AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 2052, 6 December 1924, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

E.M PRESS THEATRE. “A Woman in Chains,” the .sevenact screen masterpiece adapted from the powerful and successful novel of Edward owings T'ownt, is said to make an ideal screen photoplay even when viewed from every angle, it is a masterpiece of film artistry and provides a fitting vehicle for such great stars as Mrs Rodolph Valentino, Martha- . Mansfield, E. K. Lincoln, and William Todker. Adventure, romance, love and suspense form the principal ingredients’ of the plot which, set amidst tropical settings seething with life, drama, a,nd a, tensity that will raise you from vour seats, should gain a generous following during its brief season at the Empress Theatre which commences tonight. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT'. Master Pictures have another delightful surprise in store for intending patrons on the above two nights, when the Warner Bros.’ “classic of the >creen.” “The Country Kid,” will be the chief attraction. The cast, includes Spec. O’Donnell, Bruce Kate Toncray, Helen Jerome Eddy, Edward Rums, and George 0. Pearce, and the inimitable Dairy as> the country kid Another Master picture programme of varied supports will he an added feature with this new change. FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. it is over 30 years since the Fisk Jubilee Singers first came to New Zealand on one of their world toms, and it certainly speaks well for their popularity that they are, like a certain brand of whisky, “still going strong.’ Such a- happy- condition of affairs would not he possible were ill© company to ho allowed to deteriorate hi quality, But as the Melbourne Ago said of a. recent performance: “The now Fisks awakened old memories and made many new friends. It was good to see the old favourite, Miss Belle Gibbons, still holding her own, and one notes with pleasure that Miss Marjorie Alwynne, Harry Penn, and Huntly Spencer are still there to charm us with their voices. In plaintive plantation songs the company is said to be unsurpassed. Tho Sydney Sun, speaking of a recent- perfomnvnce, said: “A house crowded in every part testified to the popularity of these singers, and wo would be'quite safe in saying that such wonderful choruses, quaint negro melodies, and glorious harmonies have seldom been heard in Sydney. ’ The Sydney Bulletin says: “The Fisk Jubiless Singers - are glorious and worth going miles to hear.” The company will open at the P.P.I . Theatre on Thursday Trust.