ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2554, 31 August 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. '.' 'As tho .irrepressible, red-iuiired Irish(ttan 'fW tlie Revue, Mr. Paul- Stanhope .mMe tlie. big audience at His Majesty's '-' inealre last evening rock with laughter. *Poi Murpliy, tho pjano-mover,whom "■■■■ • Stanhope, had tho honour ! to iniper- '!'. so.M-te,... was a • gentleman of ;-rather more - 'K lt 'J??- 0 Versatility; - In- a® -assumed xolo f; .:V. m Vlionaire his;a.bsence of.foresight led .(' , -X' ™ such lapses of dignity as; sendng jor tho champagne in a billy, and iMiffluig the cream orackors-because they : ookoa a lifctlo like a .pack of, cards. Mr. : stanhopes' turns' teem. with delightful ? S : ,of, this kind, and the. curtain falls all,too soon on a career packed with nioat aoceptablo errors. The rest of the .Revue 19 very entertaining. This singing. i 3 good, and everything, .is/'kept !;on" the : jith. that'-zrat' typical;'of the revue. . Aliss Futzee De Guy sings "I'll Get You" I s ... ®nd, . 'Here Conies the Vthip-Poor Will";' • Aliss'Euby Kennedy, sings on ttiei hjlvery Moon"; and -Mr. Les. Bates sings , -- This.'is : the .Life.",' 'Altogether, ;;thia ;'.i:Vweek's 'revuß .is: a .greats success.;.' Among, s j theVother; artists, on tho'bill "are tlie Mil- , 3er Sistors. They .•-• provide, 'very 'nice music,'; Miss; Jessie.'Miller-bn/'her- piario- : • concertina, and Miss Dolly Miller -as a vocalist. -Ernest Pitcher, -comedian, and . ; PhilPercival, 'burlesque artist) also ap- - ■ : -gear..;'.'.W - : EVERYBODY'S THEATEE. ;'&■ sta)ng',Yitagrapli.'draiiiaj! full: of. sen-.:' . ;■ BationaJ'; happenings; ;;.heads ■ the;: new : -bill | . ; ;'at' I ■The film-..is .entitled ►"TBb rEadium ■! .'-Thieves,'' and it-deals'with the-exploits ;. - \ Dt - a . gang;of international;thiei^s ; .m their attempt-.to-^gain- possession''of;radium,Val-- .. ' lied .at ifiIOOjOOO. ;;ThW ' superintendent ' of. \;,an\ ; jlinOTpto;.. <»ncw;^Jiosi)itS"' ; go&''M;fo.r ' ' ..France; fo' make the.y purchase .of "the rai the nanceo of his son, t also a»radium ex- ' ; pert.;:; Tho younger.; man's ;rival . decides ; • . .to assist the thieves : in !takirig the' old ■inan down, and-the'/first : aitempt;is;made -....Jtt: Paris.-- This Wifrustrated- hy.<6he ; iurse. ;■ second: attemptt-ake-s 'placo.on-.board 1 '- : Ehip. ' but ' one -of .'-the;: nnsci-eants,'. ; - not ■understanding the xkiigeroiis 'qualities-of radium, i:i blinded. .: Tho old -nian. antl the nurse aro abdnctod when- they; reach 'America, but after'some sensational; .in-; . ;; /cidents.there; thb .gang' Ms. teteh- into 7 cus-. tody, ajid; tho young lovers are united. • • "no well: .woven.; together; ' and /■. ;the: dramatic, incidents, are .in no .way ;far! .' i fetched; The love. story element is interesting... The programme also contains a Keystone.:farce, featuring .Eoscoo Arr- buckle. as!,the'' bulky, daughter oi a'moth- \. ■ Dair :maghate.. '.~lniper6onatin» ,thisi;chiiracter he. creates.' great' fun at- the seaside, whoro his .ln .ms antics. "The. Clubman,", a Lubm • comedy,, mtroduces^^BillyEitßhie.'an.'Eng- - lisli comedian;: After a wild 'night at the: \ c Jub. he goes'hoine to liis .'wife! in ..'an. 1 in-!' • ebriatcd: state, ; iand therc.: ; in. an amusing*! : ™ allll l r >, r' a r-s; -naToc with the! furnituro. Ihe Pathe .Gazette contains the latest • topical-jiews from Europe. ''i ' ' KING'S THEATEE. f'OT -abounding inaction,: entitled '2^ ro ~ 1 ® r '■ Officers," an adaptation from ;. the well-known book by Leo. Trevor, was /./ tho chief l , attraction in. a. very good 'pro- ' : p'amme.prescnted 'at' the -King's -Theatre-:-v' wghfe, The; ,film -was producedVby . the. celebrated .London Film Co. The: ■ !iV pi ol '!' cen 'j es ! the ..career of-Jim- - : . fatanton, : the isecretary of- a-sporting man, ; .' whom ho robs'of his ihoney, and'.his wife's ■!?'-o-:-.';. a ?^M o ni:;'v;Thß'shbck ; his'Svife's '■■■, pi.ent kills tho si»rtsmah. • The;' home U P> and the son 'enlists .under the name of .John Hinds,-and,'" after rapid ?!Airooiotion,: savesthe life of his officer, , jLancelot. Plejdell. ,Jim Stanton mean- .• . while has - gone .toAustralia, -andj . under . t'n'. assumed no,me, "fiobert- Hutton," has '. - - iimassed; ■a -. considerable '■> fortune,; bhiefly. oy cheating at cards and other forms of : •i' ; ,';.# am P'! He'-:returns;::to-!Bnglani'& John.Hinds" arrived : from the .front.' • \ '• ? is fifcill making monoy : withi,liis: abilityito cheat, and lures Pleydell along - . .till • Stanton has enough • of Pleydell's . . - . 1.0.1)Vs .to;make him bankrupt. ' . He con- .:■■■ * ;fides in Hinds, who thinks he recognise-s- ■ -. -. in; "Robert -Hutton" -the' secretary who. ; robbed his father/'and! sets out .to provo , . it. The lovo'story which, is cntwinetl in i, ' the najrative is very pretty and affecting. ' , .... The - Supporting films .include 1 ;, the i'latest' ■ -,topical-.news from Europe "in;-.'TPftfihe's ; .. .Gazette,"; "The . Great War" ("E«air .: .journal"), .and - a-stirring Edison drama, ("Dickson's Diamonds.":: A scod scemo : study, "Palma," is also shown.: The pro-' 1 , : gramme will -be repeated' this cTenin^.'-;. THE E.MPEESS. V:;y';;;.';'Orerfloyng ; ;attendances': ! wke; , ■ 'last, evemug at tho popular Empress ..-!-iTheatre,-">when sii:-;meritorioiis !fllmsciwere;yv.. ! feature';is -Keystone's : latest I '2oooft;l. comedy,- release, /'Dropping- ; .. ton'foFamily. -Tree," with popular "Mr. ■: -; : iWalm-.''as In addi- : , -'tion ..toibeing: genuinely funny,'.'this, most ' ; .. Tecent.'Kej-stono boasts an. entertaining ' , story dealing, with escapadcs arising tn . course of a- out on: the part of a •: -Much-married, man.: "Just Aetnbution" : - iis a really good,, well-aeted drama which ; . wins approval.--Some capital ,views' 'of . Constantinople .appear. in.&e-Jim .."On.' the'! s '.'Banks'-;of.:the''Sea:of: i Marniora;;v;:''ln-' the; .. Heart-of the Woods" is an exceedingly ; 'pretty ! .effectiTe-play-filmed'aniidsome; ; picturesque natural scenery. "His Pipe ( ;; .V Dream"- is a coniedyi mVcaricature,' while ~ the Topjcal Budget contains a- fund of interesting matter. ■■ ■' '

"To-day at 1.30 p.m. Messrs C. W; Price : nnd Co. will sell 400 lots of household f urjcitiire at the Mart, 60 Lair.bton Quay.