ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16851, 16 May 1918, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE.

The first half of the programme at the Opera House this week consists of a series of good turns. Denny and Dunigan, two first-class singers of ragtime songs, who are also responsible for some clever patter, are very popular with the audiences. Private Bell is paying a short visit, and gives sympathetic renderings of his songs. The Balancios give a good exhibition of athletics, and Vesto and Julian juggle well. De Car does his turn of tumbling in admirable style. The second half .is occupied by a revival of the "Kissing Maid," by the Walter Johnson's Revue Company.

MUNICIPAL ORGAN RECITAL. The city organist, Mr. Maughan Barnett, will play selections of the organ works of Vieme, Mailly and D'Evry in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. Other items on the programme will be transcriptions from popular works by , Chopin and Mascagni. vocal items will he given by Miss Jessie Bartlett. 1

ORPHANS* CLUB CONCERT. The Auckland Orphans* Club will open the winter course at the Leys Institute gymnasium, Ponsonby, to-night, with a musical evening, for which" a< popular programme has been prepared! The club's orchestra of 30 members, under its conductor, Mr. G. F. Cater> will render selections from "Orpheus" and "The Bohemian Girl." A quartette by Messrs. Pegg, Binnington, Asbury and Dellow.; songs by Messrs. A. H. Ripley, H. Piper and W. Manning, an 3 amusing items by Messrs. Rud. Petersen and A McElwain, are among the features. TIVOLI THEATRE.' ! Douglas Fairbanks draws large audiences wherever his pictures are screened. ■'■ This week he is appearing in " Wild and Woolly " at ,the Tivoli Theatre. As Jeff Hillington, the son of a railway magnate of Arizona, he scores a great success. He is sent to inspect a proposed line to Bitter Creek, whose inhabitants plan a great reception for him. Their plan is a sham massacre by -Indians, so that his dreams of the Wild West may come true. The ranger of the Indian reserve is called in to arrange all preliminaries, but a real massacre is almost the result of his arrangements. Jeff ultimately saves disaster by his knowledge of lassoing and horsemanship. He also effects a daring rescue of Nell, the prettiest girl in town, who has been captured by the Indians. NATIONAL THEATRE. " The Darling of Paris" is the chief attraction at the National Theatre this week. It is an adaptation of Victor. Hugo's famous novel. " The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Staged -with a setting of the Paris of the seventeenth century, the film has aroused much interest, and the acting of Miss Theda Bara, as Esmeralda, the. gipsy dancer, has attracted a great deal of attention. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Earle Williams and Grace Darmond take the leading . roles in "In the Balance." which is being shown at Everybody's Theatre. The film is an adaptation of, the famous novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim, entitled "The Hillman." Earle Williams plays the part of the "cave man," in love with the dancing girl, whose part is played by Grace Darmond. Other films are shown. . OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. "An American Widow" is shown at the Queen's Theatre,, with Ethel Barrymore in the leading role. "The Butterfly Girl" and "The Cure," the latter with Charlie Chaplin in it, are screened at the Grand Theatre. "The Promise," featuring Harold Lockwood, is shown at the Globe Theatre. - "American Aristocracv," with Douglas Fairbanks, is to be seen at the Strand Theatre.

Douglas Fairbanks, in " American Aristocracy," is to fee seen at the Lyric Theatre.