ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 218, 3 June 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"COME INSIDE." Large audiences comitate to accept ..'ho invitation conveyed Uy we title ui Inm aungiiuul revue. Jir. Sydney James s uew iiemu Company has lound a warm corner iu the noarts of local theatregoero. Air. James liub iuiuaed tlie whole company Willi more man a touch ot n.a own maglioiidui, so uil\ snow t'oeß wiUi a. tiv.nt' una u biiay oi ruully elcau-cut amubcniu'iit put lorwurd iu Uie very uesi, oiyu. jjurlesciue 16 Uie Kcyuoic of wie emci'iuiiiluum, out notniut; lvyuircs more clover handling ttiiiu lUat. Tins couipany id oiover uuA i.hu prouuetion is firoi-ciaiio. Bui 11/ is not all comeuy. Aiisß Madeline Hob- , oiier, at the piauo anu on tiic dancuib' ■ iloor, iiiiss lra uibsett ana Josio jaeKSvjii in aong, edUiblish a standard wnica tiieu- ; supports and the lnalo luombers ot tliu i company uvu well up to. To-ilißlu tin; . ooiuviiiiy win siiumii a chance of pro- , gramme, tlie speoial features being a j •'Pantomiuie Cricket Matoa," "A- i'alaiabla i I'oi'tiou ot' Potted Pie," "Two Giddy (Jurates," "A Souu ISceua," with inappropriate illustrations and interruptions by an ineouipoteiit operator, and an up-to-date skit on the picture theatres. The box plans lor to-day's matinee, nißOfortonighi/3 performance, will be on view all day to-day at the Orand Opera sv/tiec sliop. THE ENGLISH PIEKROTS. I The taleuted combination known as tbo ' English rierrots attracted another biy an uience at t-iiu Concert uiiainber of the Town Hall on Saturday etenmg. Their lorm\oi entertainment is Utciueiuy pleasing, and the turns are merry anu bright. Miss Lisa tiangley was again very successful as was also Hiss iiillie Whsou. Ai. the members had to refuse double en- : cores, which the audience would have like-! to insist on. The singing, playing, and' acting, together with the jones new and old, make up a very entertaining programme, «nd the audience enjoyed it to . the lull. The company will repeat the | programme to-night, and a change is to I be given on Thursday.

THE KING'S THEATRE. Jano Cowl iu "The Spreading Dawn" (produced by Goldwyn) is the chief attraction of the new programme at the King's Theatre. The theme ot the story is novel yet in every way excellent. The opening scenes depict a young American girl who is engaged to a captain in the United States flying Corps. Her fiance, who is soon to leave for active service in France, wishes thom v to be married before his departure, but the consent of Mrs. Vanderpil (Jane Cowl), the girl's aunt and guardian, is necessary before the marnago can take place. On the aunt- being approached sho refuses point-blank, and, being pressed for a reason, proceeds to relate the particulars of her own trajic love oD'air. The story of the aunt's life is really the picture proper, and it commences at the time of the American Cm War/ The aunt is then a young girl, and just beforo the outbreak of war she meets a young Army captain named Vanderpil. A mutual falling iu love is the outcome, and the couple are married, but on their wedding night war is declared and the young husband rejoins his regiment. Captain Vanderpil has a younger brother who has become entangled in a love affair with a young married woman, and in his etforts to bring his brother to his senses Captain Vanderpil becomes suspected by the husband. Eventually the captain goes to the woman to make a final appeal to her to dismiss his brother, but the infuriated husband, believing the captain to be the guilty one, shoots him. Before Vanderpil dies he writes a letter to his wife, but BheC believing him guilty, refuses to read it. This letter is put away, unopened, with a diary, and there K, remains through the years. In justice to the longdead husband the niece suggests that the letter be opened. • The aunt hesitatingly consents, and then is revealed the trutnwhich results in final happiness not, only for the'voung couple, but for the aunt as well. The story is presented in a manner that is typical of the Ooldwyn productions previously screened here, ami among; a series of intensely realistic scenes there is one worthy of special men-tion-that of a panic inside a _ burning theatre. Supporting the main picture is a collection of films both new and interesting.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. At Everybody's 'Theatre on Saturday morning a .new serial entitled "The Mystery ot the' Double Cross" was besjun. It may' be explained in introducing the story that Peter Hale, a wealthy youiiE man, returning by steamer to America, received a puzzling wireless: "If you have not as yet received the sign of 'Hie Double Cross,' come at once, upon your arrival in New York, to the Hotel Astor, and there read your father's will." Peter was surprised. On board among the passengers was "tho Mysterious Lady, in No. 7. Heturning unexpectedly from dinner Vvcer discovered the mysterious lady Uiore. bne dropped her handkerchief on the noor. Bending down to pick it up Peter found tho rug pulled out from under him, sciiding him sprawling on the floor, while ,ho lady dashed to her own room. Lainr. Peter discovered tho mark of the double oross on her right arm, and for him tho mystcrv deepened. The chief of the other films shown is "I Love You," a drama set In snnny Italy. The tale is that of cue Mardon, a youne ftench artist, who is tramping through Italy seeking pleasure and inspiration. Ho comeß upon Felice among the (lowers of her father s garden. He gets her consent to pose, nnd she .islieves him to bo the true lover 'jhom she has long awaited. With tho completion ot his 'picture, Mardon tires of her and returns to Paris to win fame as the painter of "The Passion Flower." Crushed and embittered, the peasant beauty awaits his promised return. Armande, rich and discriminating, buys the picture and sets out.to find the msdel, whom he marries. Mardon crosses their path again and Armande, anxious to have his wife painted lis the Madonna, takes the artist into his home, with the result that complications ensue which give rise to deplorable events. A further'number of the "Pathe Gazette also is screened. EMPRESS THEATRE. "The Blind Adventure" is the title of the new picture at the Empreßfl Theatre .his week. The story has to do with a real adventure, but the connection ol the nri» ciples in the story with that adyentur.i -svas nearly all imagined. l lt , wa f s ., wn, J"* imagined up to one point, but attei l'«ii things happened which nearly enmeahed the sham plotters. The real plot hud t>, do with the secret service, a aienteu l', male German spy, and a British omcer. who was her dupe. The ofucer was knu.a by a man higher up in the spy system, and the hero of the pictureis lory was si.ipected of tho murder. That w... a.l Straightened out after a Mtle Ume- i uid he was free to go on with a;.-; her ad en turo-a purely harmless one w th a, wlum sical young woman from lexas. Ilit aiory ends with, the young man in afair «a, <o success in I hat affair, it is a fascmat s detective yarn, but there is in i nothmS of the obvious. The story is real > a ton plcx and miotic one, very skilfully con structed and developed. Two supporting films in till! bill are of good standard One s a comedy about marital .shabbies due to indiscretions and ,«£»«:, ™* <h„ other a nature study film about .he mounting of butterflies.

SEIiLS'S CIRCUS. The proprietors of SolU's circus had to turn reople away on Saturday nxrht. At 2s and Is. the entertainment provided ifl as attractive as can be expected, aim eood husincas may be anticipated tills wecK end till the season closes. The mannff..ment offer prizes for ail-comers in bucKjumping contests every night. The show is located at the corner of Ghuznee and Marion Streets.