ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3115, 20 June 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This week's bill is proving a creat attraction at. Eis Majesty's Theatre, and nightly large and enthusiastic audiences attend. The Walter .lolmson iieviic Company, in a farce comedy full of niusie, sone, and laughter, provide the chief portion ot the entertainment, wliic.li occupies half the bill. Of the other half of the programme are a numh«r of vaudeville items. Violet Trevcyoii. the daiuty silicon, Jieiiiß the leading spirit. TUB I'IIJMOTS. Thr bright attractive fare provided by tlic Pierrots drew .inothcr larce audience to (.he Concert Chamber.of the Town Hall Inst evening. The last performance of present, programme «nd "Dick Wluttington" will be given Ibis evening. A complete change « aunonjiecd for to-morrow, when mauy new- and original items will bo introduced. The Inst seven nights of tho season arc announced. KING'S THESTRK. In "The Chattel," ft powerfully predated ViUgraph play now screening at the King's Theatre. Peggy Jlyland appears as the beautiful young wife, who hnds that the man she loves merely her as part or t-hc household furniture.' In a series of powerful scenes the play enowa now the. soman's wit, enables hello win iier husband's affection, and at, tho same time teach lum a lesson in finance. The picture Is attracting larger houses cacn evening. EVEIU'BODT'K. A rcmarltabie study in cont.ro-st-s is provided in titc two central characters jn "The Crab," the latest, Triangle success, at Everybody's Theatre, i'ranlc Kcenan is a, sour, embitterd old man, feared and hated by the old village, but little Thclina Salter, a auaiut, winsome cnlld, utterly refuses to recognise the grim bitterness in her guardian's ways, and thaws oat the licii-n, long frozen and cold, and makes a human being oE a man Ust uv commg a savage recluse. Itjs a reany charming and powerful picture that seems to reach the hearts of tho onlookers. Jtillie Burke's romance ncars Hs end in "Tho Tcll-takc Envelope." EMPRESS THEATRE. A World Film play of modern life in art aud society circles, occupies the premier position on tile programme at tho Kmpress Theatre. "A Sonarc Deal t*ui> in satirical vein a. story of a raoocin scheming society matron, who Mover s angles tor a rich husband for her daughter. A feigned drowning sceue and a rescue by the prospective "oaten 'prowacs the means of introduction. The stay later shows how the well-to-do young mui is out adrift, from a worthies- woman by his oldest, friend, who nearly sacrifices his own good name in Jus eflort. excellent comedy and topical Hems are amo shown.' ' THE WAR PICTURE. The sign "House Full" had to be hung outside the Town Hall last night bctoro tho time for the showing of the wai picture "The Battle of the Anere. Ihe exhibition of this official film ot the battle throughout New Zealand bus been handed over to tho Y.M.C.A., and the proceeds are to bo used for patriotic purposes. It would appear that the proceeds will Ue considerable. The matinee exhibition drew A big crowd, and in the evening hundreds Had to be refused admission. _ Dr. A. K. Newman acted as chairman to ouen the evening entertainment, and. he introduced the show by making a short speech on the war work of the i.M.c.A. Dr. Newman recently visited the Homo Country and the. lighting front in Fiance, so that he could speak from first-hand knowledge in commendation or the Y.M.CA. work for our soldiers. The picture is a spectacle which everybody ought to see, and there is in it nothing that for any reason any person ought not to see. Everything about the battle is in the uicture except the. grim clash of arms when the opposing lines of fightine men mecl—and- fulfil their destiny. It "is a truer chronicle of' events than any mere writing could ever lie, and it does give to an observer some fair idea of what a buttle, is like. The film docß not reproduce the awful noise, and it docs not reproduce all the tragedy. Perhaps the saddest scenes in the picture are of the stark shell-wrecked woods, and villages, and the scarred fields. This battlo was fought in country that was once beautiful. Now it is air dead. As for the men, the film shows how splendid they are, liow ohcerfully they go into battle, and how gaily they comn out of it. Before the picture was screened last evening, Mv. .T. Culfnrd Hell recited Killling's verse "Guiiga Din," and as au encore another soldier song of the Enclish. There will be • a matinee and an evening show to-day. and nlso to-morrow. FIVE SHORT rtAYS. All exceptionally interesting programme of five, short plays is to be staged in the Concert Chamber on June 28 and 29 by Mr. Oulford Bell and students of his adult dramatic, class. The plays cover a wide range, tho variety being: Comedy sketch, "Time is Money"; scene from "The Hunchback," entitled "The. Art of Love"; farcical sketch. "A Sister to Assist 'er"; Japanese fantasy, "The Mirror"; and a very fine dramatic playlet, entitled "Dream Faces." Special music will he provided' by an orchestra under the direction or Hr. F. Wolfgang. Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Liverpool have granted their patronage, aud the proceeds arc to be handed to the Crippled Soldiers' Hostel Fund. Seats may be booked at the Bristol Piano Company.