misappropriate an actress's jewels. Con| science-stricken she rushes with them to tho manager, crying:. "Why do you place -temptation in my : .way..The manafferV'again 'sees hert : thi-ough, i'and from then on she progresses in her profession. On a night on which she makes a big hit, t-lie released pick-pockct apnea rs in her room at t-lio theatre, but is followed in by the manager, whose muscular persuasiveness savc-s the situation. Last scon of the villain is aboard steamer en route to India; last of the manager and Nance is 011 the pier, locked in each others' arms, watching the ship go out. : Other eapital-pictures support the feature item. .... . \ .THE EMPRESS THEATRE:. ' "Tlie Tiger and tbo Girl," a speet'aeular Eastern drama by the Bison Company, is tlio chief attraction of the new programme shown yesterday at the Empress Theatre continuous pictures.' The. subject, is distinguished by tbo elaborate scenes of an Indian Rajah's palace and grounds, and the ' magnificence of a great Eastern entertainment, in which snake charmers, . Hindoo dancers, and fakirs take part. Horses, elephants, camels, and wild Bengal tigers are also prominent actors." The play is interesting throughout, and some of the incidents are strikingly exciting. A young American naval officer, Lieutenant Clifford, pays tho British Resident a visit, and during the period of the visit is also entertained oil a sumptuous'.. scale by the Maharajah. ' Clifford becomes enamoured with the Maharajah's favourite Nauteh girl Zahanna. This affection is reciprocated, and a secret meeting takes place between tho young couple. Singh, tho Maharajah's spy, observes the meeting, and duly reports. : to his master. The latter decides that Clifford roust be killed, but ho is afraid to have him openly done to death, lest the British should report the matter to the Goyornment, The native ruler schemes to have Clifford killed in a. tiger hunt. The lieutenant attends tho hunt, and, accompanied by tho beaters, pushes into the depths of the jungle. Wild Bengal tigers aro'visible at closo range. They charge the beater-s, and the blacks flee, leaving Clifford to his fate. ' The tigers rush Clifford, but he.managers to reach .1' cabin, the door of which is assaile-d by the raging beasts. A fresh danger awaits the lieutenant, foi- he sees'within a few feet of him a largo cobra, one of the deadliest of the snako species. It rises to strike Clifford, who shoots -tlio reptile. The Nauteh"; girl 'is in tho meantime coming to Clifford's aid. She is attacked by the tigers, but displays rare ■ daring in tho encounter.-.:' Tiro tigers aro worsted, and she reaches Clifford in .time to save the situation. lu. terc.it also attaches to the Lubiu "niastenvo'rk" drama, "Pete tile. Artist," "In tho Hands of- the. -Blaeklnicds" (A;B. farce-comedy); "The Wrnids of iMoriaia" fscenicV and". "Too Much.. of ; a .Good Tiling." ■■ • ! ' ■■ BRITANNIA THEATRE. ' ;,. . Standing room only-.-was.- available at the Britannia . .Theatre in Manners Street during : the greater' portion of yesterday's S evening '• a session.' ■:;.. Tho new prograiiinie -of moving pictures is calculated to. attract,-fail-,1 tho house should, thereforeb'o, well-lilled .during the present week:'-..-'. The feature film, which is entitled ."Turned .A drift,'.' deals with incidents in ihoTifc- of a beautiful, but wronged,' woman..".' The story will 110 doubt nppoal to women, for. it portrays,' in striking /stylo,the struggle' of a. mother,, who .-is .-determined not .to rest- until she has her child- recognised, and placed in a proper statioiV'in life. Her perseverance ..and her raerifiees in face or; trying circumstances illustrate nlainlyftbe strength ■ of a '". mother's love. 'vaTlsc leading, part'in.; the play is vt-aken bv Miss Ida' Neilsen, whose ■ noting-.leaves-Mttlo to be .desired;. ,Ani other;dramatic study. 1 of' a. popular..lla'tiiro js'>"'.iho Oirl BaeK East,'lhe 'story-a (fords scope for: some' scenery of. .wonderful ."grandeur, 1 the- locality" being 1 ouf.rWesl. i. Topical >venls}areI.depictwl-'-iiilitt1.depict-wl-'-iiilitt picture gaw"t(«sv.whiHr'rovers finite iPniinilier -.of< intor<'.stiiig..suliii'<:is.. 'ViowsSof'- Mount Kgmoni-.also" find plneo I cn. tho • •..:o;r;>r,inic. • -vhi-:li include;. 1 l.e i "folio other, x items'?Hovr y; tho

