THE THEATRE

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 22 August 1925, Page 14

THE THEATRE

PEOPLE’ PLAYS, AND PICTURES

Dorothy Brunibon leaves Australia for England "in November.

Throughout “The Street Sanger • Mr Arthur Stigant’s expression is c-ne ot profound gloom, even while the audience is ishricking with laugnter.

Nazi mo va, the Russian seres.l actress, is at present playing a vaudeville engagements in Paris.

Rosin a Ruck-man,, Florence Austral, and Evelyn Scotnev are ,-inging together in a tour ol England.

John D. O’Hara s company, having h€<?n disbanded in Adelaide, he joined Nellie 13 ram ley s company lor a senes of popular revivals.

Elgar Bey non, a young New Zealand variety artLst, closed the bill at the Alhambra, London, for the week ol May 2d After playing" over a year in England he is anticipating a tour of the Continent.

Cecil Haines, the New Zealand girl, was considered by Guy Bates Post as the most gifted child he had ever known on the stage. That was seven years ago. To-day she is* playing her first grown-up part in “The Masquerader” —the cockney slavey, in Sydney Miss If allies will come to New Zealand with. Mr. Post. '

Information received, from. Auckland is to the effect, that “Rev,TVs Last Stand'’ the first production of the Maori War Films, Ltd., has been an undoubted success and augurs veil tor film production in this country. W e have been informed that through the enterprise of Mr. A. M. Conroy the big picture will bo .shown in Bawera atTithe first, opportunity.

Mau.v fit Miss Ethel Otflborn s friends were delighted to hear /that Mr. Verbrugghen, while in Sydney, ottered her an engagement to- sing with, the Minneapolis Orchestra next season.

“Cbmpromise,” a novel by M-rs. Jay Gelzer, is being prepared by E. I'. Lowe, jun., tor Irene Bich, Louise Fazenda, and Olive Brook. Alan Crosland will direct.

Mr. Shayte darner (formerly ol Auckland), at latest advices was appearing as Mark Anltony in “C.eo patra” at Daly’s Theatre, London.

“Tessie,” a Saturday Evening Post ntory by Sewell Ford, is under production, finst, scenes being made at Universal. May MeA.voy is the star, supported by Myrtle Steadman, Robert Agnew, Lee Moran, Kate Price, Walter Perry and Gertrude Short.

Marion Marlon is working in “The Helen and Warren” series of pictures that have just been .started umler the direction of A.l May at the Fox studios. She lias j n.sib signed a long term contract with William Fox, and this is the first picture under the new arrangement.

A colourful and highly picturesque original 'screen story has been told by Elinor Glyn, the famous English writer in “Six Days.” In her new story the famouw- author of “Three Weeks’ ’ lias developed a story that is rapid and absorbing in action, with, chairaicters that appeal to the sympathies and with th rill Is .ancl romance that lend themselves to the picture form: of presentation. The cast contains many well known names. Oorinne Griffith, a star in her own right, is featured as Laline Kingston, and. Frank Mayo, who has been a star for a number of years, is 00-featuired as Dion Leslie. Others in the cast are Marttle StecLnuan, Claude King, Maude George, Spottiswoode Aitken, Charles Clary, Evelyn Walsh, Mali and others.