ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1188, 10 December 1924, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

• -, . , KOSY. ' “Don’t Call It Love,” a Paramount picture featuring Jack Holt, Nita Naldi and Agnes Ayres, and “It is the Law,” a6evenreol mystery melodrama, starring pretty Mixni Palnieri and Arthur Hoyt, with a comedy und travelogue,- make up a really good three and a half hour programme at tlie Kosy. • • PALACE.. PICTURES AND VAUDEVILLE. “Love,” says a critic, is like a garment. When it is new we 'wear it with pleasure. When it has lost its freshness we wear it. still —but with . less pride. When it is old we twist and turn it and try to make it serve some useful end. But a day. comes round when we we tired to death at sight of it, and are glad to give it away.” Love is the theme of “Let Not Alan Put Asunder.” the Alaster Picture featuring Lou Tellegen and Pauline Frederick, This is one of the best society dramas shown for months and with a .good comedy, gazette and “The Campbell Boys” in their musical turn, makes a programme that should cause the Palace to be packed to the dpors. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. “OUR HOSPITALITY.” The Aletro comedy, “Our. Hospitality,” now showing ut the Paramount Theatre, stars Buster Keaton und depicts the lives of those engaged in a feud. An excellent supporting programme includes a Monte Banks comedy,. .“Be .Careful,” the latest Burton Holmes travelogue and Paramount Guzelto. The music of the Paramount select orchestra, under the direction of Airs R. S. Law, is particularly novel and delightful. The box plan for this splendid programme is at C. G. Swallow's. RETURN OF THE NELLIE BRAAILEY COMPANY. C “It PAYS TO ADVERTISE.” There is keen expectation to see the production of “It Pays to Advertise” by the Nellie' Bramley Company at the Opera 'House on Thursday. “It Pays ro Advertise” is a breezy American comedy introduced to New Zealand audiences some years ago. and it is bound to be heartily welcomed by those who desire to be enter* taiiled. Witty dialogue and unexpected situations, with very charming touches of sentiment, arc the essentials of the piece, and ifs success as a laugh-maker lias never fulled: A novel advertising scheme is tho motif'of the new production, and its operation; is highly diverting to the spectator. Mr Carl Lawson conies with a reputation for holding the main comedy character, and Alisa Nellie Bramley has a sweetly appealing part that should win her additional, merit, SECOND PRODUCTION —“PAID IN FULL.” In the line character play, “Paid in Full,” to be presented on Friday, Aliss Nellie Bramley and her talented company have seore’d-a great and well deserved success. The play, which is wonderfully thought out mid replete with dramatic incident, tells most graphically and convincingly the story of a beautiful, charming woman, of great force of character, married to a villain. Miss Nellie Bramley gives a magnificent character study, in the role of Emilia Brooks. Tho box plans are at Oates’ music store. “DIXIE” JUBILEE SINGERS.

Have you over wondered what it is that makes it impossible to analyse the charm of the negro music ? Perhaps the reason for its unvarying popularity lies in the fact that the negro jubilee is moio than a tuneful song. It seems, somehow, to be the expression Of the soul-longing of a people—full, of marvellous harmony, and yet with something of the wild ringing through it. The “Dixies” give a splendid and varied programriic, consisting of selections front opt*ra down to the boisterous darkey humour. Of tile artists themselves, they are all stars, possessing voices of singular sweetness, rare flexibility, and with a natural instinct for harmony, perfectly trained. Three members of thoi Company are entitled to special mention. They aro Air W. C. Buckner, who has a magnificent bass voice of immense range; Aladaine Buckner, a soprano, who delights all; while Aliss Helen Smallwood, contralto, whose voice is most pleasing, sings with delightful abandon the old favourites of the sunny south. In fact, it is said that these three people are the greatest singers of their race. Tho accompaniments are capably rendered by the “Dixies’ ” own pianist, A 1 AlacGurner, who is also an artist of no mean merit. The company will open at the Ojx?ra House on Saturday night. The box plans are now open' at’ Oates’ music store.