ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9685, 13 June 1917, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

'THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.”

The J. c. Williamson annual pantomime to be presented at the Grand Opera House on Monday, evening next comes with . a great Australian reputation. The nursery rhyme of Jacks simple architectural essay ■ aid . those who took advantage of u. is told directly the curtain rises, by pencilling?, on a huge s,d te ami sonooi enudren s choruses, wmeh iollow eacn item as at 1- ngwiea I hereafter ail is br.luani extravaganza, burlesque, pallets—spectacular pageants and clever specialty turns- fneic are six newcomers m the .cast, and judging uf ooniempoiary critics their success has never been tor a moment in doubt since tho inaugural opening in Melbourne last Christmas. aiiss Jicwa Dimer is reported as possessiu» every qualification for “Jack, tue pumapai bov. not the. least being a . rich. ,torreaching voice, and an appealing manner that makes her favourite on the instant. Miss Gretchen istes is sMd to he cquauy wea placed as pr.ncipal girl, of course a princess, as dainty, bright ana light-hearted as one . could wish. Another newcomer is Miss UouttanCe Cayley, who has made, marked successes with . her songs Antaiv “dame Night, game Waltz, «“•„ leading .“knockabout comedian, Mr Harry Boxbury, is with extraordinary gins—which enable him to fulfil his mission of fuifimaking to perfection. Mr Arthur Htigant , has proved himself heretofore, the bod of Gurney and is credited this year with his best achievement' in that direct-on. Mr W. Fullbrook is an eccentric comedian and i"ht clever dancer of merit—at least so says report. .Miss Amy Murphy, the well-known operatic . vocalist, is, the Fairy Queen in wmqh part her cMtming voice has made her out strongIt. Til© opposing “Demon or Despair is only superficinllv wicked in, tne able hands of Mr Chas. Albert. . Box plans are. announced, to be opened at the Hustol to-morrow (Thursday) morning.

CROWN THEATRE. \ "We’re only pieces of .furniture to such men.” Thus says Mallory to tue betrayed and, abandoned victim, of a rich profligate in Loves Toil, tbs splendid Lumn drama now screening at the Crown Theatre. Rosetta Brico as the'heroin© of this powerful play acts with restraint but .superb power. The drama abounds in . scenes .ot intensity, one specially telling episode being the supper scene where the heroine,.Marion Lane, faced at the luxurious table w-th the- betrayer of her youth. dashcs- her toast glass in his face. 1 he. play is lavishly staged, and is filled with scenes which ‘show the /prodigality ur •riches that, adorns the American capital. . Ajthough there are many difficult situations. they are treated with delicacy and. the moral of the story is driven home mercilessly. ■ . •

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS. ■■ .To-night is the list night for««£«irig the fourth programme or the inglish Pierrots at ,' the concert chamber ot the .Torn Hall. The P>«wte wlll present their Efth change of, V 1"". tx V?f < Jf: row night, the which will-be I "potted" ' pantomime-'-Dick Whittington in 30 minutes." The eom,pany is teen at its best in this ludicrous burlesque. The-new programme tviU-also contain &ome excellent vocal, humorou* and concerted items. .'■■.-'' "INTOLERANCE." "Intolerance," the great D. W. Grirfith "movie", spectacle, been running for a week at the King s atro. and still the crowds flock there. The picture is so crammed wth .scene* and incident that to fully appreciate il manv people are going twice to see it. The stories of four great epochs in tne world's history, when intolerance made life a martyrdom arenraphically depicted the realism at times- being marre!lons. The incidental music by: the orchestra, makes in bo small degree, for the groat success of the picture.

<jra:nd opeba house. ■_ The final performance of the military drama "Married to the Wrong*Man. was Riven at the Grand Opera .House, by the Brandon-Cremer Company; last evening. To-night thfe Irish play Shamns O'Brien" will be put on. This piece .is full of stirring incident,.and is based on the Irish insurrection .of 1798 and ipe sufferings of Irish peasants at that period. Strfes is laid on tho poverty created by Irish landlordism, and a strongly romantic story is introduced which is full of interest. It ie in the. old melodramatic style, virtue ultimately triumphing over the wicked machinations of villains. The play ought to: be well within the compass of the Cremer combination,- which has so-far shown capacity and versatility.' EVEEYBODY 'S THEATRE. The flooding of a town through the rising Mississippi, torrents of water pouring through second-storey windows, and the burning of "The Prairie Belle".'to the water's edge,, are so.me. of the'.many exciting. incidents in "Jim. Bludso.V. the Triangle play now boins screened at Everybody's Theatre. -..The,, picture, is a powerful one. and is attracting large crowds. Bilhe Burke is at present' appearing in "A Modern: Pirate."

KINEMACOLOTJB. The taking of photographs': of scenes in their natural colours, as is to.be seen by a person who visits a camera-obscura, has long been the aim of photographers, and from time to time an attempt haa been mado to show similar . coloured scenes by means of the kinematograpb. In the past the success in this direction has not been all that could be desired. Since then scientific methode have been applied so successfully that the kinemacolour pictures that are being shown at thi Town Hall are-a. revelation and improvement of any that hare been previously placed before the publico It does not fall to:the lot of-every citizen to tour the hot lakes district and ece for himself the wonders .of Js'ature In natural Mirroundings, but by ; viewing the pictures ■ that are now being shown at the Town Hall a resident is. able to obtain a knowledge of the unique and wonderful country in which he lives.

THE .EMPRESS., . "Oat of the darkness oame the hands that reached through the flood of years," ami .-the profligate-impressario jt'avloff who thought to ruin for his own ends the beautiful roung dancer, meets his just and awful fate. This is tho'.crux of tho plot of "The Dancer's Peril,"" a World play in which Alice Brady is delighting; larfto audiences'at the' Empress this week.' The picture is a' very ■powerful ono and includes some' wonderful dancins? by Alex. Kosloff.