ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16980, 14 October 1918, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE.

The new bill to be presented at the Opera House this evening for the first time will include the last of the minstrel entertainments which have been delighting audiences for the last three weeks. The remainder of the programme will conrist of vaudeville turns. The o.lfa:n Trio I ore reported to be excellent singers and j dancers. Bessie Lester, a comedienne, will make her first appearance. Hugftw Ogilvie, Lilv Vockler, and Emerson and 1 Hasto will "enter on their last week 'Jones and Raines, Ruby Kennedy, and ! Marjorie Alwvne will also appear together | with the Delevale Brothers and Uarhe ; Rooney. | SOLDIERS' HOSTEL BENEFIT. ! The popular comic opera, " adorn' I will be staged m His Majesty's theatre I for four nights commencing .November 6, in aid of the Returned bounded and 1 Crippled Soldiers' Hostel Fund. It is stated that an exceptionally ftrong east of | artists has been secured, and there will be a full operatic orchestra. SANDERS MEMORIAL FUND. An entertainment in support of a fund to assist in the founding of the Sanders Memorial Scholarship wi.l be held at the Town Hall on Monday, October A- Ihe scholarship is for the purpose of training New Zealand bovs for the navy. Ihe entertainment will be under the auspices of the Navy League. TIVOLI THEATRE. Enid Bennett, the clever Australian artist, appears for the first time in a Paramount picture at the Tivoli Theatre this week. She is seen as Mary Manning in an emotional photo-drama, entitled ''The Kevs of the Righteous." Although practically new to the picture-world, Enid Ben-1 nett was well known on the Australian! stage as an emotional actress. Her entry' on the screen was the result of a visit to 1 New York to take part in a modern miracle play. Her talent was recognised, and she was offered an engagement with the Triangle Picture Company. After j appearing in several Triangle p'.ays she joined the Paramount Company. "The Keys of the Righteous" is a powerful drama, with a plot that appeals to picture j patrons. The supporting artists all portray their parts in a manner that holds; the" attention of the spectators. Enid Bennett is seen as a young girl, whose father is a drink-sodden degenerate, and whose mother has lost her reason waiting for her husband's return. f STRAND THEATRE. " I Want My Children," or " The Master j of His House,"' which now heads the pro-, gramme at the Strand Theatre, is a pic-1 ture that deals with a difficult subject in a masterful maner. The author of the | story has kept ever before him the need of; masking his main idea and yet presenting j it in a form that is forceful. The opening j scenes are highly dramatic, and contain an exciting adventure that befalls the' hero I and heroine in a low level of an American j gold mine. It is not until near the end that the true' lesson is brought forward, but it is this very suspense that adds to its power. It is a picture to which no one could take exception, for it is extremely dra/natie, as well as being, a moral lesson to its spectators. William Desmond and Alma Reubens, who appear, are artists whose ability is undoubted. The highly dramatic scene in which the husband turns hifi wife's old suitor out of the house presents William Desmond with unlimited scope for displaying his ability. He makes the most of bin opportunities and puts in some exceptionally fine work.

3 NATIONAL THEATRE. e The current programme at the National - Theatre includes two very good pictures, - entitled, " Miss U.5.A.," and " A Branded • Soul." The former deals with the life r and adventures of a typical American girl, } and' the way in which she regains the s fortune that is rightly hers. June Caprice . plays the title role with great skill, and - the whole forms an enjoyable entertainl ment. "A Branded Soul," in which Glady's Brochwell takes the part of the heroine, is a modem version of the life of St. Cecilia, the patron Saint of Music. The settings are taken in Mexico. The story is very exciting, and some highly dramatic | incidents are introduced. PRINCESS THEATRE. [ " Barbara Frietchie," the chief picture at the Princess Theatre, is a brilliant Metro drama in five parte, with Mary Miles Minter in the leading role. The story is from Whittier's famous poem and Clyde I Fitch's play of the same name, and in i picture form it combines the charm and ; dramatic intensity of both. Other pictures , ore shown. ' LYRIC THEATRE. The chief attraction at the Lyric Theatre is "I Want My Children," or "The Master of His House." The part of the hero is taken by William Desmond, whose acting shows that he is among the greatest and most powerful portray ers of character at present appearing on the screen. Alma Reubens, who appears as the heroine, puts in some very good work. The opening incidents are very dramatic, and some excollent scenes of the interior of an American gold mine are shown. The theme is presented in a masterful manner. GRAND THEATRE. The Grand Theatre is showing "Stranded in Arcady," one of the best films in which Mrs. Vernon Castle has yet appeared. This actress is quickly coming to the forefront of screen artists, by the admirable way in which she handles difficult roles. In this film she is seen taking a 90ft leap into a river, in order to escape her persuers. GLOBE THEATRE. The leading picture at the Globe Theatre is "The Greatest Power," in which Ethel Barrymore is seen at her best. The plot is very exciting, and some excellent'scenes of the interior of a munitions' factory are shown. The story deals with the German Spy System in America, and exposes it relentlessly. A good supporting programme i is shown. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. " The Moth," a Select production, featuring Norma Talmadge, is now being screened at Everybody's Theatre. It is l the story of a disciple of Cleopatra and her ] search for her " Anthony." Lucy Gillam, a rich heiress, is married to a young'man! in financial difficulties. The marriage is unhappy, and the young woman seeks another companion, She meets two kinds of men, one a lawyer, who tries to correct her, the .other an army captain, who leads her deeper into the mire. QUEEN'S THEATRE. ~ The Queen's Theatre is showing "The Interloper," a World drama, featuring! Kitty Gordon. This gifted actress is "here j seen'in her greatest work to date. It is a powerful film, dealing with a wife's unhappincss on account of her predecessor's supposed purity.