ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 44, 15 November 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"TORN TO THE RIOHT." "Turn to the Bight" is ono of tlioje first-ckse comedies that owrtit never to be played to anything ley than a 101 l houEo. The play is full of breezy A™ erl : oanisms, and presents a very fine plena of lawlessness, ingenuity, and sentiment that boos right home to the hoarts of any audience. It tells how two undoubted crooks, fresh from prison, have the good fortune to fall into the right hands, and are reformed. Oontrary to all past, indioations of their career, they become roepectablc, soher peach-farmera. There 13 a rloh vein of qulot humour running all through the piece, and the staging and the cast are so good that "Turn to the Bight" Trill be a very pleasant memory to Wellington play-goers when its Kcal season has been brought to a- close. HIS MAJESTY'S THiSAjM. The headllner at Bin Majesty's Theatre this week is RutU.Budd, a daring and graceful entertainer whose turn is in some ways quite out of the ordinary. Her feats on the aorial ringe are Sarins "J the extreme, but sho does them with sucii eaeo that they appear to he almost simple. In addition, she treate the audience to song and dance. Among the othor artists appearing ib Iho V rco ' e Faehion Plate," whose performance is entirely unique, and highly amusing.. une of this artist's means of entertaiuine is to sing in the male or the female voice at will. The Follies are still ,»5f B "° B t ' and they stage a revno entitled ''A Nfctft in Bohemia." Also there are a number of other artists ou the bill. KING'S THEATRE. Earle Williams portrays the loading role iu the Greater Vitagraph masterpiece, ino "Stolen Treaty," now screening * l »"> King's Theatre. The e 'ory doal wit secret lervice methods in . the United States. At a brilliant reception a forei gn Prince is the guest. Geoflrey Wynne (Earle Williams) posing as a. society mm but in reality a secret service detective, is also present. At the height of the festivities the detective "called to n ] *£ ington, and is informed that va uable papers have been stolen. The llueves nave demanded million* of dollars as hush-money. He immediately sets upon their trail. Thrilling eecapeei come thick and fast. Wynne takes Irene Hithe 1 (Ooranno Griffiths) into his scheme, and she goes to the house occupied l.y the Prince. Eventually the thieves are capChaplin, in his latest success,, iasy Street," is nlso shown. EMPRESS THEATBE. Devotion to monoy is shown in the "Almighty Uollar," a remarkable World film drama, now screening at «>e Kmpwss Theatre. The cast is particularly stronc. Frances Nelson, E. K. Lincoln, and June Elvidgc playing, the principal roles. The ntory deals with two yoiine convent-bred girls, who are left orphaned and unprotected on the. death of their mother. The younger sister falls under the spell of an unscrupulous doctor, but later marrios one Harwood, who, absorbed in his money-making, leaves his young wife a good deal to herself, and the ascendancy of the doctor. again resumes its sway. Only by the action of the elder Bister is the young wife saved from disgrace. On the same programme is Chapter Iβ of "The Iron Olaw, The Green Eyed God." The last two chapters of this serial are announced. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. * "The Flamo of the Yukon," a sevenreel super-feature by the Triangle Company, is the star picture bow screening at Everybody's Theatre. Dorothy palton, a> a dance-hall siren, is featured in the leading rolo. She is -without creed, conscience, or moral standard, yet when she meets The Stranger, a young, rugged fellow who comes to seek his fortune, sho feels a BUddcn attraction that draws her to him. Instead of attempting to wreck his life ns originally planned she decides to live up to the ideals .-which ho sets before her. A H|ht that rivals even tho Btrnggle in "The Spoilers takes place In this picture between Black Jack Hovcy. the proprietor of the gambling saloon and the miner George Fowler Both are big, powerful men, nnd the fight 111 to a finish. The second episode of "The Beoret Kingdom, "Royalty at the BedTfing," featuring Dorothy Kelly, is also shown. A DANOE FANTASIA. The pupils of Miss Dorothy flannderi will present a dance fantasia, A Trip With the Brownies," in the Town Hall Concert Chamber tomorrow evening and on Saturday evening. ' The entertainment will have Borne novel features, and vfill provide opportunities for the dkplay of T .mall army of clover young fencers, who arc assisting to raise funds for Sir Arthur Pearson's Fresh Air Fund and Blind Soldiers' Fund. The mustf will be provided by the Wellington South Orchestra. ■''

"OHABLBY'& AUNT" OMJB. On Wednoeday evening next, Noremte 21 a special benefit performance will be Biven in the Grand Opera Oram by the "flhdriev'B Aunt" Olub in aid of tno boldtorf OhristnU Gift Fund. A jery fine programme is bein? arranged, and will include the club's Costume Comedy Comtwu v "The Cheero's," produood wider the dSioi of Maud Blctso-BuckendßC So of the latest and most ere at the Bristol.