ENTERTAUNMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 12

ENTERTAUNMENTS.

! ItJS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. : Tha spßrklin£ comedy**' She Stoops to; Cosgner" will be -presented at His ' jfejegty'a ~Thoatr«■■. this evening ?.by.' the ■ Allah Wilkia" Company, ' M*,' WUkie will takg thV park of Mr. .vHardcaitliß,;'' the quaint old English gentleman whose house is mistaken for &n inn- Miss Frediswydo Hunter-Watts will appear as Kate Hardoastls, a ' role that giveß be? an "excellent* opportunity of; displaying "her".' bistrjoaio powers, 'this fins «Jd play is reagent of wit of bygone clays and neves fails to appeal to modern audiences* ;■ - v OPERA ItOCSB. The Bert la Blanc Ravua Company continues to attract large audiences at the Opera House. The other stoma are of an attractive nature. HOCKEY ASSOCIATION CONCERT. The concert programme arranged by the Auckland Hockey Association in aid of the association funds, and which is to be held in the large Town Hall on Thureday. August 14, should appeal to 'the moaio-ioving public of Auckland. The programme- is rich in .variety, Vocal items will be rendered by' Misese Laura I Stone and Lambert and Messrs. Fred i Bourke, H. Richards and the Lyric Quar- j tette. The'' Albert Symphony Orchestra j will play selections, Mr. EL Baxter and Mr. B. Adams will rendsr instrumental items, and monologues ana recitations by Misg Zoe Bartley and Messrs. Allan Mc Elwain and Tom Harris will complete the programme. Sweets will be on sale in the hall by members of the Ladies* Hockey Association, sod everything points to the concert being most successful. Tickets may he reserved at Whitoombe and Tombs. SCOTS CONCERT. Tha Sir Walter Scott anniversary concert, which has been organised by the Si. Andrew's Society, will take place on August Is, in the Town Hall concert chamber. A good programme has been arranged, end the following artists have been engaged':—Miss Atisa Lewis, soprano; Miss Jessie .Bartlett, contralto 5 Mr. H. W. Jessopp, tenor; Mr. Charles Hunter, baritone j Mr. Wbigbtman Mcuombo humorist; and Master" and Miss McLachlan, dancers. The Rev. J. W. Shaw will deliver the , anniversary address. BAND CONCERT. yPhe Cite Band will give a performance in Albert Park to-morrow afternoon, when a osHastioa will be taken up in aid of as old member of the band, who is at present in distressed circnmstrmces. A concert is to ho held in the Town Hall ou Saturday, August 23. An esceJ'emV programme of vocal and instrumental items is being arranged, and the whole of the proceeds will be devoted to the earn© purpose. ?■-*■ STUDENTS* EEcmji. : The special series of invitation roc Sals by students of Mr. Walter laspett will be continued at Messrs. Lewis B. Eady had Son's, Queen Street, showrooms on Monday evening nasi at eigbfc o'clock. A very fine programme has bean arranged. " "7" ' *" OBSAN RECITAL. : The weekly municipal organ recital *ffi fti gS v e» «5 the Town HaQ to-night. Ibe prograajpsa will Include works by tJssroe and HoUoway,, Schubert's " Military March," and Chopin's popular " Nocturne in R gat*** The city organist Kill also give the Qsso performance of a new'work by Br. Hathaway,""an English composer* visiting Auckland. Mr. H#ert Sorter" wiU b» m* vocalist. ' ■? ,".,."'\; CSEH» TQWBE? %sasik*, A irccital will be given in the Town [fall concert chamber on Tuesday, August 10. Sb 8 s».m , by Mr. -snd Mrs. Cyril rowseyj assisted 'by ' Miss. Winifred *lifehell, Professor. &'' Watt®?, and Mr. K.- Wright, .- ->..'> ■: [ ; ' ..Mies : : Valeska Surattj-iOae of America's Inert film actresses, will bo «ssn at tha. National -'.Theatre '■'"to-day'"' in Iteyi latest success, "A Rich. Man's Plaything." in Aiaarlcaa critac writes of the play -*—«■ * Vafieflca ShraH's latest feature film to se rofeasaa by : Willlani Fox, Is ' A Rich Slau'a Plaything.' Tha title of this I uctara- is almost self-explanatory. 1% I » the story a bumble enmity girl who a thrown into the life of a financier who, to escape the city .life he has come 0 bate, goes to work in one of bis , syater v csnoeries wfesre,.Marja.'<^Rie4"**! neagre living. Thi» wealthy man grows tov§ the girl, bat/is haunted by the ! 'ear that if bo should, marry her T and . )!ace her in the environjncnt of wealth • she would - become Jika other women he I »ad known. And * be pui^ ; bar to thai «at» . It .was a. crq-I, .anjusiafied te»i,' It makea her a mere puppet, a plaything ; n ms hands. When the giril disceverav no "te.Bt-i.