ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 105, 3 April 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

SCOTTISH CONCERT

Tho Manawatu Caledonian Society has boon particularly fortunate this year in securing first-class talent for its annual concert to be held in tho Opera House on the evening of Easter Monday. On the programme will he found the names of Madame Margaret Mercer, of Dannevirke, and 'Miss ituth Mann, of Palmerston North, the former being a soprano who has delighted many audiences with her rendering of Scottish songs, whilst the latter is the possessor of a particularly strong contralto voice of fine range and sweetness. Mr Lon Barnes is looked upon as easily the best baritone of Wellington, whilst Mr Austin Ulackie is in the same category as a tenor, ’then the humorous side of the entertainment will bo provided by Miss MacKenzie-Eorbes (monologist), whom the best judge of elocution in New Zealand has pronounced to be m the first flight in this particular line. Messrs P. A. Eadie. of Auckland, and Geo. Swan, of Wanganui, are also comedians ot the first water. lie Caledonian Society has introduced variety with the programme by intraducing three local young ladies to render instrumental music, which, together with pipe selections and naional dances, goes to make up the best programme the society has ever got together. Tho full programme will be found in our advertising columns.

PALACE

THE COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG.’

The latest photoplay Irom the Chadwick Pictures Corporation is the dramatised screen version of Franz Lehar's successful musical operetta which rivals and surpasses the fame of his “Merry "Widow.” This picture has an all-star cast, including George Walsh and Helen Lee Worthing. “The Count of Luxembourg” is the romance of a new love and a new marriage presented in a new way. The story has to do with the social life of the palace and the art life of the studio and stage. Throughout it all is the undertone of melody, a harmony of life that holds and lingers long after the picture has passed from sight. “The Count of Luxembourg” is the story ot the life of the artist, the student, .the mode', the plebian, the patrician ail caught up into a web of reality and illusively reflected back from the silver screen. A double thread of comedy runs side by side with the single thread of pathos, that puiehos which is invariably aligned with poverty and struggle. Thrills rival th(y comedy; breathless moments; a street brawl; a girl and a skiff run down by a speed boat and an exciting duel scene. Screenings commence on Monday next at 7.*15.