THE DEADHEAD'S DIARY

NZ Truth, Issue 850, 4 March 1922, Page 2

THE DEADHEAD'S DIARY

j ' , 1 > | Emilie Polini, who has been ruatioaing- m Aussie for some time past, is .oing- back to the footlights there. On a arch 11 she is billed to appear at he Criterion m Sydney m a new play •y Edward Knobloek, entitled "My vady's Dross." Rose Alba, the soprano who iwas" ..round here with Yerbrugg-hen's orhestrci a.s soloist, is about to flit of*' o Britain. She is to be given a fareyell concert by Sydney music-lover's. s: :; it; Ever on the look-out the best ruit from the world's vaudeville tree, (en-John-Walter Fuller have importd another bigr batch of theatricals rom abroad. They are m Aussie now nd Avili m due course come on to Noo ice. Among- the newcomers are Jack '..'rent, a well- known comedian from ho L/ondon Palace, and Sadie. The owner is a Knut comedian, and his 'ainty partner a clever comedienne, pecialising m. low comedy. Jack Sirchley, "that versatile chap," will nake both ends meet as soon as he ands m Australasia, for he is a lively ontortionist, who can also sing- and ance m addition to twisting his body nto- all sorts of tweirdly wonderful ■osition^- Gladys and Frank Alber ire a pair of smart English entertainrs who have much to offer that is iew. David and Ritchie are the chief vrrivalsf from the land of the wooden lutmeg". They are acrobatic specialsts extraordinary, with an amazing tct that should take Australasia by torm. t: i j ia The latest news of Dorothy Brunton s that she is m 'Murka with Ma Brun:on. Stated that Dot is going back to he Big Smoke, so her debut m the novies has evidently been indefinitely postponed. ss :: ii Another fair Australienne abroad is Vera Pearce.who writes from Glasgow nodestly admitting that she has made i hit among- the dour folk. Vera iri-ends-.to transport her shapely figure •m to London shortly. She is playing n musical comedy under the rn'anagenent of Robert Courtneidge, who was n Noo Zee about a year ago with, "The vlan From .Toronto." . !« !! J! With many chaz-acteristic shakes of ier head Marie. Tempest delivered herself as follows the other day: "I don't believe m casual or gratuitous impropriety on the stage or off, but when leople say, as they sometimes say with •egard . to 'Tea for Three,' that the -heme of the triangle is getting overborn, I become impatient. There are wme problems that began 'with the •ace, and will continue till the last nen get over. Chief among these is •he problem of the triangle, a man, a voman, and another, woman; or a wonan, a ,man, and another man. That .angle, is as old as humanity;, old, at i my rate, as temptation and desire. | Jertain situations m comedy and I Irama must occur again and again, i ust as they occur again and again m i ife. All that the critic can fairly ask i s that every treatment shall be origVnal." "Tea for Three" iwill shortly oe produced m Wellington and later -n the South Island. Ran into Billy Lowe when he wasn't | loing a quarter-mile sprint the other .lay. Instead he is preparing to ih:roduco Ella Shields, England's champion mate impersonator, to New Zeaiand audiences, m conjunction with a .specially selected vaudeville company inder the management of Harry Mua;rove. The season will open m Auckland early m March, and this latest band of merry mummers is due m Wellington about the middle of. next nonth. si ' s: s: "Deadhead" confesses that although the surplusage of movie tripe painfully ipparent -'during the last several years ;,ias made him rather wary as to what ; picture houses he visits these days, ihere are two names that nvill drag him out on the wettest of Noo Zee nights io the pictures. These are the names j'.xf David. Wark Griffith and Charlie | Jhaplin- ' A new picture of Charlie's I we have not seen for a long time but i one of the best of the masterful Grif- | .ith productions is now running at the j xrand Opera House, Wellington. It is j 'Way Down East" and my word it's a stunner. Having acquired Charlie Chaplin's ;• signature, his .praise, and his necktie, it now only remains for George K. Arr.hur, of "B. and C." fame, to acquire Uhe famous comedian's salary. Coming around here shortly under the direction of Harry Musgi'ove is 2Jlla Shields, the English male imperj : iOnator, who, at the present ' time, is I making theatre-goers m Auckland sit ■ up and take notice. As a male imper- ; Ella Shields has been wearing ! Tien's duds for nearly ten years. One >f her greatest successes is "Burling.on Bertie of Bow." Her audiences always lose their heads when, Ella starts . ip her famous' "Burlington Bertie." Olla Shields is to come around here .yith a strong • supporting vaudeville .'ompany.' .... • ' , ■ In spite of the, fact. that the original v .tory A." TS. Colehy _ is .producing for : s toll's '. as a ' picture , is called "The Peacemaker," It is not about President Warding.' '■''■;' ■'„.-'. .'. j .'. /ii ' :: ' -is-' •_ \ .Considering that Madge Stuart,, the"! 3. and C. movie star, was born on the. ■"lay- of the month on which the war jegan, and that .Maurice Elvey was. ' iorn.on the day of the month n which .t ended, these twain ougnt, no doubt, ;o consider their present engagement is an ai-mistice, and their future <wed- . ding certificate, as a peace treaty.. - ! - Theatregoers will regret to • learn .: :hat that old-time popular theatrical i favorite Barrie Marschel is Iving.seri- ' ously ill at . the Hamilton Hospital,., where he has had to undergo an opera:ion of such gravity that his condition ,s still a matter causing anxiety. Bar- i •ie, who is how managing two picture • mows m Hamilton and has undertaken that of a third, a new theatre \n . Frankton. is an actor, of ■ pafvts and besides being Associated m , his time with many prominent travelling companies ' ie has been on the road frequently .yith his own company, doing the lesser Centres and the "woof woof" . burghs, svith no small degree of success. A pretty little compliment was paid to "he veteran actor by a 'party of friends Who journeyed up the Waikato by aunch, and stopping 5 opposite the hospital on their return m the evening, ' serenaded the invalid with his own i : song, "Where the Old Waikato Flows." i