-or • what to : :a"' ,: trick-— 'j : she spams the man, ; and he. at last i •omea to . know the nobility of the WW*:. Seldota baa Miss Sura» bad a * saa which, better fitted, her. ; Seldom i ias that actress responded more com-. ; pletely to any role; It is a Snratt story, and the famous Empress of Fashion i' «tnapbs in it. l A Rich Man's Play- 1 bmg gjves Miss Sdratt another rare' ' >pportt!Uity to display those beautiful ! speftfaoos which, so delight the feminine T' ado of a« nfotion picture audiences. ; tod Mis? Suratfi shows off Ibeao. gowns-' ! with her custoimaiy abtHty. Another 1 ! 1 raarante© of- the fixceDeace of this film > s that it was direqtsd by Carl Karbnrffh ] tnd photographed by Georges Benott, ' ™»°* whom need any introduction. m? Snratt a supporting east ". in * A Jich Man's Plaything/ although containng many players new to Fox audiences* ! 1 up to the 'muA high standard of i. hese productions. Among the old Fox ' &Hard-are .?->hn Dftfan and Cfaarleß!* /raig, well rpfiimnbored for their work I » many Wilbam ?ox productions.!^ m?n- °"J*P wi!} make **■ debut o WiHmn? Fox, audiences In «A Rich • f«» Plaything,* ara Edward 'Martin- i Sa " Caj a«»tegß» and Gladys j Tnroij THEATRE. 1 ,"Th« 2 ewl Stoned featuring Miss , kraldine Farrar, will be screened at the j •volt Theatre fetwiay. A critic writes of i M play "The story affords Miss Farrar » exceptional opportunity to display her est emotional talent, and sf| offers a ftaractorsa&oiJ entirely different from. i ayth<ng an which she has appeared before. ; lies Farrar is first seen as Marcia Hanoi, i mmple Breton- fisher-maiden, who has j mnd an # exmiisUe. . emerald, and which, »_ bar simple . superstitions belief, is a sl|e of the legendary of an ancient Norse lueen. This extremely valuable stone » ion attracts the attention of the miserly i wner of the large Breton fisheries, and ( is greed is so excited by & glimpse he * i accorded of the emerald that he bends rery effort to win Marcia in marriage, 'ith success. Marcia soon finds that the -one is his sole interest. The miser steals ae diadem and then plots to get rid of , in wife by compromising her with his nsmeaa manaw, Guy Sterling, in whom ' he has taken a deep interest. Marcia ! I S er h^ nd e)6aiin « over tb6 i * rtl ril" t n l ff r, rt to re ? ain Possession T. the stone she kill, him ' n seff-defence. he girl on whom 5? mßrb misfortune has ' «?n showered by the fatal stone journeys h. SJSS" J loine ™$ P'aees the R em in he hands of the {rood pre*t of the Chuirh he is eventually married to her avm • n'addßion t SP™ Wade '™Z Si 7 addition to heinjr an artistic m ß( ,ter. &"!L - / riflmph - 'ThaSS wona has addfd drawinp power through ORAND THEATRE ' are dramatic atmy^isl^bv 3 £* eading lady, •an to the eyes at one moment, and at !&.T y u? ext fe he? ajidience roariuK vitn laughter. She registers equally wefl WMtas of the broadest comedy, of tense hwnatw interest, and in adsiiitsaa performs

Itwio ih.it, wenld pot -to,.shame, many..? ■the. stars who have won their fame becatis of their ability to ; inject thrills into i ,; picture.' > all 'c,. line emotions from broad comedy to absorbing dramas the "tale is told "so that it is :eaey' to foUipy.i rßpcatrae' 'there are some I. thrilling - dramatic : scenes' ■ dee*' ■ jot mean I that .'/anything the least* bit objectionable [ever is allowed to creep into the 'tolling [of~the tale, and this pietoWtm^gpes-to. I -prove thai sensational- scenes can be '. so bandied as to miko jz|em perfectly'nre'pej>. for anyone to they still refcafo all of their absorbing interest, stfine./-In.: this feature being so capably done that the theatre-goers will find themselves gripping at the arms-of their chairs and entirely lost In watching the exciting events being unfolded on the eilver-Hsheefc. QUEEN'S THEATRE. •.•■ A" -great programme is antseuneed "to-. day at the Queen's Theatre, "when the well-known screen actress, Madame Alia Naishnova will appear- In the preemption' entitled "Eye For Eye." A critic writes : *' The title ' Eye For Bye,' which has been givwi to the super-feature in which the distinguished and ; talented! actress I Naziraova is starred, was chosen for the production by- the adfcreas herself, lb© picture is a screen adaptation', of ,the j stage play, " LXtecidamV written by the Belgian dramatist, Henri Kistemaeckcr, 1 but Madame Nasiarova did no& consider the French title a good one to as©, and so adapted the Biblical words ' an eye for an eye, a tooth "tor a tooth.