AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19349, 9 December 1924, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

OCTAGON THEATRE. A dramatic story of the East is the chief attraction which is being screened at. the Octagon Theatre this week, and, judging by tho attendances, the picture is one of unusual merit. It is entitled "Hie Green Goddess,” and tho scene is laid chiefly amid tho picturesque surroundings of a rajah’s homo where incidents of a thrilling and a surprising nature occur. The story opens with tho nows that three brothers of the Rajah have been condemned to death by tho British, and when libs reaches the potentate’s ears there is trouble, and tho natives desire revenge. When an aeroplane makes a forced landing within the Rajah’s grounds, the opportunity to wreak their vengeance on the pilot, the mechanic, and a lady passenger come to hand, and the subsequent developments are startling enough to satisfy the most critical seeker of sensation. There is a complete list of supporting pictures, and an entertaining musical programme is contributed by the Octagon Concert Orchestra. EMPIRE THEATRE. The new picture at the Empire Theatre, “The Moral Sinner,” is a production which ia well worth seeing, if only for the remarkable skill that is displayed in portraying the various characters, all of whom are pronounced typos. As Leah Klesckna, tho alluring little Parisienno “crook,” Dorothy Dalton surpass? 0 herself, and the manner in which she carries out her part is tho making of a graphic and fascinating story. The supports include topical pictures and several comedies, and tho Empire Orchestra submits a splendid programme in w-hich is included a flute and clarinet duetQUEEN’S THEATRE. “When the Desert Calls,” a love drama, with all the sensational adjuncts to a picture of this nature, is proving a popular attraction at t'io Queen’s Theatre this week. There is also another attractive picture entitled "More to be Pitied than Scorned.” and the principal parts in the production are palyod by Alice Lake, Frank Glondou, and Rosemary Thoby. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE A stirring romance of the Kentucky Hills. "The Forbidden Valley,” is the chief picture which is being presented at Everybody’s Theatre this week, and coupled with this there is another attractive picture entitled “Love Letters.” -featuring Shirley Mason. There are also several supports of a topiyal and a comical nature. ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY’S CONCERT. The final concert of the thirty-seventh season will be given in His Majesty’s Theatre to-night A well-selected programme of orchestral items includes Suite r ‘Mascarade” (Laccme), overture “Egmont” (Beethoven), Suite “Casse-Noisette” (Tschaikowsky), selection “’lhe Flying Dutchman” (Wagner), "Coronation March” (Eilenberg), and ‘Tannhauser” March (Wagner). The assisting vocalists are Miss Marjorie Reynoldson and .Laurence A. North. Miss Reynoldson, who recently arrived from London, has a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice, which will be heard in "Mon coeus s’ouvre a la voix” from Samson and “Delilah,” and "A Dream of, Delight” (Nicholls). The latter sojig will be accompanied by the orchestra* Mr North is a favourite on (he local concert platform. His items are—" Life and Death” and "Sons of tho Sea” (Coleridge Taylor). Tho final rehearsal was held last evening and the conductor is confident that the concert will bo equal to this society’s high standard. The box plan is at tho Bristol and a limited number of tickets will be on sale at the theatre. CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL. Much interest is being manifested in the recital of chamber music which will be given in Burns Hall on Wednesday next. As a factor in musical education the importance of a chamber music recital should not be overlooked. The advantages to the student of attendance at such a recital are mainly these—tho opportunity of becoming familiar with concerted music, in which each player has an individual part to perform, and tho opportunity of gaining a knowledge of the string quartets of the great masters. Hayden is credited with having established the string quartet on a, firm foundation. His quartet in G major, well known as tho "Emperor,” will be played at this recital. Mr Trevor de Clive Lowe will play Saint-Seans’s in A minor” for violin-’cello. The trio for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello is a combination very frequently mot with, and it posses perhaps the richest catalogue of works of all classes of chamber music except the string quartet. Dvorak will be represented by the "Trio in F minor,” Op. 65. This will be interpreted by Messrs Chas. A. Martin (piano), J. A. Wallace (violin), and Trevor de Clive Lowe (’cello). Mrs Astloy Black will be heard to advantage in “Depuis. 1© jour,” from Charpentier’s “Louise,” and in Goring Thomas’s "The Willow-.” Also included in the programme will bo Beethoven’s quartet in E flat for piano and strings, in which Mr Martin will have associated with him Messrs Wallace, Pottitt, and Lowe. The plan is now- on view at the Bristol.