ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1914, Page 4

ENT ERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mann and Franks, aa English sketch duo, provide much merriment nightly at His Majesty's Theatre and are very appreciatively received." Both artists possess good voices, and their little playlet "The Candy Girl" gives them an opportunity of demonstrating their vocal abilities. The Lessos are an exceptionally clever troupe of jugglers and sharpshooters, who perform a number of novel feats. In her "Slavey at the Piano" act Miss Rosa Loader has caught the popular fancy, and the other artists are also well received. To-night -the programme will be finally repeated, and on Monday there will be' a change of "bill."

EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. A markedly successful week will terminate at the old Opera House to-night when "England's Menace," a particularly striking military photo-play, and the capital list of pictures supporting it, will be exhibited for the last time. For Monday at noon the management announce a revival by request of that really admirable screen play in 6000 feet of film, "Orders Under Seal," which was right in the middle of a successful ran when_ its career was cut short through an accident to the film which rendered it useless. A new copy has just arrived from London, and those who were unable to see it previously owing to its abrupt withdrawal will now have opportunities of witnessing it under the most favourable conditions. " Orders Under Seal " is a Danish-Dutch naval play, boasting a plot which should prove of special inierest at the present time. The picture is notable for good photography and for the excellence of the acting and the completeness of the mounting. The latest "Gaumont Graphic" contains much piqtorial war news of interest, including "Great Britain in Arms," "Outside the War Office," "The Response to Lord Kitchener's Appeal for 50.000 Men," "Marching Through London," "Recruits for the North Reserve," " Guarding Somerset House," " German Liners at Falmouth," " Scenes on the Thames Embankment," "The Kaiser's Grenadiers," "Hydroplanes and the London Scottish." "The Official Departure of the Auckland Forces," will _ also be screened. Orchestral music will accompany afternoon and evening screenings. MACMAHON'S NEW THEATRE. Few pictures shown in Wellington have created so much interest as has "The Lights of London," the feature film at Macmahon's New Theatre, Man-ners-street. It is adapted from George R. Sims's famous melodrama, which lends itself very well to the kinematograph. People crowded into the theatre Fast evening until the sale of tickets had to be stopped. None appeared die- ' appointed. The picture comes up to all expectations. It will be shown until further notice. Pictures to be projected shortly include "In the Hands of Ku Klux Klan " (dealing with secret societies in China) and "The Story of the Rosary."