ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17256, 4 September 1919, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ALLAN WILKIE SEASON.

" Camille," the dramatised version of Alexandre Dumas's most famous novel, " La Dame aux Camelias," is announced for the last three nights of the Allan Wilkie season, and will be produced at His Majesty's Theatre this evening with Miss Frediswyde Hunter-Watts in the titlerole, and Mr. Allan Wilkie as Armand Duval. Miss Hunter-Watts is said to give a powerful impersonation of the unfortunate "Camille,." a role she has starred in in different parts of the world. Only quite recently, while on a health-seeking visit to America, the popular actress was persuaded to appear as " Camille," and scored a, success. That " Camille" has an enduring place in the theatre has been amply proven by the sustained enthusiasm attending various receptions of the play.

OPERA HOUSE. , The current programme of vaudeville produced at the Opera House is very popular. The Bert la Blanc Revue Company produces witty revue, and excellence characterises the various " variety" turns.

MUNICIPAL ORGAN RECITAL. The city organist will give a recital in the Town Hall on Saturday evening next, when he will play .Bach's "Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C," an Impromptu" by Coleridge-Taylor, Rubinstein's " Reve Angelique" and the "Miserere Scene" from Verdi's " Trovatore." Mr. .1. Wallace Atkinson will be the vocalist. LYRIC THEATRE. Alice Brady has returned to motion pictures after an absence of some months spent with the American Nursing Division. She appears at the Lyric Theatre this week in what is considered her greatest success, a drama entitled " The World We Live In." She is seen as a working girl who has neither money, friends, nor good looks, but she is blessed with a happy disposition. Miss Brady's work is highly commendable, and she has chosen her supporting cast well. An announcement is made that Charlie Chaplin will appear on Saturday in his latest film success, " Shoulder Arms." Of this picture an American critic writes:— "The new Chaplin is divided into laughter zones, and every episode is worked out to the last ounce of its comedy possibilities. From a raw recruit in the hands of a drillsergeant Chaplin passes to his bunk pasthaste when the 'awkward squad' is dismissed, and dreams that he is 'over there.' Chaplin certainly had the strangest of adventures in Flanders." e STRAND THEATRE. Miss Mabel Normand, who is considered one of the most amusing comediennes \ appearing in motion pictures, is to be ! seen at the Strand Theatre this week in I her latest success, " Sis Hopkins." Down | to the smallest detail the settings are unusually perfect. Mabel Normand herself is responsible for acting which afforded the entire company much laughter. The supporting programme contains commendable films.

"SHOULDER ARMS." " Shoulder Arms," is the title of the latest Chaplin film, which will be screened at the Strand Theatre for the first time on Saturday. It tells how Charlie, as a soldier, finds himself in a ruined cottage in Flanders. " The scene changes to German headquarters," writes a critic, " where the Kaiser, the Crown Prince, and Hindenburg are expected. Chaplin and the girl he has rescued from the German in the wrecked shack have considerable fun with the ordinary soldier, and when the ' All Highest and Co.' arrive the Kaiser and his kind get plenty of bruising, to be finally captured, with Charlie running the royal automobile right into the Allies' camp with its load of Hohenzollerns." He has many more amusing adventures. The supporting programme should be a good one. GRAND THEATRE.

Sensationalism is the keynote of the photo-play, "The Devil's Needle," screened this week at the Grand' Theatre. Miss Norma Talmadge, undoubtedly one of America's greatest screen actresses, appears in the leading role, and her characterisation is splendid. Her work in the several love scenes is specially commendable. The supporting programme is a good one. An especially attractive programme is announced for Saturday, and is said to contain some excellent pictures.

QUEEN'S THEATRE. One of the finest estates in America ■was used for screening " Social Quicksands," which is at the head of the bill at the Queen's Theatre this week. Six hundred acres were at the disposal of the Metro picture-makers, and practically every rural location needed for this play was within range. The country theatre, which is built of field et-one, was used as the exterior of a hunting lodge, in which thrilling scenes of this photo-play occur. PRINCESS THEATRE. " Fuss and Feathers," the unusual comedy-drama screened this week at the i Princess Theatre, has been well appreciated by picture-lovers. The story telle ! of an old prospector who found gold, and ' who was called to San Francisco to negotiate a sale of his mining claim to a promoter. He took his daughter Susie with him. When they -went to the promoter's house for dinner, the uncouthness of Susie and the conspicuous lack of polish displayed by her father, brought a sneer from the wife of the promoter, whereupon Susie indignantly dragged her father from the place, hired an instructor to teach her manners, acquired an education, and wound un her romance by marrying the son of the millionaire mining man. Other films are screened. GLOBE THEATRE. " For the Freedom of the World," a photo, play, which has attracted large attendances at the Globe Theatre during the week, will apy.ear for the last time to-day. ' It is a splendid exposition of German brutality. This story tells how a young wife manages to make hc-r way to the firing-line in the disguise of a Red Cross nurse, thus placing herself and her husband in danger of court-martial under the stem military code. A villain who had lost in earlier rivalry for her hand betrays the situation, and the husband deliberately shoots his wife rather than have her exposed to a firing squad. TIVOLI THEATRE. Miss Elsie Ferguson, always an attractive actress, may be seen in the latest, and certainly not the least artistic, of her photo-plays, at the Tivoli Theatre this week. The story, which is entitled " The Rose of the World." deals with the love of a woman, whose early married life is touched with tragedy. The action of the play is laid in an Indian frontier village, and the picture is not lacking in Oriental atmosphere and picturesque settings. The simple English scenes towards the end of the. piny make a pleas.int contrast to the ornate Eastern interiors. There is an entertaining supporting programme. NATIONAL THEATRE. One of the world's most famous screen vampires," Miss Theda B.ira, appears |at the National Theatre this week in a I magnificent film of Russia, entitled " Rose jof Blood." Miss Barn is seen ae T.isza, ) and was specially chosen for the role by Charles Ordynski, the author of the photo. play. Mr. Ordynski, who himself acts the part of the leading revolutionist in the film, was born in Poland and lived there for many years. Other films are screened. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Roscoe Arbuckle. the inimitable '• fat man" of motion pictures, is seen this week at Everybody's Theatre. The programme will be changed to-morrow. BROADWAY THEATRE. The great serial, "Wolves of Kultur," will be commenced to-day at the Broadway Theatre- Other films will be screened.