ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3190, 14 September 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S TEEATBE. Tho Paul Stanhope Bevue Ooimiany is producing tho extravaganza' Holey loley at His Majesty's Theatre. Stanhope himself fills the role of Spike Murphy, Hotelkeeper and champion boxer. B* J " danco numbers are worked jnto tho piece. Tho Molinaris are still aDDoannc, and there arc other entertaining turns in Uie bill. KING'S THEATRE. "The Magnificent Meddler" will ho screened for the last timo to-night. At too matineo to-morrow, another Blue -uiouo feature, entitled "Habettc. Wltn Mary Anderson in the leading role, will be presented. The central incident of the blory is the marriage of a neautiful French eni to a handsome stranger whom she )C----lioves to ho a great artist. Tho man really is an artist, by instinct, but by choice he is one of the cleverest thieves in France. Tho scenes are laid in the artist, nuartcrs of Paris, and aro said to bo full of genuine touches of Bohemianism. EMPRESS THEATRE. The final screening of "Tho Family Honour" will be ::iven at tho ' Junpruw Theatre ,to-night. To-morrow, at tuc change of programme, Alice Brady viu be Been in a World Film drama, "The Divorce Game." As a piquant American girl married to a loveable but altogether irresponsible French count, she is said to be seen in the l.nest role of hor career. Tho story deals with a young couplo who, loving each other devotedly, become desperately pressed for money, and hnd that by being divorced there is a chance ol turning into cash the money of thoir marriage settlement. Endless complications ensuo, and by-and-bye tho divorce which was entered upon in jest looks line becoming an event in real earnest. EVERYBODY'S THEATBE. To-night "The Girl Glory" will bo produced for the last timo. To-morrow tho Triangle Company's production, "The DarK Eoad," will be acreei.ed. Dorothy Dalton is the star, and in the role of the siren whoso desires alonD are her laws she is said to do superb work. The story contains flashes of the great war, but tl ey aro part of and necessary to tho story. In additlop to this feature there will be a mirth-pro-voking Keystone comedy, me Bachelor's Finish."

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. An excellent entertainment is provided at the Town Kail Concert Chamber by the English Pierrots. Tho programme is bright throughout, and delightful comedy is (supplied by Mr. Charles Lawrence, iliss Elsa Langley and Miss Billie Wilson are aB popular as ever and the company as a wholo is capital. The season is closing on 'Wednesday next. A change o£ programme will bo made on Saturday, and on the last three nights request items will bo included. Patrons are asked to send requests by letter to the Town Hall. The box plans are now open for the remaining nights of the season. So successful has the ecason oroved in ■Wellington that tho Concert Chamber has been booked by Mr. Hob Thomas for » three months' season next winter. Tho summer is to be spent by the Pierrots in Adelaide.

"SONS OP THE EMPIRE." In lie range of subjects and the vivid idea conveyed of. the conditions of modern wux, particularly on the British from, "Sons of the Empire" ia said to be a remarkable pictorial achievement. This great serlee of films, which will be shown in the Town Hall throughout next week, is an elaborate record of typical incidents in the lighting Army ond Navy. The pictures show very lucidly the preparatory bombardments upon which the Allied successes depend, along with the great ammunition eupply service whioh keeps the guns going; and then carries the spectator through tho process of the attack itself. Many scenes of the battlefields illustrating the rained countryside and the shattered towns, testify to the terrific power of the bombardments. The films give numerous views of the guns, of tho strange tanks whioh have played a great part in the reoent offensives, and of the aircraft which swarm over the enemy's lines, siying upon all he does. A very fine section, ono of the most attractive on the programme, shows representatives of the British Navy, both ships and men, and includes Bome etlrrlnj Incidents. The season of "Sone of the Empire" will open on Monday night, and will consist of exhibitions each night for the week and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The whole of the net proceeds is to be devoted To providing comforts for the mon in the fighting services, in trench or in' camp, wmThded and convaTefffenl. The box plan is at the Bristol. A brief address will be given in the interval by Mr. A. Varney, of tho T.M.0.A., on flTs recent experiences amongst tho men in the trencheß.