ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

" GOODY TWO SHOES." The pantomime, " Goody Two Shoes," continues to attract large audiences to His Majesty's Theatre. The entertainment contains attractive songs, ballet* ami j interpolated specialities. Two perform- ! ances will be given to-day, the matinee commencing at 1.45 p.m. OPERA HOUSE. in'^;h Bari ? Lupm °' who k».been seen in both pantomime and musical comedy in Auckland is to make his initial bow to" I local vaudeville audience at the Opera House this afternoon. The .-lever English. c ( ,med:an will present an original oomedv turn. He will be supported bv tha Walter Irforge revue players and the other perj formers who have been giving individual I ; turns throughout the week. CHAUTAUQUA SEASON. ; The Chautauqua Association will open I ; its Auckland season of one week on i j October 25, in the Town Hall concert i chamber. Programmes will be given each ' j afternoon and evening. Every programme ! : will be different, so that the week will j include 12 complete concerts and 11 lec- ■ tures. Among the musical organisations ' that the association will present, are the ' Zedeler Symphonic Quintette of Stock- ; holm, Sweden, the Fenwkk Newell Concert Party of New York, and the Lyric Quartette. The lecturer? will include ■ : Judge George D. Alden, of Massachusetts, j ! who will speak on present dav problems; j Dr. Caroline Giesel, of Battle Creek, i | Michigan, health specialist; Dr. Arthur j j D. Carpenter, who will speak on ! ; astronomy; and Mr. M. C. Reed, en civic I j problems. The Chautauqua is being in- I i troduced in New Zealand by a New [ j Zealand society. Tt is not connected ' j with any organisation in America, al- i I though arrangements have been made be- i tween the local association and the Amen- j I can Chautauqua authorities for the interchange of lecturers and artists between I fho countries. All proceeds will go towards the further development of the ! Chautauqua movement. : MUNICIPAL ORGAN RECITAL. j Tie city organist has arranged an attractive programme for the organ recital ! in the Town Hall to-night. He will play j the first part of Austin's " Pilgrim's Pro- I gross." a"" narrative tone poem based on Banyan's work, organ compositions by Guilmant and Kinder, and Dvorak's popular Humoresque. Mrs. Cyril Towsey will be the vocalist. ALOHA ORCHESTRA A conceit ■will be given by the Aloha Orchestra and Smart Set Entertainers In the Town Hall concert chamber next Wednesday evening. Bright music, songs, and dances will be the order of the evening. Mr. Walter Smith, who is organising the concert, will contribute a ventriloquiai item. The Auckland City Band will assist at the concert. MISS STELLA McLEAN'S RECITAL. A recital will be given by Miss Stella McLean, dramatic soprano, in the Town Hall concert chamber next Thursday evening. Principal among Miss McLean's contributions will be " Un bel di Vedremo," from Puccini's " Madame Butterfly." Selections from the works of Henschel, Bishop, Charpentier, Massenet, Thome, Macdonald-Bonner, Parker, and Caracciolo, will also be given. Miss McLean will be assisted by Mr. Barry Coney, who will sing " Eleanore " and "Star of Eve;" Mr. George Poore, flautist, who will play " By the Brook," and Miss Made;.' 1 McLean, pianist, who will play Liszt's " Etude in D Major." TOWSEY-MITCHELL RECITAL. A very fine programme has been arranged for the recital to be given by Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Towsey and Miss Winifred Mitchell in the Town Hall concert chamber next Tuesday evening. Mrs. Towsey will sing the song cycle, "Fair Jessie" (Fielitz), and a number of selections from the works of Peruolesi. Schubert, Schumann. John Ireland, Massenet, Leroux, and Maughan Barnett. Miss Mitchell, violinist, will play "Meditation" (MasBenet) and "Moment Musical" (Simonetti). Among the pianoforte works to be played by Mr. Towsey will be "Xovellette in F" (Schumann), "Tenitienne" (Godard). and "Study op. 25, No. 5" (Chopin). ' The playing of the Great Cesar Franck sonata by Mr. Towsey and Miss Mitchell promises to be one of the most enjoyable items of the evening. ROYAL AUCKLAND CHOIR. The Royal Auckland Choir will give the third concert of its season in the Town Hall on Thursday, October 30. Felicien David's masterpiece, " The Desert," will be presented, with full orchestral accompaniment. PRESBYTERIAN BOYS' CONCERT. The third annual concert by the boys of the Presbyterian Social- Service Association Manse, will be held in the concert chamber next Monday. This year the boys are attempting something more extensive than formerly, and are giving the entire programme. There will be numerous original items. i TIYOLI THEATRE. I A film version of the melodramatic suc- j cess, "the Suver King," will bt. presented j at the livoli Theatre to-day. the day ot the human drama, in whion the heart, interest is deep, does not pass, and that is why "'The biiv&r King" has always oven kept within easy reach for periodical revival. Ihe piay is almost 40 years old. It was written in 1382, by tne well-known English playwright, Henry Arthur Jones, in collaboration with Henry Herman, and in the same year was produced and ran lor 12 months at the Princess Theatre, London, in that period it greatly enhanced the reputations of the late Wilson Barrett and E. S. Willard, who created the title roie and the part of "The Spider" respectively. Acknowledged at the. time to be the best melodrama ever written, that distinction has never been wrested from it. As a matter of fact, it was a studied attempt on the part of the authors to prove that a higher standard of melodrama than that in vogue not only could be written but would better appeal to the public taste. The collaborators recognised, and made concessions to, the popular demand for thrilling situations, but in contrast to the sensationalism in the plot of "The Silver King," they placed in it a theme the pathetic and infinitely touching nature of which rendered the piece, despite its melodramatic atmosphere, a faithful ; transcript from life. And so it lives still, j and whl no doubt be welcomed by local i photo-play