ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THJSATH& AimmW ef poyulat 1 aillsts ewnitlbute sßiiie talbiihible iteind at Hio MaJtaty's Theatre this Week-. Jbhfl Marh M Q*--bei'b a-fe juggling top--hdts, ifl . i-cebonaibb feu' feom& ehiv-ef- but! feeeeliferie tfa-nein^j tlie Driseoll ftroihers, pattei 1 eemedi&HSi prefee&fc a fuiui,v tui'fl s full of eleau and delightful hutnuiu 1 } &«d Madame l\uee L&renß performs B@me daring fcak feu &4i fterlftl h'&peee. Anothef BtroaH tit* ttfaetioa is the &et provided by Madame Sehcll and her Ifam* This &ek muafe he eeea ta be appreeiabdi Other artiste who contribute ta an Interesting pro* gramme indude "The Mysterious Mtifl--qtter&d©! 1 ," Wykuh&m and Preetnii, M'Kensl© and Quest, and Briuknmn aad the gteeh Bi«ter«. PEOPLE'S PICTURE FALAOE. The management of the People's Pic« turo Palaco liae clodded, in rpßpotmt' to numerous requests, to continue showing "Trilby" until the end of the week. Since it was first screened ib has aU tracted full homes, and has boon very greatly appreciated. It is a Bplondid dramatisation of t George t)u Maurier'a famous work, with Sir Herbert Boerbohm Tree as Svengali and Miss V. Biikett, the well-known English actross, as the famous Trilby. The damn, iB well worth seeing alone, but the management has put on a number of supporting pictures, which are well up to standard. The two principal films are V Chief's Love Affair " (an A.B. film dealing with the capture of a gang of crooks by the chief of police) and " Pals," a pretty love story, showing how a flower girl saves a pavement artist from prison. " Vegetarian's Dream " (a clever trick picture), "Umbrian Scenes," and "Under the Flag of France" are also included in the- programme. THE KING'S THEATRE. Large numbers of people have witnessed "The Brute" at the King's Theatre each evening this week, and the picture has been deservedly popular. It has been arranged with a thoroughness which marks all productions by the Famous Players Company, and the acting is convincing in the extreme. The plot is one of the "powerful" type, with a popular appeal. The Keystone Company provides excellent comedy in "Hullo, Mabel 1" and there is ample war news in the various Gazettes. The programme will be repeated to-night. MACMAHON'S THEATRE. There were large houses at this theatre yesterday, the principal attraction being the presentation of a pretty Western drama entitled " The Old Cobbler." This has the support of an excellent programme of miscellaneous dramatic, comic, and scenic subjects. To-morrow there will be the usual change of programme at_ the head of which is a photo dramatisation of Helen Martin's celebrated novel "The Parasite." This picture is a strong social study, on broad, human lines. It has won the widest press approval, and it is predicted that it will add one more to the many marked successes associated with the comfortable Manners-street theatre. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The chief attraction this week at Everybody's Theatre is Gaston Mervalo in "Warfare in the Air," in whi^h the latest war movements' are portrayed. The production is interesting from start to finish. Charles Chaplin, the principal comedian of the Keystone Company, is in first-class form in "The , Masquerader," axid other eupporting items are "From Peril to Peril" (Kalem drama), "Wife's Athletic Mania" {Lubin comedy), and "The Third New Zealand Expedition." The series will be shown throughout this afternoon and evening. THE BRITANNIA. " The Spirit and the Clay," a two-part drama by tho popular Vitagraph players, is the feature attraction of to-day's new programme at the Britannia. Paul, a young farmer with a gift for clay modelling, goes to New Yprk and becomes famous. Meanwhile his fiancee stays on and works the farm to keep Paul's parents from want. Paul eventually returns to his native home, marries his sweetheart, and takes her to New York. His wife loses her health, and, despite the doctor's advice, persists in standing as the model of a new sensation by the artist. She dies, and the artist sees a beautiful vision of her, and completes his model. The supporting pictures are : " Soubrette and the Simp" (comedy), "Across the Burning Trestle" (drama), "Day on a Boy Scout Farm," "Bombs and Bangs " (Keystone farce), and the latest Australian Gazette. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. The final screening of the current series of the Empress Theatre continuous pictures took place last evening before crowded attendances. A complete change of programme was introduced to-day, embracing dramatic, scenic, topical, and comic subjects. Special attention is drawn by the management to the new arrangement by which the Empress full orchestra now commences nightly at 7.30 o'clock. SHORTT'S THEATRE. The chief attraction in the new programme screened to-day at Shortt's Theatre, in Willis-street, is "The Bells of Reims.", It is a picture replete with the greatest interest from atart to finish, and i is. based on the destruction by the Germans of the famous cathedral, and the many acts of heroism that were performed by the Allies in the defence of that historic town. The film is 2200ftin length, and stands out as one of the most interesting pictures that has yet. reached New Zealand from the seat of war. Supporting items are "Xew Roads Mascot" (an A.B. drama), "Germ of tho Kiss" (Powers comic), "Furnishing Extraordinary" (a Martin comic, "The Norwood Case" (a Crystal drama), and a topical war film, entitled "Under the Flag of France." ' STAR PICTURES, 'NEWTOWN. The Vitagraph war drama, " Warfare in the Skies," enters upon a three nights' season at the 'Star to-night. Charles Chaplin, the Keystone comedian, will appear on the programme in " The Masquer ader." *