ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11654, 19 October 1923, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

HSS MAJESTY’S THEATRE gSUCUBSS or- GEORGE WALLACE.

A. big audience saw the performance of their splendid revue, “Oft Honolulu,” by the Geonje Wallace Company at His Majesty's'Theatre in.-t night. The Government lta's‘Entrusted th’fT'yaspt ain of a fcltip hound for Honolulu with plans of a wonderful airship, which is to he given u thorough try-out. A *>py manages to gel aboard. and the search for the spy subsequent capture form tile plot of ibe revue. Captain Jones {Marshall Crosby* plans to Catch the spy. but Nelson, the pride of the Navy (George Wallace* causes things to go wrong and his humorous act* keep) the fun going merrily. The musical numbers include “i <!:£;>'/’“"a djarh’-que of American ragtime; e double turn, “Marie Miangoni. ' bv George Wallace and Nellie Hall. JHaYikuH' CrdsE/frings ‘'Roaming,” Nellie HaH. succeeds veiy ably as Phoebe, the sfe'.vardess, who throws herself into Nelson's arm- with such Voice that he-loses his "hrrid and she dives overboard,' but reappears- iater. . The revne.is.Ji good "programme, on own. The .variety.pari of ti:?i programme includes Leo Martin as a jazz specialist, with various accessories. Ma.rie. hit.. .Gn-ngc. and Company appear in a fantasy, “The Awakening-.oi GaUMea/' •jonio very 'delicate statuary, posing with a very drn:miticoonclnsioli.~'Eri’c".M.asi enc made,. hU . first uppeanaßoe in chat'actor songs, and Claude de/o'ar'\vri.? -most entort/inihg as the acrobatic waiter, with his' • cievor • Pekingese ‘dog. Which;' jumps hurdles on. its. hind legs'.--dances,- and makes itself very popular' with the ’audience.

STELLA POWER, CONCERTS

COMMENCE XENT. TUESDAY. The .series,, of ccpcert* Jo be given in the •’Toifn Hall b£ 'Miss Stella Dowel 1 , “The, liUle*’Me|ba. ' 1 wBL 'oirmineAce 'next I Tuesday 'night', - when fhe't'dmdns soprano will make her first, appearsnop a New Zealand'• audience'.' "Tt o\-tt.s Btlbinstein who '“'wrdy J“Dt£riiaTp,irnshin'e in music,. • tUy -naine i>' Mozart.''-' Tn' fhe gicht Mn&arl'irin .soprano" firing' is” this papticularij; eyicient, and,. .for the’'‘'older generation oi corn 6rt-gooFs~ the memory of the youthful Melba’s singing of - “Voi Che Sapete,*' “Dove - Sonfr,” and “Ah, I/O So*”'remain*- nu--undilaled-,joy. r - It seemed that the’ Mozart niusic ‘ required a voice -d exactly tier -Melba type— perfect ovenn£s£ of/ tone; • itoflluftr" ease of style. an t j a certain serenity of expression that can only In tjuv m 'of these, qualities Melba wa& That'.-theV she,hid be Td'iYnd again wifTiin’ h gen'eratiVn iif Another' young-'AiistraKaiiis'^rroly'remarkable. -Yet this ic th.vtribute row paid- to Miss' Stella 'Power' hr -Hi© Press and- publiev of England and ;Eu rope, and * rocorvtly en<U>r#©ch - with - no uncertain -voice,bv tho. critical .opinion oCUe’r native .land-, NAw Zealand mu©ip-l,avers r nicy ,hf./ acpgu.ntpd. lortunate in hearing thrs .brilliant young singer inu. the .heyday of:' hVr "glorious

A hiring Hie many ' fluttering triWtea paid to “The little Afolba”nnher rettirtl 1 to Australia mar be , quofced'"tliat-"f7f the Sydney “Bulletin” :—“Stella -Rower- ha* a time ahead -of--her* ivhoU teohnieal -eri-tiei.-m v. ill abase-itself. 1 , PAitt-i-ng-viyaeity inro her manner, uindb-giving exacting nnmhers for encores.'the charming young art;>t made it clear that her voice production is almost as flawless as bar beautiful soprano/ . Her ‘reproduction*; 0? tli> Melbaie tone should 'alonri . iriake Tier fammisr’* 1 ’ 1 . • • -

Surporting the famous soprano will be Mr WiMi'ain Tame-',-the yofmg 'Australian 'pianiet arid composer, whose playing has won him much critical approbation -in London,, where,he..lias resided ,for. several years, end also the brilliant joupg •cellist. Mr Hamid,Beck. 1 The Mx plans for the'Wetfinpion season are'how opoii at tKe Bristol Piano Uo. Special corfoesrioris rife .offered to students.

