AMUSEMENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1925, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

.....OPERA HOUSE. ' • .' .'/A Western •Muskvte.er,” which is to hdlu.ti.w plu.e ■vi.’nyh'our on the screen at th? jjutinee tu-dny at the Oyera House, and again tonight has ,-beui aceluiiho.d. as. one of the best pictures of ris type ever mad-;. I't iu(ls the stur/of trie wiki and woolly, and .is:a rajpuj ,fii’e,\ci.raina of riding, straight sliootiiig,.'-blood curdling viiJiiliy, and has’a bye hundred per cent. ■American hero. . In the hapds of. Eer MaLney, the ’ star, and William 0. Bertram, the director, it; has developed into , the vigorous and compelling him dfaina. of the West as it is-to-day. ~ .Sunday.—There are a./host .of favourites in the case. •of .‘‘Woman ProM” in support of I’hpipas.Meighan in his latest Paramount comedy drafria ’“Woman Proof.” Lila Lee is the delightful leading Lady, -arid others are Robert Agnew, Mary Astor and Vera Proof” .was .written by ;thb same maii who was responsible for Mr .Meighan’s .previous two successes, {‘Our Leading Citizen” and “Back Honpj and Broke.” “Woman Proof” will bo shown at the picture benefit on Sunday/' ’ . ■ Monday.—A {double star programme will be shown; oh r Monday. ...The first picture is'-a 'five-reel Universal “Loveletter” starring. Gladys. Wrilton, and ';the.. second’ Y ‘feature is “The Lorie Chance” starring' John Gilbert.

a. '.l'"-*’♦*«•*./«i»». r .<«.•.-• • HAWAIIAN MELODIES.

Hawaiian have? always had charm for : most.-- people, ■ perhaps becaxfse they are spontaneous, tho gift of music and soilg coming naturally and free to the people of those happy islinds... Few people have the oppori Unity of hearing these songs and seeing" these dances - by actual Hawaii ans. Uir-T'Uesday a company of, Hawaiian musicians arid daheens, under, the leadership of Ernest Kaai, will open-at the Opera House.; ;Mr {E. J. . Carroll;/’the well-known erit'repreiKifr, is responsible for bringing this entertainment .to ,New; Zea|.ind' , The jriggramme will be . divided ’ into two parts,, the first consisting entirely of Hawaiian songs and sung in Hawaiian tongue, , and the second the latest jazz and dance music, but played in the characteristic mariner b? Hawaiians. The artists will, appear on the stage in Hawaiian costume, and will wear rob nd ihoir . hecks wreaths of garlands of/the ' Elima, . tho, Hawaiian . royal flower/ and;’the emblem of festivity, song, music ;.and dance. Kaai’s Hawaiian,/ are. described as a combination o.f. Ilawaii’o .greatest vocalists, instrumentalisjs and dancers. They are twelve in number, playing on fourteen different instruments, and tiieir entertainment from start to finish be a real novelty surprise. always' refined and'in ‘good taste.; There iij’nothing overdrawn in their beautiufl offering,. “A'YNight < in Hofibluiu,’” which,i s declared to have, a charm, and fascination all its own. No other conibiriuiion 'of the kind,'it is s'aid, has -received/such ■ enthusiastic welcomes in e fyry I .:pai't of <the world. Their’s is an eri.tertain;nieht s that grows on one, and epmpels admiration.- The box plan is npw;opeh at;'Webley’s.-■ ’ ’ *’' . AN SOCIETY. . The mon th ly • 1 ngleside., of ;the G rey Caledon’an S'.ciety took place last ev. ening; when -.tdt'ere was a Hco.rd a'ttendance. The evening's' programme was in;|he. Kinds of the -bichelor.s. who hi- ( two• noyitl .-edmpeti cions. Iha first ;fbi hr of' a costume inakin<£compoti t’bjiri in. 'wh ich the men we re snhpljed’. with.-mews.papers, and pins, arid Ts) fit the paper costiiriiri <M a ’ladyi'Y.T.K? best cost'u'me was m- dd/by Mr'Blhcki' ’ Iris model "being L’oun^ri.-|j).Ah e -s<‘ c ??. n 4, couples c-fveri Hie:.'name of,, a s-mig and if d dhrSybistle ,'it ■;i Tile win. ns v.-f f.y, Mrs; j{e/n Teinu nt. and Mr were given by M? J. :•'TpririfnHay*’fl. 'A(cQu, an -1 cF'sk and Tenirnt mapdolinvnrd-lyin-lipK Miss -E’sio b'ornpire, npcl/siv ;'a., flihri. Dancing was: irid’dcM ih'/tilT midnight, and ayi r'te■ jrafreshnirm •.•■Tyro, hrnyided by *l.X.’i.h'i 'Vc.- .Tl n Inj-i'g' •’ g ’ otfff'n ip it i+ho Clii /Mr Q, MCI f*.'” l . ..''prniu-ice.d .that, = ' ’'isif. , tn,;.'.’-"J. TD 1 -? • i- ‘-''"ertv. bad .orrirnged fob Wedne?day .next. ' ? ' '- SACRED CONCERT •Vp innd”<‘’ n n.which w)l] no ilonM r- Io f ’.n . pepec -I <••>; Vd>'t. Jp; St. (’oliimha. Hal). , /n-, T> j r 7 n , T ’|

(lid programme will be contributed to by the loading singers and -eloc”tiopists of Gr.eymon.th, including Miss Marie Parfitt and Mr. P. ;T. McGrath, two West Coasters, who achieved considerable success against all. comers at the recent Christchurch Competitions.; . .-, z ,