ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19389, 26 July 1926, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. . The •weekly change of programme this week will see the last of the Taylor Oarltori Super Pierrots. This combination of artists have had a very short, but successful season, and their style of amusement has been popular with Opera House patrons. George Ward and his Snapshot Revue will be seen in a revue with a detective story theme which should prove well up to the standard of the previous shows of this company. A new feature will be presented by Little Lorna, assisted hv her two younger brothers and sister. Miss Nellie Kolle, the well-known male impersonator, will make a welcome reappearance, and the Cycling Brocks will be seen in a sensational act.

PRINCESS THEATRE. Douglas Mac Lean appears in the type of role in which he has risen rapidly to fame in "Introduce Me," his latest production, which is now being shown at the Princess Theatre. Mac Lean is seen as a youth who becomes dizzy on looking out of a second-storev window, but is later compelled by circumstances to attempt the ascent of a high mountain. His difficult task is rendered much more terrifying by the unexpected appearance of a beat in front of him on a narrow ledge. The shock of first seeing it is so great that it enables him to perform a number of seemingly impossible athletic feats. The interest works up to a splendid climax when the hero falls down the mountain side, gathering snow about him as he goes, and finally reaches the foot of the slope rolling at high speed in the centre of a great snowball. A Paramount adaptation of Joseph Conrad's classic, "Lord Jim," with Percy Marniont, Shirley Mason. Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton in the chief roies, is also screened. .

NATIONAL AND LYRIC. Corinne Griffith is seen at her best in "Infatuation," her latest First National production, which is the featured attraction at the National and Lyric Theatres thir week. The picture is adapted from W. Somerset Maughan's play, "Caesar's Wife." The plot is laid amid the mystery and glamour of Egypt <»nd the Orient. It concerns a fascinating young Englishwoman who marries an English general in Egypt, but becomes 'onely because of his absorption in his work, with the result that she finds solace in the companionship of a young subordinate. Percy Marmont heads the supporting cast. "Black Paradise," starring Edmund Lowe and Madge Bellamy, complete the programme. It is a melodramatic tale of the underworld, much of the action taking place on board a rum-running ship and later on an island of the South Seas.

TIVOLI ANT) EVERYBODY'S. A picture which presents a refreshing contrast to the usual sex-triangle type is now being screened at the Tivoli and Everybody's Theatres. "His People," as it is called, is remarkable not only for its unusual story, but also for the wonderfully convincing acting of the principal players. Rudolph. Schildkraut, a famous character actor, who makes his first appearance on the screen in this picture, has the chief role, that of an old Jewish rabbi who, exiled from his native land, ekes out a living by selling small articles in the slums of New York. The story contains & world of pathos, due to the ingratitude of the old man's favourite son, who. on becoming engaged to the daughter of his employer, refuses to acknowledge the existence "of his parents.

PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE. An attractive vaudeville programme will be presented at the Prince Edward Theatre this evening in addition to the usual pictures. The Lyric Four will render harmonised items and solos, and items will also be given by Mile. Rubee, vocalist and contortionist, Cyril Hardy, musical bottles player, Zoe Gwilliam, Welsh song and dance artist, E. Robertson, baritone, Topsy and the Chimney Sweep, novelty dancers, A. Ladd, character comedian, the Mighty Atom, juvenile entertainer, P. Cochrane, actor vocalist, Vjc. Peterson, dancing soubrette, and **ie Versatile Four, dance quartette. The featured film will be "Ridin* West," a thrilling western drama, starring Jack Perrin.

HIPPODROME THEATRE. The popularity of tho weekly vaudeville trials at the Hippodrome Thfeatre is well maintained, and another series of first-class items will be given this evening. The picture programme will be headed by Tom Mix's latest production for William Fox, " Conquering Blood," which is a colourful romance laid amid the picturesque scenes of old Mexico. Mix appears as a civil engineer who accepts the task of building a railway line from the Mazilla mines to San Jose, an almost impossible undertaking owing to the nature of the climate and labour troubles. There is an abundance of action and thrills which reach a climax in an attack on the workers' camp by a gang of bandits.

DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT. The lire which destroyed the ptage fittings and' scenery in St. Mark's Hall, Remuera, on Saturday morning, has caused the postponement of a dramatic entertainment which was to have been produced there this evening. It will be held in St. Mary's Hall next Monday evening when the two plays, "Everybody's Husband" and "The Open Door" will be staged under the direction of Mrs. C. R. Keeble,

LITTLE THEATRE SOCIETY. After extensive preparations and close attention to selection of the cast the Auckland Little Theatre Society will stage "The Dover Road," a three-act comedy by A. A. Milne, for three evenings in the Town Hall concert chamber this week, commencing to-morrow evening. This is the first production of the society this year. The following cast has been selected:—Mr. Latimer, Mr. Jack Gordon, Leonard, Mr. Herman Geddes; Nicholas, Mr. F. E. McCallum; Anne, Mrs. C. Clark; Eustasia, Miss Gwen Young; Dominic, Mr. Robert Finlayson; the maids, Mrs. Margot Finlayson and Miss Audrey Dickinson; Jacob, Mr. J. Fairburn; Joseph, Mr. Fred Lintott; a gentleman, Mr. Norman Shayle-George; a lady, Marguerite Salle. The box plan is at Lewis R. Eady and Son, Ltd.

QUEEN CARNIVAL CORONATION, A lavish spectacle was made in His Majestey's Theatre on Saturday night when "Princess, Mary" of the hardware trade was crowned Queen of the Trades and Professions' Queen Carnival, organised to raise funds for the Y.W.C.A. Girls' Hostel. The ceremony was ea,rried out with fitting pomp and solemnity. The princesses, representatives of various trades and professions, went on to the stage accompanied by their train-bearers and ladies-in-waiting, in a long and brilliant procession, after which the queenelect took her seat on the throne. The coronation was then carried out by an Archbishop with Lord High Chancellor and Lord High Chamberlain in attendance. The staging was beautiful and the ceremony gave occasion for some very good acting on the part of the princesses and their attendants. After the ceremony the queen and the audience were amused by a court entertainment. This was introduced by a fairy ballet, provided by Miss Daphne Knight's pupils and a minstrel (Mr. R. Nixon) and an Eastern princess (Mrs. W. McMillan) contributed songs. ■ Honours were conferred on several ladies and gentlemen who had assisted in the carnival and this gave rise to a wealth of humorous topical allusions, amongst which were references to " surprise packets" and fines. A statement in the speech by; the Lord High Chamberlain that the carnival had been instrumental in raising £2680 for the Girls' Hostel was greeted with loud applause from a large audience.