QUEENS " STAR' ATTRACTTaN. ” hut large, expensiv e sots do not al- . v -lyr. contain t.lie be<at opportunities for draimi was exemplified aU the l’ara'-' | mount .studios, wfiefe a tlodgr' tenement • interior and., a 'flight of therein' i formed the focal point for a seiTes' bt‘ i J ' an-ih intpii&eiy dramatic scones ih j“Jt?ck In,” tuKu-go Fkzmnuryee's i>ew I pictuto, tnat'-uiDg.-Betiy Coinpsoiv,-- Jiert i l-jtell,.3lay AlcAvoy„,.aiid -Gareth HugheiS, » wliich connn-.Miees at the Quci-nV Theatre, | 'to-day. The eraiupe.;l,. c.hoa|> teueineut | Only cost a fop* hundred dofinrs. to *con-j-ti-uct, but in it are paeked .souVe dil tbo best scenes of An unuMirillv capable group of set eon players.. - Tli(fr-e 'ls the'pathoS of pathetic little’ Myrtle''weeping- over the I light, of ‘'Bennie,” who’ stoV orice more to• suv-j hep; nn*l is a dntjiiatic. scene in which -Miss Compson; as the District - Attorney's claagkter, Tight*---bv jbe, ,«ide ot.the crook, *slie h-os .learned to hhe . ami. tnvG. Beaut.ii.llL . gowns • arc riot-missing in'“Kick In.”- .MoUy learns Inut a man .she has seen in the guise ef a hero is really a thief. It. is there. Uat h:o regeiiec.ytion' of .Cbic Tlcwps st’a?*t.s, n; regeneration, drilaved apd interrupted' by a stirring sequence of sdrohglv furamatie occurrence*- which have' 'tHidr eTiraax inrwinplote regeneration ahef the* vJ'iumph of love. Romance arid u?re go hand in hand i#i “The* • Hocuil .But cr necr. the absorbing 1 serial..-' part nJtir of winch will be included'on-the proj grarams. • Century - comedy,. (hr an-1 (lie pvor-]'i>pnl.'ii-..Orchestra .complete .(he proThe bos plan is r>t the Brisl. I. _ - '• j klric’S tHEATRE j : "CAMILLE” TCSXtGIIT. lAlrxaiidre Ditmas' 1 iainous novel “X.a Damo Aiix (.anuTias”'hqs been uramatisfl in picture form’, and will Ho' mu vend I Hi TJioat re tiflder' the- title I W LumrUe. There are few love'stones { b) compare Ntith tlijs rcnoivnbd work.aci'* itjs udajitation to the screen -will 'be dip--■preciirled, as ••the interest - ha* been iiiUnisiP.ed thereby... Briefly, -Rudolph. Y-al-•oiiUny aiuLiXaziniova,. thw woniirsrpejfect a I {X - east together for '.the. very., ~ m -° in hfl® kiMory of. the ocre^'u. d;iie story U famed' throughout, f]ie civil-. iHed woHH. as- a masterpiece .’of love and stferiiwe, and was tfle lirtft, play writtoji .by .1 tie y-oinigei Dumas, and wa* conceived when he was only twenty jeats of age.' H«* is sail! to luivo nritlcn it in eight fai hqr .pi'oJuuniuudAl a uuu*tsuv plevc, but it wa* donie.i' imiduHfoh ’HU tdauagev* on aci ount of its unusual character. . . f J hu , censor inloriiioled -it.-' .So ni seven days the author turned it into in novel,, in which form it no* published, malting its appeatruncp jiist before the Tcjvoait i jn. in IHfS. Four .veaia -later'it > v hs put -on the Vaudeville Theatre in i'tijK through the influence of tht Duc O'} M-oriny,. a,n.d its- unus.ua! tl/eiiK* • won piisfanl attention, by many cntius, who 'mieJarcd' it tlie prototype'of {ho “prob-. le|n pl.-iy.” Tho *cr6e'u adaptation in ride laved by critics to be orio ni the mo>i fcmarkablo intorpretatioi r?; of +hi* stagf drama that liavy ever coin**- (M-lhe screen. Support ing t his great programme will be thk*.latest gazettts und travelogue, in conj unction m ith a comply (JOiiOtt). entitled ”l?e Gai'vf'tl,” which is .guaranteed to ’tniike pati‘(>ps laugh u.h they have never laughed l>etbi'e, wltij-t a niusi- «»! l'togvamtno by the KinbiV /elect orrhestra Mill complete perhaps oife of the fiiy-t entcijainnuivts giwn at the ILingN Tlicalve, Tho box plan is now . op<ru at the Bristol. After ri.fll) may be L’eMtvoil. at the theatre... Matinees will be held at Iving's Thca*. , bii Saturday yiul Mpudriy (Labo.ur Day) <tt‘t.©rtiP«ov ( at' 2.31> o'dW.U.

