DE LAXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 25

DE LAKE THEATRE.

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FRIDAY, 24ih JUNK.

a^agfioation, albeit better music tetter" , "img; more arresting storjes and' eyen: costlier settings ; ji^ve bee» seen before, ' writes a Melbourne critic. '''T{ie I explanation may,be that the Firm 4rJ^nged that it shouUl have no competi-'l tcrs. The proprietor of a Greciatt , grillroom, carried away by his en- ] thusiasm, has even named a new dish 'floast Marie.' " -.-, ■ ' . Mr. Allan Wilkie, of the Allan Willcie .> Shakespearean-Company, which, vpill commence a Dominion tour at Wollingion on 6th July, stated to a 3nterviewer recently pn hisreturn fipni England: "I was extremely mtereated and delighted to find that no fewer than four former members of my company are ntiw prominent Hguros on. the IJon«on End stage, notably Miss Mane. Key (formerly of ■ Wellington), .wfio-, began -.■: her.: prof ess ifinaj- stage careei-: with me in Australia.' She is: now.Splaying an important part:'in "The Opßst^ut tfymph/ at the Ne>y TheStre;: and was also for a tiuie a leading actress 2p Shakespeare's plays at the 'Qld Vie.» Jack Kiiby, who i^ now a loading Jlght la London revue, was my first stage manager in Australia. Anthony Clarke, a -young Taainanian, who commeiieed hjg stage career with me, and Dorothy Seacbmbe, -v?ith several others who were temporarily associated with me, are' 1 ajso doing well in London." ' .■ • Jhi ' the Australian 'production <t£ •J.P^ddy;liong.Leg^" which Jielly has not so far produced in Ne>r Zealand,; the comedy star scored an-:un-qnalifiod success. Jean ■Webster's fain-' ous bboky has "been read by thousaud^.; Butitis safe to say,'? writes an Au§-: tralian critje, never ha^ it been inpre">-iyidlyand sympatheticaily inter- I v pr;et.ed in Australia than by tho excels Jont.^ompany : of artists headed by the I m-ijhajjt---and versatile' : Renee.: • Kelly."'! If Sit/iean be arranged Miss Kelly and', \ A,llen (who also was'•'award:--. p<l.nlgh..-.PJaisp for his fliiistea:pqrtrayß.l.': cf."'-.J?aady')) may stage "Daddy Long; Wellington-" ".The Naughty WifeyW-another pt' Miss: Kelly's - sue-' cesgesj...would also be welcomed, Thecompjiny, ridfr'in the Soutli'lslarid,- will. I'Sißaeti'-invpie: :?fbrt;li.- Island.'■ ;ns# uipnthj'when a tour of the- prpyincial. '-. tliitrlcts will, be undertaken, conimencingfat^MMtcrton on 12th July. ; '■V T^q 'New Zealand actress", Mjs.s. Marie. Ney,:haVine big'part in "Der Weibsteii-' iel,'[ a German ..drama, which wa? pr'e-sent'ed-X&t' the ■ ferand ■ Thmatre,- London.Of the production,/the "Morning Poat'^ said.:r~'iA. "grißping play, made ' eyian . mpr&- intense by: Miss': Marie.; !Ney's" jfcet--ing. .Miss Ney is an Rclniirably yors*t-; ile .actress, and has been perfectly caSt; for the- role. She givesVyou both -the' stark side of the character and its humanity, the primitive, hibhly-sexed craving for an adequate mate and for the right to fulfil the duties of motherhood, atod the fierce,. crafty bitterness that stops at-nothing in the quest for freedpm."

;Miss Hunter-Watt?,-the accomplished Shakespearian -"artist-, will figure again in the principal female roles with the Allan Wilkie Shakespearian Com-fVwliii-l! VvlH commence a Dominion , openi)i at: Wellington 'on ■■■•■6th- . She is reported to have attained jßwatgst ira«q«B|Es in. the co.m-

pany's three 'tateat productions, as Queen Katherinc in "Henry VIII.," Isabella in r#itea S uro for Measure," and Cleopatra., in •' Antony , and Cleopatra." "Whilij Mr. Wilkio was o:i his recent visit to England Miss HunterWatts remained in Melbourne, superintending and designing the new wardrobes, au extraordinarily comprehenshe undertaking considering the many periods of history covered by the twenty-four plays in the company's'repertoire.

