ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 87, 11 October 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S NEW ENGLISH MUSICAL COMEDY SEASON. What is probably the strongest musical attraction submitted to Wellington theatregoers by the J. C. Williamson management for many years will be staged at the Graaid Opera House on Saturday evening next. " The Girl in the Taxi " is described as a, Parisian frolic in three acts. With it the Williamson firm achieved snch conspicuous success that long runs were sustained in Sydney and Melbourne, compelling the postponement of the Wellington production until now. Following " The Girl in the Taxi" the company will produce " High Jinks " for four nights, and " The Girl on the Film " for two nights. The new company includes C. H. Workman, the London comedian ,• W. H. Rawlins, Field Fisher, Chris Wren, Alfred Frith, Fred. Maguire, and Hugh Huntley. Paul Plunkett is the new baritone, and several established favourites also assist — Marie Eaton, Cecil Bradley, and Dorothy Brunton. There are also three new English comediennes, Florence Vie, Daisy Yates, Helen Hobson, and Gwen Hughes. The box plans for the elevennights' season will be opened at the Bristol next Thursday morning, at 9 o'clock. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In pursuance of the policy of quick changes, the Fuller Proprietary wiU_ introduce some fresh novelties in the initial presentation of the programme which is to be current during the coming week at His Majesty's Theatre. A feature of the new bUI will be the first appearance of Pollard and Jackson, an operatic duo who have achieved considerable success in England and Australia. Mr. Arthur Douglas, a Scottish comedian, will appear for the first, time in a repertoire of Scotch song and story. Miss Louie Duggan, a soprano who has lately returned from England after undergoing a course of study, will appear in a number of selected ballads. The Two Colliers, two song and dance experts, will lend variety to the programme. Mr. Lew Hoffman, the' hat maniac, who appeared here successfully recently, has been reengaged. Snpport will be given to the newcomers by Mr. Leonard Nelson, Rowley and Tointon, M'Connell and Austin (trick cyclists), Charles Edenbury (equilibrist), and Nat Hanley (whistler). The programme will be produced nightly during the week, and a matinee will be given on Saturday. THE KING'S THEATRE. An 'entirely new programme at the King's Theatre to-night will be headed by a four-part Majestic masterpiece entitled "Her Shattered Idol." The story is said to be along lines quite out of the ordinary. It concerns a romantic girl whose ideal lover is a strong brawny fellow, with powerful muscles rather than clever brain. The village blacksmith, as being nearest to .her ideal, is the man for her, and the efforts of her family and her lover to show the blacksmith in. his true light make a remarkably interesting and at times thrilling story, with some clever comedy that relieves the tense drama. The programme includes a Seh'g jungle story, "His Jungle Sweetheart," which tells a story of exciting adventure in the jungles of Africa and then in tha vaudeville theatres of New York. An amusing contribution is offered in the remarkably clever caricature pictures "Cartoons in a Laundry," by the Edison Co. An interesting Graphic will also be shown. Seats may ba booked at the Bristol. "NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER." Annette Kellernian, in "Neptune's Daughter," is still drawing great crowds to the People's Picture Palace, where the last nights of this spectacular romance of the sea are now announced. In almost every portion of the civilised world the name of Kellennan is synonymous with physical perfection and marvellous aquatic ability, and these are all shown to the greatest advantage in "Neptune's Daughter," which is certainly a revelation of the development of moving-picture art, for it needs but sound to make the realism perfect. Various ingenious and picturesque devices, with attention to every artistic detail, make the illusion complete. The house unconsciously bursts into applause at some of Annette's daring feats. The box plans for the last nights are at the Bristol. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. , To-day at noon a programme of excellent varity was screened at Everybody's Theatre. The feature is a Lubin drama of 3000 ft, "Whom the Gods Would Destroy," which tells thrilHngly the -life's story of two partners, their trials and tribulations and the bitter enmity of one for the other. A Keystone comedy, "Merely A Married Man," is full of comical situations. The fourth episode of "The Million Dollar Mystery" is entitled "Third Floor Flat," and in this sensational number, Florence is lured to an apartment house on the pretence that her father wants her. On. arriving there she finds she has been trapped. Instead of fainting or shrieking, this courageous girl plans a desperate escape. The "Gaumont Graphic is also screened. SHORTT'S THEATRE. "John Halifax, Gentleman," which has delighted thousands of readers, has now been produced in moving-picture form, and will be screened at Shortt's Continuous Picture Theatre to-day. Th» story is a most fascinating one. Young John Halifax, who knows nothing of his ancestry save that his father was a gentleman, rises from a lowly position to one of trust. His friendship for Phineas Fletcher, son of the Quaker tanner, his love and marriage with Ursula Marsh, his contest with the tyrannous Lord Luxmore, and his family life are depicted with great faithfulness in the film. THE BRITANNIA THEATRE. To-day's new attraction at the Britannia Theatre is the fifth release by the World Film Corporation Company, entitled "The Gentleman from Mississippi." The story revolves around the adventures in Washington of a newly-elected senator from Mississippi, fat, jovial Bill Langdon, who is sent to the capital by the "trust" interest as an easy mark ; who will carry out their ideas through friendship for the men who put him there. The old gentleman, a cavalier of the old school, has a high sense of honour, and, seeing through their schemes, defeats them. The old man finally falls a victim to the charms of a dashing widow, and the story has a most appropriate finish. MACMAHON'S THEATRE. A strong society drama entitled "A House of Cards" is the main attraction in MacMahon's change of 'programme today. "The Master Key" continues to run its interesting, course. This exciting serial is now in its thirteenth episode, and has only two more chapters to disclose. Comedy in the current programme is provided by a rippling farce entitled "The Hair of Her Head." The Topical Budget and other features ar* also embodied in the bill. . STAR THEATRE, NEWTOWN. " Her Shattered Idol," a four-part Majestic drama, ■will be shown for the fint time at the Slar Theatre. Newtowa,