* which ex- \ presses the idea of the plot where a ./young Arabian girl wishes to take revenge into for'own hands and demand 'an eye for an eye,' Without the formality of the law of the land in which she lived." PRINCESS THEATRE. A new programme of motion pictures will be screened at the Princess Theatre this afternoon. Aft the head of the bill will fee's dramatic film entitled "A Marriage < Ring," produced fay Fred Niblo. The siory, briefly, is; —Anne, wife of Husrh Merfcons, gambler and criminal, n> forced to help ii» many of his schemes i Tiring of her degradation, she reserves to leave him,,- He suspects her, and arranges to go to Honolulu, Where he i*. convinced there are several "born every minute." He .entices a wealthy ma». from Honolulu* to bis 'San Francisco apartment for a card game. The visitor catches birn cheating, and "after danouno "• ing ( the couple as crooks he makes f coinplaint to the, apartment clerk, who orders them to leave their rooms. Aline, who has received a ticket for Honolulu from, her husband, exclaims she ia tired of him and his ways. He threatens, her with a revolver, and in the ongoing' struggle the weapon is discharged, and Mortons falls, apparently dead. Anne escapes from the room and heads for Honolulu, believing herself a murderess. On the steamship she meets . Rodney Hesthe. » planter, with whom she falls in love. His mother invites Anna to stay at her home. Many exciting incidents occur, STRANG THEATRE. . • * Charming Miss Norma Talma will bo seen* at the Strand Theatre to-day in her , latest success, " The Heart of Wetona." I A critic writes of the play*--" There ia never the slightest donbV m. the mind of ! the spectator as to what Norma Talmadge I is facing to convey. None of Norma Tal- I madge's impersanationa has revealed deeper I feeling or a better understanding of the I art of acting. And, on the other hand, ! she never oversteps .the demands, .'of"the i situation. He? acting is always clear and I concise, and dominated by a fine sincerity. I As Wetona, the eh3d of an Indian chief I and his-white wife, aha is picturesque and I beaoferfufly human, and the story- of her j adventure befote «he finds her real mate j will be foJJowed with compassionate "inv terest." The story, brienV, isWeton* jaa half-Indian girl who, ha* been wronged by the .wan" she loves. ; Shis refuses to toll the name of-her lover, ; and, Hardin, the agent ip aharjre.of the reservation, Is ?«PP« of tew* Wetona'a lover, Hardin I is m love, with Wetona, bat has kept it a,. secret because he has never been bfkoi any encouragement To protect* Wetona, J Hardin marries! ;&er. She is ousted from ! the trge. ; . Wetbna later, learns that she loves Hardin and not I»ny, so, with her j father s forgiveness and * seat man's love, she...» madehappy.* , • '• vm® ''tpeatbb. . Winsome \ffl&sp Kennedy will make he? initial bow ife-day at the Lyrio Theatre, a reeept #54d*y« release entitled Friend Husband." A critic, speatdng of Miss Kennedy's acting, v eays Atp«»g«- ,"** ? is Sieve* merely * sweet to m* to, when someone really needs her. the screen queen gives quick aid* whotner it be.an understanding ' taftj, the tean of a frock tea girf at wiU* *5? *°*!W herself for a part, or »•% substantial assistance whrai the need is .She is more a, real woman than ?kFTO ' Pirtsr. anther daily life at the Goldwyn Studios is a tribute to toe normal, even life she pprancß away from If i. -Jhat she is an accomplished- artiste, versed in, all fche.snbaeties of the stays, fe the most natural thing in the world to Ujoso-who knew that beneath' Madce Kennedy's soft ceils of hair is the molt fevef of heads. gee Bw» to, improve herself, »nd to her, pleasure is secondary to artistic advaocement. ,, A |lm showing FUght-Heatemmt HawWa ■leparture from Newfoundland and sobsequent protracted arrival ■» London is included m the programme. ; The film »Ba of the tremendous sensation and dis* appointment when it was reported Haw. ter had been lost, in his brave attempt fco cross the Atlantic, and of the sobse-luent-rescue and tremendous welcome on ins arnvalm London. No incident of recent times caused such a stir, and th« 0 * P«!««*w interest Jtner films will bo screened. *SLOBE THEATRE. Included on the new programme to Hi' icreened at the Globe Theatre to-day, win w a comedy eatiUcd " A Plane Storv. " m > synopsis is: Colonel Brown, chief >t the Aviation Service of the U.S A •eceaves a new code of the service. The py has orders to get « copy of it. m Tfes first to bribe T&ube, X is chirf 0| B<corP?8 < cor P?- Rub « « tosultod. Uater the aviator w approached. As Snbe has onsted him for the favour of be colonel's ***&&»> Madge, he atempts revenge. , e ffl m 8 said to >e very omusfng. The other filnV to be icreened fa entitled "The Mate of The «Sonr *** iS Ba!d to '««e* EVEBTBOPY'S TEEATRB. Two Years in Hen, M the new atIts Bverjrbody's Theatre, Wtta greened before targe attendances yeserday. It is an excellent film. There s a good supporting programme. PALACE THEATRE. Frank Keenan win be seen at the PaW tre w t bis latest masterpiece^ tofwa l b n e t ste°e£r nUlß ** ot^