;|£Spii-.i tVof!■<?. 7Gf wli s' :i ■ YslraHi^r?/ s 'Sensatiohal,.i-Mot()r i 'ii iia.<V'i I'* l <> : <Ja ic yTsportiusubi{: [ / -ingjcpmody. 1 -: i /The:;;nii;o.,.^-e[-ics i will : bi\.| j rj;c!'eo!io(l : j,to : (lajv j 'i-lieTiipoii 'CoiitimroiislyHrpm'.y■)•§.'>■'"■'J. l 9.'j I j i'p-Mi. . ■■■■ \- ' 1 ; :v ' ■•THE LIFE OF' CHRIST.'.' ;,iVj'l]f; King's Thcritre management.wiil,; ' ! .on<Christmas Night, suspend the ordin-' r\* programme, in order lo present, as appropriate for tlio .occasion, Jlfl'atbeVrenowned reproduction iu moyjtioC'.pictuifs of "The Birth. Life, alio J-j:/.Ucath' l ':'of. l Christ," Tliiß film is tleof . virtually perfert .coloured.' S|i\^liM^fir^slimyii: at Paris it created a tbo al-j of :■ !I^iifjitf-' t Frorc)r- i ''hs f'master-iTaftsnion sn Iji kinematbgraphy. <-Tho t .'Miracle-' : sections- aro-reproduced with ■j 50'xcpptiorialj/iskil!:/'and effect The Spsc- £ ftiinytraverirs thpj'siory.J'rom the.; Natiy- |; jity;E'at::.Bellik;hora;jto : the.' Cji'liciiixipn \on ' I rivalry, and'tho subsequent "llesurrec(.ijition'A and '.'Ascension." -There -will also bo sacred. music specially■ arranged ■ for, , «|:ahd..«rchdstrat-ed : byUhe'-''Kiiiß , s.; < OrcheSj; • tra.'under-Signor Truda.'-'^Tho presenr, tation should prove a striking Christmas ;Night product ion.7'•. A number of other .smtabkr'pictures "will be shown in con-. ' junction with the main feature.W;. 1 ' WIIHIN THE LAW." [ Booking was ' very'.brisk--, i ; 'morning when thc:box plans were open-. [' Ed for the first seven liiyus <u in the Law," the niuch-talked-about. - drama, to bo produced by J. C. W il- ; liamson, Ltd., at the Opera Souse 011 : Boxing Night. The company are due ! to arrive in Wellington by the Maunpa- , nui to-morrow (Wednesday), Speaking , of the Sydney production, ths "Daily • Telegraph" says: —"Such a play is re- ■ mark?ble in itself, but- still more re- ; markabie when a personality like that . of Miss Muriel Starr is added to it. She 1 is the finest actress we have had in . Australia since Margaret Auglin. and it is with Miss Auglin she will probably be ofteiiest compared. Miss Starr is voung, strikinclv handsome, with won- ' i-Jerful eyes. Her. first swift- look of ; hatred at Gilder is the first revelation 1 of the power she is goinr; to display. :■ The denunciation of Gilder and his I business methods —for ho pays his girls -. less money than will keep them—was > spoken with suppressed fury, and sent ; the . audience wild with enthusiasm." i Miss Mary Worth, who. like Miss Starr, I is now to' New Zealand., became n great > -favourite in Australia, her £j;ay hrimour ; infecting her audiences and sparkling 1 -through, the play. The third nowi comer ,is Mr.. Lincoln Phuiier asln- ■ srir-ctor Burke, and it- has been said: ; ?."If New York police inspectors arc not ; like. Mr. Burl-re—then thc-y ought- ' to r .be." Mr; W. D. Morrison—who is also 3 the producer of "Within the Law" —is 5 another new-comer who is credited with a-.very fine performance. The cast also ; .includes'-many old favourites." j . "SHADOW OF THE CROSS." J PROPRIETOR MEETS WITH ACCI- , DENT. 3 For tho past few days an announce--1 menfc has appeared that- the mystery r picture "The Shadow of tlio Cross" f would be shown in Harcourt-'s Rooms, j Panama Street, as from yesterday afr temoon. Whilst arranging the cords ;• by which the picture hangs at about t 11.30 yesterday morning. Mr. James ~ Kilpatrick, tho proprietor of and kes turer upon the picture, fell .1 height of seven feet from a step-ladder, and faille ing heavily 011 tho corner of a box had 3 the misfortune to break two of his ribs, r Ho managed to walk io the Grand 3 Hotel, where he stays, and there ho j was at tended Ho by' Dr. Ewart. i Mr. Kilpati'ick states that he is es* , t-romely snrrv to disappoint- the public, t but it will be impossible for him to •j exhibit the picture for a Sew days to . como at least. The Watersido Workers' Band will t play at Oriental Bay to-night, comB tnencing at 8 o'clock.