ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10851, 17 March 1921, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

MADAME STRATHEARN

A WON I) ERF UL CONTRALTO. Tfa.o programmes for the first and second of Madame Jessie Strathearn’s three concerts appear tin our advertising columns to-day. Tho delightful singing of this wonderful contralto will ensure success tor these three recitals, and tho Wellington public will welcome her its eiitiiutsiadl’ically as Aucklanders did. Popular prices are announced, so that everybody shall have an opportunity of attending at leas£ one concert. On Saturday evening His Worship itlie Mayor will take the chair, and on Monday evening the performance is being given under the auspices of the Wellington Keturned Soldiers* Association. The whole of tho proceeds of th-c-«e concerts go to the West Ham Central Mission, which, for many years has done such splendid work amongst the poor in the East End of London. The district in which tho mission operates ha« a population of some- 300,000, made up principally of casual dock labourers and their families. The mission‘takes a special care of the children, thousands of whom are ill-fed and ill-clad. It is stated that the conditions amongst the East End poor are actually worse than they were before the war. Madame Jessie Stratlxeara, A.R.A.M. (London), is devoting her great talents to the cause of the West Ham Mission, and everyone who attends these concerts is also supporting that good cause. “Diggers" who heard Madame Strathearn in France and ‘'Diggers" who did not, should all roll up to their own special concert on Monday night. HIS MAJESTY'S. POPULAR VAUDEVILLE! There was a repetition of the current programme hv Fullers* Vaudeville Company last evening at His Majesty's Theatre, which was largely attended. Among the chief acts are those by Emerald and Dupre, Vears and Carbassi, Harrington Reynolds and Miss Edith Christine, and Leonard Nelson. The company will appear again this evening. AN APPEALING PICTURE. ''HUMORESQUE "AT EVERYBODY'S. The ever-human picture "Humoresque" has already established itself as a delightful and popular film presentation, an<l Everyboc£y*6 Theatre, where the magnificent picture is being screened this week, has enjoyed generous patronage, this being again evidenced last night. "Humoresque" is a picture of "gripping" qualities. It deals with the subject of maternal_love and a mother's musically aspiring offspring. The scene opens in the ghetto of New York and after whirling the spectator to many interesting places, including glorious Vendee, concludes in New York, but not until a wonderful plot has been unwoven. The aspiring lad becomes a genius, meets his little girl of the streets under most unusual circumstances. The story is taken from the haunting melody by Anton Dvorak of the eame name, and is aptly described as being a tune ''weeping to hide its laughter and laughing to hide its tears/* The grand picture will be presented again this evening. Everybody's is sure of generous patronage. Commencing to-morrow will be shown "The Maid of Many Moods" .Mae Murray) in. a whimsical dramatice romance, "The A.8.C.. of Love/* at Everybody's Theatre. THE EMPRESS "THE BRANDED WOMAN." "The Branded Woman," featuring Norma Talmadge in the star role, and now showing at the popular Empress Theatre, is the story of a sweet innocent girl led into the pitfalls of life through the machinations of a vengeful mother, but through the coming into her life of a joung secret service officer she is taken i away from her wild surroundings. Later, i as hie wife, she is forced through her love for her husband, to bear alone a certain secret sorrow, when into the home of the happy couple comes another man. who, in order to get money from the unfortunate woman, threatens to expose certain incidents of her past life. The climax comes "when her diamond necklace disappears and a detective is employed. Her husband learns of what she has kept from him, and though £here is true love, husband and wife are kept apart. Later, realising his mistake, he seeks her and* their happy reunion is touchingly displayed an. the film production. THE KING'S. MISS CARRIE LANCELEY. The King's Theatre was abundantly patronised yesterday afternoon and evening when Miss Carrie Lanceley, the English operatic soprano vocalist, and her Melody Maids appeared in conjunction with the Marshall Neilan photo-play, "Don't Ever Marry." The entertainment will b© repeated this evening. THE UNIVERSAL. ISLAND ‘BAY PICTURES. The Universal Picture Theatre at Island Bav was again well attended last evening, when each picture of an engaging programme was received with enthusiasm. The most notable films of the*- current bill are "The Spinner O'Dre&ms," "The Pugilist,'* and a "Topical Budget. A complete change takes place this evening.