Musical Notes. Another instrumental trio recital is promised byrthe clover local combination, Miss Ava Syrnons (violin), Mr. George Elwood ('cello),- and Mr. Gordon' Short (piano), to be held ou 12th July, The trio items will be f Schubeit in D-flat and the Rachmaninoff. Mr. ■Elwood will give a bracket of 'cello numbers. Miss Kathleen Cruickshank, who is giving a song- recital in the Wellington Concert Chamber ou Wednesday, 22nd June, has recently returned from England, where she has been studying singing both in. London and on the Continent for the last seven years. Miss Cruickshank studied with Mr. Frederick King, who is the senior singing profes,sor at the Royal Academy of Music. She also had many lessons in interpretation from, the late M. Mischa Leon, the well known- Danish, tenor. Tn 19-5, acting on the advice of Miss Rosina Buckman, Miss Cruickshank went to Home.for spine months, where she was studying with,Signor Cccchini, Who is the coach' of both Miss Buckman and Mafiame Tettrazzini. Tor the last year in England she was taking lessons from Madame Esta D'Argo. While ia London, Miss Cruickshank gave three successful recitals, besides, talking engagements. The London critics spoke very highly of her work, describing her as ... a singer with a fascinating platform personalty, with an exquiaiteness about her singing .which mske3 one listen to every note and. word.—^'Standard" 3rd July 1926. }

Ignaz yriedaian; the famous pianist, who was cho#en' to take part in the Vienna Beethoven festival, and who is now ia Australia, had a, great reception in SydnejVanfl all the newspapers there were lavish in their praises. Mr. Bayertz in the "Sydney Times'' wrote: Friedman is a great and genuine artist. His astounding clarity has never been equalled by any other pianist hetird in Sydney. It is my considered opinion that Friedman' is absolutely the most completely satisfying pianist heard in Australia." Mr. P. Nolan (''Sydney Mining Herald") stated: '! Friedman in his prime, with the pres,tige from great European triumphs and the' Beethoven Centenary celebration at Vienna, justified the high xoputation by the most exquisite piano playing ever heard in" Sydney. It was au evening of aheer beauty. The big audience, including J;he~ government House party, was manifestly impressed by the brilliant attainment of Pricdman." Mr Asprey, of the ''Sydney Sun," stated; ."A greater A virtuosity than that displayed by Igtiau Friedman at his opening recital has never been witnessed by a Sydney andience.. 1' Hpifetz, the famous violinist, who is shortly to lour New Zealand under ,T. and N. 'fait management,' has very decided views on broadcasting. He hoUa that, owing probably to circumstances over which the bioadcastnig companies have-no control-—"that vugtie, but mattgji influence commonly known as 'statics' " —tho reputations of instrumental players who have been induced to play iij. t]ieir studjoa have suffered, because of tfye annoying interruptions, including "howling." He. has definitely declined, \<^ allow his playing to be broadcast,^ ?.