EMPRESS THEATRE j .JACKIE COOGAN IN "BADDY” TONIGHT. With his appearance in “Daddy/* little Jackie Coogan .about completes the\cycie ' of human for in thh*. newest picture-play, wyiften .Tor . their .boy. by •Mr and Mrs Jack Coogan, the youthful genius is called upon, in one scene, to /•sound the deepest of. tragic notes. Jt was the performance of this role and ...scene that eyoked Will.H-/-H«v*-liis tribute of odd ttiftt ‘Mlio j world needs mbfe* pictftrgs like this/ ( While “DadtTy” souhdF"depfhs of Tragedy" [ and is said te be do)'voted tgrtlie latighVter. f *ra okf e_/aiter over s,d hico^raflcment. ( plods on, and after ©very mis/ortunejinfk. [comfort: iaTjth]s end h'e/acKieves"complete | happiness. Nobody Jackie's -[-parents could write,9 fctoty foT. him, cftlieulated to explore every angle of the bov's [versatile genius. ]n “lV<-kV Bav Bov” j ,tho-uupisjinevb of, the . lad-jcas.-specially. • revealed ; in “Trouble'* the note of pathos • was injected with the merriment that, is : Jackie right; in “My .Box.’.'Amnoup. j abounded*. aM in I courage] tendprnefi*. find ;Hbbilitjv 'of, £n. { upright youth Wei-e rev&ilfccf.'Tn l it is declared his capacity as a tragic . emotionalist is so superbly disclosed his work in this pict'oreT-yOn j stajinp him as one of tho'gfeatest j “Daddy “ is a First National picture, and will start a week's run at the Empress Theatre ’toi-day. •A' suitable ' sup-' - porting programme will be shown. Thej Empress Symphonic Orchestra will play a piogrfiuifue' df siSeciftn'T'arfanged and ‘synchronised music.'" 'The' “box' plan is ‘.i K ; the- Bristol. • MILITARY BAND. CONCERT Al. T?B :TOW>'-HALC-' •The visff of DerVy'fc well-knbwn military -band from Christchurch is being eagerly ] loqfced forward to. h . A.big, house expected for its "opening performance" at- ; tho Town llnll to-morrow. n< r the..full j build of 6(5 performers i> v:-iting r the city JtjwiU be an exceptional opportunity of heftring ar firsUelnss- m) Efftry/"band, of which the rebate’ onliy three in~~thd Do-, 11111*111011. '-neri-v-’ii being the-largest. -Jt j ii-bViidos i-u olariomys. 12 sa^ophop^s, I nifte cornets. The programme- will ih- | dude a selection from Gilbert and Sulli- | va?iN opera “Yeomen of the CJiifttkr/* . afakl' j r ‘lJ.plodious Melodies/* a pot-pourri of |bm in^thc^vl^omfs’ very j popular item. 'Hie band lias a very [strong brn-s section, and several first-class fsoloi-is.