ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16800, 16 March 1918, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. "" - '. ;; Tnp Paul Stanhope Revue j Company will stage their merry entertainment, "nuzzle Dazzle," for the last tim'o at the i Opera House to-night. The work of the chorus is very attractive. The Harlans . will present a daring and skilful turn, while Maude Courtney and Mr. C, who have been well received during the week, will repeat their turn. The other performers also have somo clever items to present. MALINI. The Auckland season of the slcight-of-hand artist, Malini, will terminate at tho , Town Hall concert chamber this evening. Malini is a conjurer whose performance will long bo remembered an something different from those presented by other magicians. ,flc relies for effect upon his dexterity and neatness with his handsHIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two more performances only of tho sensational photo-play, "Hie Hand That Rocks the Cradle,' which has been shown , to large audiences at His Majesty's • Theatre, will be given. Thero will be' a '■ matinee to-day at 2.15, and tho final j screening in Auckland will be made this • evening at eight o'clock. It is a problem play, in which Lois Weber, the authoress, acts in the leading role. QUEEN'S THEATRE. ' Chicken Casey," to ho shown to-day at the Queen's Theatre, is said to be a verj interesting and original production. 11 The author, Charles Gunn, will be seen • as Everett Hale, tho hero of the tale. | Mavis Marberry, an actress, wishes him to dramatise his novel, so thai she may take the leading part, that of "Rags."' He refuses to do so, and she disguises herself as a slum girl, and contrives a r meeting with the author. After she has i successfully deluded him in a series of ' amusing adventures, she triumphantly | reveals herself to him as Mavis Mar- : , berry. Dorothy Dalton will bo seen as | tho heroin* TI7OLI THEATRE, "The Eternal City." Hail Game's masterpiece, will he shown at the Tivoli Theatre this evening. This is a drama of modern Rome, combining the presentation of tho spectacular with the din- , matic with a skill that, it is said, has _ never been surpassed. Hall Caine himself, in a letter received by the producer, J. D. Walker, said:— "Never before, to my knowledge, has modem Rome been so faithfully, so vividly, and so dramatically presented. I can hardly doubt that this aspect of the "Eternal City" will appeal profoundly to all those whose eyes . are turned towards Italy in the great strugglo of the present conflict." For ' tho production of this play, inside scenes of tho Coliseum and tho 'Gardens of the Vatican have been secured for the first time in notion picture annals. It is said that it took not a little persuasion before tho Italian authorities unbent sufficiently to allow the city to be exposed to tho critical eye of tho motion picture camera. One of the most powerful and dramatic scenes is claimed to be that in which Donna Roma saves the life of David Rossi. David, a socialist, calls a meeting of the people at the Coliseum and Bonelli, his arch-enemy, arranges a plot • in which David is to bo accidentally killed. Roma overhears the plans, and dashes in among tho strikers, saves David's life, and together they lleo the city. ' - ■"""■• STRAND THEATRE. Tho official war views of the battle'of Arras are to be shown at the Strand Theatre to-day. The profits are to bo devoted by the Government to various patriotic organisations. At the evening sessions the views will be described by Lieutenant Longhurst, N.Z.E.F., who participated in the battle. Of this war film a critic has said;—"lt is ag im yet inspiring visualisation of the g;c t 1917 offensive on the Western front. The < attack is vivid in detail, and its taking , was the work of a reckless and skilful' cameraman. Tho troops are seen in ; thousands advancing, falling, and rush* 1 ing on again with shrapnel bursting close overhead, and just in 1 front of them • an be seen the line of our bsirage, The tank - portion is wonderful, aim! it gives a better idea of this man-made monster than any view in the. ' Battle of the '. Ancro series. The views of ,th,o different problems afforded by. the Rivere Sbmm'o and Scarpe, and the ingenious river tramport of barges are quite novel. There ara '■•-. also peeps at the recently liberated French inhabitants of the retaken area, and one i ' part shows the Germans shelling a recapJ lured village. The shells'seem to Ibe actually bursting under tho lens' 1 of " the - ' , camera, tossing mountains of rock, dust - and bricks into the air." .- < ; ' ( LYRIC THEATRE. ,-^ An eight-act feature-play, "Alimony," will be presented for the first'timo at tho Lyric Theatre this evening. It is tho first of the National Exhibitors' Circuit Organisation pictures. Josephine Whittoll and , Lois Wilson have been entrusted with' the J portrayal of tho two leading characters, i The producers have endeavoured to demon- • strate that alimony is the aim and ambition of some women, who regard their husbands only as their bankers. k$ fEVERYBODY'S THEATRE.;'. "Alimony," tho first picture of . the National Exhibitors' Circuit, will bo screened to-day at Everybody's Theatre. e This film circuit was organised by a giotip B of leading American picture-theatre owners, who undertook to buy the best film shown ' oach week in America. r ; The picturo J "Alimony" is described- as an exposure i| of the evil of lax divorce laws. Tho t.-ilo i.! deals with the affairs of Mrs. Flint, .a | divorced woman. She finds that tho | woman whose downfall she was trying to effect suspects her evil character. The " remainder of the picture shows her scheme t for revenge, This picture will serve to . introduco Lois Wilson and Josephine . Whittell, two actresses who, it is said, x have a very high reputation for work in. , America. The supporting programme will t be composed of items of topical and scenia . interest. .-.'■,. f GLOBE THEATRE, i The dainty little actress, Viola Dana, will i be seen to-day at the Globe Theatre in a t drama " The Gates of Eden." A powerful ( story, written by the Rev. E. Danfortli, , the picture should prove a popular one. j Miss Clara Kimball Young will be seen in .| a drama "The Dark Silence." She has j married a man who, blinded in a gas j attack, only knows her for the nurse who I brought him to life and cared for him. t ! The surgeon promises that his sight may r! be restored, and she knows that ho will ! ' then recognise her for tho woman whom 1 he believes to have been false. Many ex< citing events take place. , • PRINCESS THEATRE. , In "The Square Deceiver," to bo screened; 5 to-day at the Princess Theatre, Harold Lockwood plays the role of Billy Van B Dyke, a multi-millionaire, who is sought by fortune-hunting mothers of marriageable daughters, but ho escapes all entangling alliances. Beatrice Foisythc, a young girl of charming personality, tomes to New York. Billy sees her driving through Iho park, and recognises her as tho girl of his choice. How Billy pursues her madly, loses sight of her in the crush of traffic, and how ho secures employment as her chauffeur, offers a fascinating story of romance. It i is said that a very entertaining variety , of minor subjects will also be on tho pro- , gramme. The Princess Orchestra will play f as an (overture Raymond." ] GRAND THEATRE. l "Peggy," Billio Burke's famous picture, - which is to be screened at the Grand i Theatre to-day, is said to be a line story. . Peggy is a 'Scotch-American girl, who , comes into conflict with her stern and 9 proud uncle concerning the doings of an t unfortunate girl of the town. Out of a , very tangled situation happiness is at last a secured, Peggy becoming the wife of a f lovable Presbyterian minister. ' PALACE THEATRE. . [.*{. •; f A novel photo-drama, " The Princess , of Park Row," is at the head of the new / 3 programme to bo presented at tho Palaca . Theatre for the first time to-day. '[Mm , Mildred Manning, as rthe.i "Princess," \,\ i should make a favourable impression. < :r : > The story tells of the many adventures ,";. ) of a "cub" reporter, who has visions of 1 a great "story." He unwittingly be- :, i comes involved in diplomatic strife, ~; ) Many exciting events take place. ™ / >", - ■ I n - HI