Th« Picttirts. 'fi|i-';;;:' •'""-■. ":;" Boot Gibspu'i^ijl.cst effort, "Hey! Hey! Oowbpy," aTf'oT'dsaiiother fine op-' portunjty foi- this humorist. An unusually' larg^ cast, .jneluding Katlileen Sev> WJ»eo}efffp^ma«, Clarke Cpniatock;" :.Moate' Montague, Jim Corey, "Slim" Summeryille, Nick Cogley, Mills Davenport, and pthers, plays in support of. the star, j i Lpia Weber, director of "^hp Scnsa---1 tipn Seekers,".wrote'and directed the first picture fourteen years ago. ' In her | latest'picture, Billie Dove and Huntley Gordon have the leading roles, while the supporting cast; .Jnpludes . such weliknown p}»yprp as/ Kayijjond Bloomer, Pflgg-V Montgomery, Yorke, Phillips Smalley, Cferehco Thompson, and Nora Cecil; ,-,','; ■. ; Lightning, tli'd horse,.'Dukej the dog, and Thunder^ thjjf njulo, Pete Morrison's trained trio of aiijmals, appear in ''The ■Desperate Game,'' "•■ starring Morrison,, whohag been training these animals for some time. V . ! „ Eva Npvak-'j^la-j-s the cliief rolo in f'JOor tho Term of His NaturaJ. Life." | Lillian Gish. and Lars Hansen wi)l bq starred in. "Tho Wind," to be directed by Victor Beastrom and Eeginald Barker is to direct; Norman Kerry, Lionel Barrymore, T. Boy Barnc3, and Aileen Priiigle in «Body and Soul." "Qradle Sn.atchers 1' and "Is Zat So?" 'are .the Jafeiit. films to. be made, from celebrated stage successes. The firstnamed is stillln; prbflUGtion, featuring Dorothy Phillips, Louise Fazenda, Dione EUig, J. Fatreli XtacDonaJd/and a big cast, and ia beuig duectea by Howard Hawkes, who iriide 'quell a success of "Fig .Leaves'? at,;the.beginning: of the season. "I(| Zat go?'? has. j»pw been completed, and has proved one of the greatest successes of its kind. Edmund Lowe mi Geqrgq O'Brien play the tight manager and the pugilist, respectively, with' £athryn Ferry, Douglas Tairbariks, jr., Cynl Ohadwjekei and;Phillippe de Lacey in other featured roles. ' Greta (Jarbo^na Bieardo Clortez will

be starred in "Anna .Karenina," from Tolstoi's novel of the same nauu\ -ASlide-Kelly, Slide," a pictuie of the "Brown of Harvard" type, will release shortly. William Hainea, Hany Carey, and Sally O'Xeil, and Karl Dane head a notable casf. The popular stage success, "Rose Marie," is to be made into a spectacular screen version. "Blighty," a British production directed by Adrian Brunei, iB to be released throughout New Zealand. Lillian Hall Davis, Ellaline Terriss, Godfrey Winn, Jameson Thomas, aiul Nadia SiWiakaia enact the various Soles. Commenting on the production after the London tutde screening, the "Daily Clnonir-le' 1 of 23rd March, says: "Blighty,"' the Now Biitish picture, will be a tiemendous= success. Emotionally it is the best -war film yet mado. The story is laid mainly on the home front. It does give some glimpses of life behind the lines in France, but most of the action is played in the home of Lady Villieis (EUaline Teiris), m London. "Mods"'—the picturisation of the Immortal Reheat, is to be released shoitly. The British Press without one exception praised this pictuie to the highest, and "The 'Daily Mail" in an article on the review of the picture stated that "Mons" deserved to be shown in every cinema throughout the Empire, not only for its patriotic appeal, but also because it gripped and stirred the emotions in an o^ erwhelming fashion.

Johii Drew and Ethel Bavryiuore attended the invitation showing of John Barrympre's now Master Picture, "His Lady." John, apparently, is lost to Broadway and to tho theatre.

Ted M'Namara and Sammy Cohen are tho two irrepressibles who provide such a large amount of the humour in "What Price Glory." As Privates Kiper and Lipinsky, the two artists show the audience just how much, fun lurks behind the grim reality of war, and how they have the laugh over that formidable person, Captain Fla'gg. Ted ia a "dinkuin Aussie" and Sammy's ancestors came ■f roni Palestine, and they prove just how successfully the partnership of the two races may be managod. Victor M'Laglcn, Dolores Del Rio, and' Edmund Lo'wo carry off, the honours in die leading roles, making great jinnies for themselves iv this startling film. Betty Compson has been engaged to appear in "Twelve Miles /Our,"' wilh John Gilbert, Earnest Torrence and Joan Crawford.