enthusiasts. NATIONAL THEATRE. j "Easy divorce is a bane to any nation, 1 a curse i > society and a manaos to the home," declared -President Theodore Roosevelt, in discussing the divoroa evil, which is treated in "The Blindness of Divorce," to be exhibited at the National Theatre to-day. "The Blindness of I Divorce" is a William Fox picturisatiou i of social conditions of to-day, directed by i Frank Lloyd, who made "Les Miserable*. ' "A Tale of Two Cities," and "When a , Man Sees lied," a trio of photo-dramas, ' all of which have been pronounced mastei - pieces. In addition to directing "The ! Blindness of Divorce." Mr. Lloyd wrote ! the scenario. In this story the wife ! though guiltless of wrong, is ostracised by society and driven to the depths, through \ no fault of her own. Had divorce in this ! case not been made so easy a word of i explanation would have saved untold j misery and inihappiness. The cast con- | tains the names of such well-known , favourites as Bertha. Mann, Rhea Mitchell, j Charles Clary, Willaid Louis, and Ber- J tram Orassby. , GLOBE THEATRE. '• Peggy Does Her Darndest," is the , title of the chief picture to be shown at j the Globe Theatre to-day. Miss May , Allison will be seen as Peggy Ensloe, who ( loves boxing and wrestling, and is widely , different from her sister Eleanor, most of whose time is spent in looking pretty, j Edward Ensloe, their wealthy father has , just received from England "the light t of- the world," one of the 'famous . diamonds of Europe. The Hon. Hugh ] Wentworth. representing the British house which sold Ensloe the gem, has - brought it himself. Ensloe discovers J I

that news of the sale and of tha presence of the stone in his possession is known. He hires detectives to guard it. Ha keeps it in a safe at his home, fearing that no vault down town would be well enough protected. There has been a wellgroomed but suspicious looking man in his jewellery store looking at diamonds, and this has made Ensloe cautious. A detective displaces the butler in th« Ensloe home. Peggy, in the meanwhilb is interested in two things : in taking upon herself the responsibility of protecting the light of the world—for she has no faith in detectives—and in the Hon. Hugh Wentworth, the young Englishman. Many exciting incidents occur. PRINCESS THEATRE. Douglas Fairbanks is to appear at the Princess Theatre to-day id "Arizona-," a story with many exciting episodes, comedy touches, and romance. It chiefly concerns three men and a woman. For the sake of the woman a man sunk himself into disgrace. Being accused of a great crime, he chose for her sake to carry the burden. But retribution tame to him in Arizona It is said that added interest is provider! fcy t'i°. new and clever work of th» athlete star, and that the picture is exciting, and not licking in comedy touches. STRAND THEATRE. So great has been the patronage extended to "Daddy Long-Legs," screened at the Strand Theatre, that the management has decided to present the picture for another week. Th„ is the first picture that M. Mary Pick-lord has produced under h-r own management, and very successful .: is, too. 'Ine character of Judy Abbott, naturally a he-tic awl amusing one, g.v.-s M:m Pkkford every opportunity of adding these inimitable touches which, though small in themselves, are characteristic of all neat acting. Interesttrig as tne tale is itself, the management of the Strand Theatre have made every effort to enhance th- charm of the picture by supplying the requisite atmosphere. A da.ntily exited dance precedes the screening of the film, and two hidden voices, representing Judy and her votmg lover, in a pretty dialogue, question the existence ot fairies. QUEEN'S THEATRE. Miss Dorothy Phillips playa the lead ing role in the. jewel picture " Destiny, ' which will be the chief attraction at tinQueen's Theatre to-day. The film is based on the novel by Charles Neville Buck, and presents several novelties. In the first place, the hero is the brother of the heroine, instead of the customary sweetheart, the latter part being played by Harry Hilliard, once Theda Bara's leading mam In the second place, the pic ture presents parallel lines of action, starting from the same point and arriving at widely separated conclusions; as in the stage technique of such present-day-playwrights as Max Martin, Samuel Shipman, and CkanniEg Pollock. " Destiny," in its main line of /progress, shows the results of StoweU's overweening lust for power and determination to conquer the world. GRAND THEATRE. , " The Strong Way," in which Miss June Elvidge plays the leading role, will be shown at the Grand Theatre to-day. The picture tells the story of a girl who, at her mother's insistent bidding, marries a man for his money, although she was in love with another man. June Elvidge Lakes the pathetic part of Eunice Torrence, with fine power and charm, while John Bowers takes the part of Don Chadwick, the lever whom she did not marry. The play leads up to an intensely thrilling situation, when a murder has been committed and the police track the supposed fugitive to Eunice's room, to which she had previously forbidden her husband ever more to enter. Another excellent picture which is included in the programme, is the Charlie Chaplin production, "A Dog's Life." LYRIC THEATRE. At the Lyric Theatre this afternoon the widely-discussed sociological film drama, "Damaged Goods," will be shown to women only, and this evening's exhibition will bo for men. Yesterday afternoon an official view of this picture was afforded representatives of churches, the medical faculty, and social workers. The leading thinkers of the United States and Australia have heartily endorsed "Damaged Goods," and from pulpit and platform have come outspoken references of the fine message conveyed to the younger generation by the traffic story which Eugene Brieux has weaved around this delicate subject. The box plans for to-day's displays will be at the theatre after 1 m. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Miss Elsie Ferguson is well cast as the leading lady in "The Rose of the World," screened at Everybody's Theatre.