ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 69, 14 December 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Tho Manlesa Iblc," staged by the Johnein Ecmo Company, in tlio principal attraction at His Majesty's Theatre this week. It relates the adventures of thrco ahipwrecked sailors on an island whero there is a plonitudo of female Bocicty. If tlm whole thing 1b not precisely attributable to any partionlar race or climo. the costumca at least purport to be Chincso, and tho Betting is novel and plcaalng to the eye. Ernest Pitcher, Harris nnfl Gold, Mario Buchcv, and 1 Km and Dolman figure in the vaudeville bill. EMPRESS THEATRE. To-night will see the final screening at the Empress Theatre of "Whose AVife?" featuring Gail Kane. At the change tomorrow Alexandra Carlisle, a new American screen Btar, will make her dobut in a World illm drama "Tides of Fate." Tho »tory telle of a bright and innocent girl who falls in love witU a scoundrel, a suave, easy mannered ni(Ui of the world. The pathos of tho talo comes with the awakening of womanhood in tho girl, together with the realisation of how sho has been duped. The play is said to make a tense, oxciting drama, with a tine climax. There are somo striking Philippine scenes of tho war in which the American Array took part, which are of much interest at tho moment. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "The Moral Fabric" will ho soreened for the last time to-night at Everybody's Ttieatro. Bessie Love, who will be remembered for her work in "Intolerance," will be seen as Prudence'in the lateßt Triangle production, "A Sister of Six," tho star feature to bo screened to-morrow. Prudence, accompanied by lier six brothers and sisters, arrives in Uoston and. goes to stay with her uncle, Caleb Winthrnp, a forbidding and. feiserly recluse. Gradually, however, tho children succeed in brightening the old man's life. In tho meantime, Garcia has been planning to secure tho Wenthrop Estate. Fearing a lawless aggression, Hepulneda advises Caleb Weuthrop to go West and take charge of the situation. He does so. A thrilling climax shows the attack upon the farm and the defence made by Prudence and tho children. In support of this feature "Tho Ghost Ship," tho 7th instalment of "The Becret Kingdom" will be sjiown. KING'S TBEATEE. To-night will sec tho final screening at tho King's Theatre of the drama "Then I'll Coma Back to You," starring Alice Brady. At tho change to-morrow a Greater Vitagraph masterpiece, "liichard Tho Brazen," a picturisation of tho famous novel of the samo name, will be tho leading feature. Harry Morey has a part which is said to suit him down to the ground, and Alice Joyce is described as bewitching from the first reel to the last. Richard, who is nicknamed "Tlic Brazen," ekes out a precarious existence in a Soho eating house. He, however, has the good fortune to rescue an American girl from death, and ho uses his opportunities to advantage. The story is clover and original. There is a sensational motor smash, and tho picture is full of thrillß

"A DAUGHTER OF THE GOBS." Oil Saturday next, the patrons of (ho Grand Opera Houbb will be given an opportunity to see the features on which William Fox staked a million dollars. They will be able to see where every dollar of the v/ist amount was well expended, The therno is a fascinating flight of tho imagination, narrating tho vicissitudes of the souls of a baby boy and girl who died at a very tender age. Triumphant reincarnation, mythological and fairy-lore, Oriental opulence and medieval battles all figure in the tale. The action in its entirety required 20,000 people, the mob and populace scenes being recruited from tho natives of tho island of Jamaica, whero tile picturo was filmed. The mermaid episode, one of six big features, displays tho carefully-selectod beauties of tho water kingdom, disporting in summer seas and on glistening coral etrands. Miss Annette Kellermann iS starred in this big attraction.