ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3101, 4 June 1917, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

| . FIIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The principal feature of tlio new vaudeville bill to bo presented at the Fuller house this afternoon will be the return engagement of Miss Violet. Trovenyon. Miss Trevenyon has a personality all her own, which, together with her entrancing way o? singing the style of haunting melodies peculiar to her repertoire, and the simple sweetness of her frocks, is no doubt responsible for the huge 6Uccess this artist has been all over the Fuller circuit. Everywhere this Talented girl has played she lias proved a draw-card, and sho now ranks as one of tho biggest imported vaudeville successes. Another newcomer, Uso from England, will make his initial bow to Wellington audiences this afternoon in the person of Arthur Crcxon, who was booked from the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London, exclusively for the Fbllers. This artist is a society entortainer of a refined and distinctive ' type, and is his own author. That remarkable American, Charles Edenbury, who is said to specialise in liair-raising equilibristic feats, .will make his reappearance. The remainder of an entertaining programme will consist of Billy Brown, the popular coon; Jeanetto Spellman, comedienne; Tim and' Gertie Moore, the coloured comicalities; Gadabout Girls, George D'Alma, and Sterling and Love. The last three nights of Miss Dora Oberman, soprano, are now announced. This programme will bo repeated nightly till Friday, with a special holiday matinee this (Monday) afternoon. THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. The English Pierrots are still proving a big attraction at tho C in the Town Hall. Thpi; is bright, and the tune is u.. Elsa Langley is splendid in hor : songs, and Miss Billie Wilson some new hits in hor various turns. The other members of the company also are seen at their best. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Aladdin from Broadway," a Greater Vitagraph picture drama, heads tho new bill at the King's Theatre. Tho opening scenes of the story depict "a. village in Armenia, where there lives an Englishman, Stanton, with his Armenian wife and baby girl. Stanton is called Homo to England on business: on his return finds that his home and those ho loves have been tho victims of a Turkish outbreak. His wife has- been 6old into slavery, but preferred death to a life of dishonour; while the child was taken and reared by a Turkish woman. A period of 18 years elapses, and the scene changes to New York. Stanton, believing his wife and child dead, is in Amorica on a holiday, and while in a club relates somo of his in Turkey, and particularly his exploit in entering the sacred city of Mecca. A young American, weary of tho joys of NewYork, overhears somo ot the conversation, and wagers ho will also succeed in entering Mecca. How he accomplishes this, how ho meets Stanton's daughter (now grown into a beautiful young woman), and restores hor to her father, and how ho incidentally wins her for a bride, and finally "wins his wager, provide enough stirring incidents to. make a picture that is exciting and interesting to a degree. In addition to the main picture there are tho latest Ganmont Graphic and a good comedy. Tho programme will be screened tliio afternoon at 2.30 and to-night.

. A NOTABLE PICTURE. As would appear to be generally known, the great D. W. Griffith picturo masterpiece, "Intolerance," will bo shown for the first time hero to-morrow evening, at tho ICing's Theatre,. under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. It is highly probable that never before has so much genuine interest been shown in motion picturo exhibition as that evinced by the coming presentation of "Intolerance." The first matinee will bo given on Wednesday. Music will be rendered by a specially selected .and augmented orchestra. Tho following is from a recent issue of-tho "Otago Daily Times": "Tho production of the film has been carried out on a stupendous scale, and tho eye is dazzled by tho splendour and magnificence of tho scones that.succeed one another on tho screen, while amazement and admiration aro cxcited in equal proportions. Many great and well-known historical events pass in review before tho spectator, and ho is held spellbound by the Completeness and wealth of ! detail with which tliey aro reproduced. The four themes or movements of tho picture are admirably co-ordinated, and tho effect' produced is something akin to that obtained by a great musical composer in convoying his meaning to his hearers by means of his inarticulate but eloquent art."

. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. ' Tho feature film at Everybody's Theatre this week is a pathetic romanco. produced by tho Triangle Company, starring Emd Bennott, the Australian. According to tho 6tory, Pay, who has Won blind from her birth, and lives with her consumptive father in a mining town in West Virginia, dwells in a dreamland peopled by fairies and ogres. She has secret haunts, her favourite retreat being a cavern formed by an, old abandoned tunnol. , In duo courso "tho Prince"—a hunchback and son of the villago drunkard—stumbles into Pay's fairyland, and is at once endowed by her with every heroic attribute. Tho cripple falls madly in love with her. There then comes on tho scene tho 6on of a rich mine owner, who also becomes infatuatod. He promises to have her sight restored to her, and the hunchback, maddened by tho fear that seeing him ffill mako her hate him, seeks a terriblo rovengo. Pay regains her sight, to find a world sordid and commonplace. Sho 6ees her two devoted lovora' as they really are, and shrinks with horror from the cripple. In a strange and wonderful way happiness comes to her. In tho fifteenth chapter of "Gloria's Romance" tho. heroine single-handed fracks and faces the murderer of her lover. It is a powerful and splendid espisode, and Billie Burke as Gloria is as 'clever as ever. Tho Gaumont Graphic contains tho usual ontertaining topical pictures.

EMPRESS THEATRE. Nowadays practically every picture produced has some meaning or warning, and "The Foolish Virgin" at the Empress Theatre this week is no exception to the rule. In tliia particular instance the picturo is a warning to all girls- and young women to know something of tho men they intend to marry before committing themselves for life. The picture play is taken from the widely-read novel by Thomas Dixon, also author of "The Birt'n of a Nation," a picture well remembered in Wellington. Albert Capellani, wlio did excellent work in the producing of "Tho Common Law," is also the producer of "The Foolish Virgin," and tho pictures may will be stated to be on a par. The cast includes winsome Clara Kimball Young, who takes tho part of the girl who marries her first young hero find lives to repent. In this part 6he is charming. The story shows how a young school teacher (Miss Young), a dreamer of dreams, falls in love with and marries the first male acquaintance she makes. As a matter of fact she surprises him when lie is in the act of stealing a valuable book from a library. After they marry she discovers that ho is a thief and a moral leper. TJio story lias an interesting and absorbing development. The supporting films aro also good.

WALTER JOHNSON'S REVUIi PLAYERS. On Saturday next, Juno !), at His Majesty's Theatre, the Fullers will present their biggest and newest tbvuo combination, the Waller Johnson Musical Revue Players. The company is stated to bo the best and brightest allround company tho Fullers havo on their circuit, and tbis statement fseems to bo borne out by the fact that the combination was chosen by the firm to open their ne;v Melbourne theatre, the Pfilacc. There is a big cast of principals and a full musical comedy corps do balet and chorus. It is said to be remarkable for its lavislnicss of production, and takes up the entire entertainment. Tho first pieco is entitled ."The Gramophone Girls." ,