ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2557, 3 September 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fun ill plenty is Ijoing supplied nightly at His Majesty's Theatre by the Paul Stitu'hope Kevuo Company,' and judging by the present 'crowded houses those , peoplo who saw this clever and diverting tittle party when last here are taking another look at them. The company is reviving that comicixl sketch, "This is the Life." In addition. to the revue, which .takes up -tlie first part of the programme, attractive turns are supplied by "Billy Wells and the Eclair Twins," Ernest Pitcher, Jessie' and Dolly Miller, and some others. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Brother Officers," the fine picture stoTy by the London Film Company, is proving a fij-st-class attraction at the lung's Theatre nightly. The play delves deeply into military and' social fife, and follows tire vicissitudes of a most noble and gallant soldier. Adapted from Leo Trevor's fine play of that name, the picture loses nothing in the portrayal. Another film calculated to arouse interest is an Eclair special, "The Great War," which is stated to drove- been taken in the French lines. "Palma," a scenic, "Dickson's Diamonds" (drama), the usual Pathe Gazette, and others make up a /splendid programme. i EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.' An enthralling drama, entitled "The Radium 'itoieves," heads the bill at Everybody's Theatre this week. The film centres on the bravery and astuteness of a nurse in her'conflict with some desperate thieves of radium, in u;hieh after some most dramatic episodes' she iinally wins out.. The humorous end of the programtno is very adequately'supplied by the Keystone Company's comic, "Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers," in whic'h that quaint and rotund personage, Roscoe Arbuclcle, features. There are otner good pictures. ■ On Monday a splendid film by the . London/Film Company and- entitled "TJio ■ Lions Cubs/' _ will bo screened, .which tells in a series of graphic pictures a dramatic story of German espionage and how the enemy was foiled by brave Boy Scouts. Another splendid topical picture to be shown is known as the "Cradle of the. Australian-Navy," giving an insight into the training ot the Australian Jaok Tars. THE EMPRESS.. Crowded sessions yesterday testified to .the merit of the all-new films at the popular Empress Theatre. Vitagraph's sfciir idmma, "Sunshine and Shadows," is ail excellent photo-play, with a captivating story. The acting and photography are conspicuously good, with the result that the film is most enjoyable. "Crossed Love and Swords" is a most diverting Keystone, in quite a new style. It reproduces fuiuiy episodes in liigli society, with laugn-raising results. With'the French Army in Lorraine," amongst its many sections numbers some very clear and interesting views of trench warfare. Edison's human drama, JI Quade, of the Traffic Squad," is a powerful and convincing play which does not in any way outrage the probabilities, ihe latest.number of, the "Australian Gazette" contains much interesting mater. The attached "Cartoons" are very popular..' , "FUN ON THE BRISTOL." "Fun 011...the Bristol," or "Widow O'Brien," will'be the. ilext attraction at the Grand Opera House on, Wednesday night, when' George Stephenson's company of comedians, inaugurate a tour of the' Dominion. For over thirty years this musical faTce-comedy has been staged all over the world where English is spoken. Its successes are unlimited, and the revival (if the popular fiui-play is expected to pro-'o acceptable to old and new playgoers alike. The plci, is arranged'around the endeavours of Widow O'Brien, whose husband left her an enormous- fortune,' made out of pork, and her two danghtei'S in their attempt to enter society. An Italian count, whose financial position is desperate, makes love to the two ladies ■until he finds the widow holds the money. He then brings all. his guns to bear, but misses very • badly when his position i 9 found out: -The daughters also -have,their, love affairs, but these turn out all right. From start, to finish the story abounds in all kinds of merriment, songs, dances, and sketches are introduced. The box plan opens on Monday next at the Bristol for the'season; which is for four nights only. ■ ASSAULT-AT-ARMS AND ■ REALISTIC SHAM BATTLE. , The grand assanlt-at-arms and realistic shaiu battle, inaugurated by the New Zealand Patriotic Society, in conjunction withthe Wellington Military authorities, which is to be held at Newtown Park to-morrow afternoon and evening, promises to be the greatest military display ever held in the city. The executive have been very fortunate in .securing the services,.as organiser, of .-Captain. Leopold M'Laglen, jiujitsu champion of the world, and the'in- ; yentor of the system of bayonet fighting ,as used in; the present', war by the British and. colonial troops. 1 Captain M'Laglen has just returned' from the south; where he successfully organised similar displays at Dunedin, Invercargill, and Christchurch, and he anticipates, in view of the i material he has to work on here, that the Wellington display will even, eclipse the three fine performances given in the South Island. The great sham battle will,' in itself, be worth going a long way to see, as the whole battle is being worked on a scale never previously attempted. There will be infantry, mounted patrol, artillery, and the St.. John Ambulance nurses, witli' their motor ambulances. The massed jiuvjitsu display by a large body of the Wellington Police Force is bound to be very, interesting, as also the massed bayonet fighting, in which the Wellington College Cadets—who have been specially -trained by Captain M'Laglen— are-to take part. The equestrian events are'also of a particularly attractive nature: they include balaclava melee,'riding at Gibbets, Lloyd Lindsay, tug-of-war and wrestling oil horseback, and sword v. bayonet on" horseback. As a concluding event, Captain M'Laglen will endeavour to lower his previous world's record with the broadsword 'by cutting eight carcasses of sheep in half while going at full gallop on horseback. The Trentham Band has arranged to play from the Lambton Station the Park. Tho whole of the proceeds are to go to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund..