AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16202, 27 November 1926, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

J.C.W. GILBERT AND SULLIVAN CO At :) a.m. on Monday the box plans will be opened for the whole ol dm coming mmoii of six nights of the ,!. C. Williamson Ltd. Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera season, which begins at dm 4ipera House on Thursday night mm. when "11:0 Gondolier.-;" "ill be staged with new dresses and scenery. Anticipating a large demand for seats tin management will have a .•••.tali’ of mdicia in attendance. Only the one repvesenta--1 ton can lie staged of “The Gondoliers,” and it will be followed on Friday night by "The Yeomen of the Guard.” <in Saturday afternoon and evening “ The Pirates of Penzance- ” will be staged, and on Monday, December 6. ‘‘ fbo Mikado” will be presented. Un Tuesday, December 7, “ iolanihe ” will be I'l-odtreed, ami the season will close

with " JI.S.AI. Pinafore,” which will bo preceded by “ Trial by Jury." The choice of " The. Gondoliers ’’ as: the opening production is a, happy selection. . Tim music of " The Gondoliers ’’ | is as fresh, as inspiring, and as fa twin- | a ting as it was when first produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, and the libretto as pointed, satirical and clever as ever it was. The plot of “ The Gondoliers,’' put briefly, is that, two gondoliers are informed on their wedding day- that one of them is to become King ot Bara/aria. Pending the unravelling of the tangle of circumstances which led the Royal babe to be contused years ago with the son of the highly, respectable gondolier, “ whose taste for drink, combined with gout had doubled him up forever,’’ these two youths, both go to Barararia. and reign together, leaving their brides behind, each longing for the time when she glial] he a “ tegular Royal Queen.” However, Luiz, who hag passed as the attendant of the Duke of Plaza-Torn, is found to

he the King, and .Marco and ('ttiseppe relinquish joyfully the thrones which have become so incompatible with their “ republican fallacies.” The Duke of Plaza-Toro, his imperious Duchess, his beautiful daughter, Casilda, Don Alhambra, with his “ Grand Inquisitor’s tear,”, are all the most delightful people. “ The Gondoliers ” is staged with new dresses and scenery. The ..second and final night will be devoted to a production of “ The Mikado,” which is, unquestionably, one of the, if not the most, popular comic operas ever staged. It is packed full with everything that helps to make a night’s wonderful entertainment. A full operatic orchestra and chorus is under the baton of Gustavo Slapoffski.

EVERYBODY’S. Eleanor Boardmun and Conrad Nagel, the stars in “ Memory' Lane,” showing to-night at Everybody’s, will provide local .screen lovers with somefiling new. In addition to Eleanor Boardmun and Conrad Nagel, there is a big cast of supports, which includes the 12 beauties chosen as bridesmaids in the big wedding scene. % These girls were -chosen from hundreds of Hollywood’s applicants,, arid the final select ion was only made after most careful deliberation. Eleanor Boardman experiences something new in “Memory Lane.” After a sumptuous wedding, the bride ami groom plan a secret getaway. The girl slips away and boards the waiting car, expecting iter husband to follow immediately, but discovers a former sweetheart in "the driver’s seat, and! is whisked: off before a bewildered hubby’ arrives. In addition will be screened “ Fares, Please,” comedy; “South Seas." travel scenic; and Fn.gli.sh Gazeue. Anyone, who wants to get the latest information on how to get rid of wellmeaning, but superfluous in-ia.ws can do no better than see Harold Lloyd’s latest Master picture, “ Hot Water,” which opens at Everybody’s on. Monday night. And 1 he will get not only that but also enough laughs, to make him fairly weep tears of laughter. In "Hot Mater” Lloyd has the same kind of clean, wholesome picture. Again lie has proved, his policy and belief that: it is not necessary to be coarse to got laughs. “Hot Water” i.s Lloyd at the peak of his rare talents. Tt is Llovd at his finest:. Tie reaches heights of hilarity never before attained. TTo bus taken his high standard of quality and shoved ii unwa.rd a few notches. Tie will have difileidt.y in the future in living up to the mark set by this one, ior comedies are hard l things to make. Tn addition there, will be “ The Go-Got-tors ’ No. 7, and other supports. THE PALACE. Elinor Giyn in two previous instances lias proved that she knows what the public wants. In “Three Weeks ” and “ His Hour ” she gave not only two great emotional love dramas to the screen, but beautiful pictures from a standpoint of art, as well. In her In tost Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer production which is screening at the Palace Theatre, her third stirring picture is presented! Just briefly edged with the late way none of the actual battle scenes com! mg into it at all, it tells the story of two people who are oddly thrown’ together and suddenly come to reqli.se that they love one another very deeply. There are obstacles that seem un surmountable, but Madame Gl.yn hits worked the situations out satisfactorily, and one is firmly convinced that the* story could not possibly end in any way but the one in which it does. ’ Harriet. Hammond is indeed a find. Madame Giyn chose her because she had such depths of tragedy iri her eyes. Low Tody, as the hero, Sir Nicholas Thormonde, is now definitely established ns a lover. Bene Adorco as the French ooentte, Suzette, gives a, beautiful interpretation t-o that role. Alec Francis, as always, gives a. finished performance. Dagmar Desmond, Paulette Duval, Cranford Kent, Gerald (Trove, •Line Mercer. David Mir and Jacqueline Gadsden have small but important parts, all presented most satisfactorily. Much comment should bo caused by the sets. Particularly beautiful are those in the Paris apartment- of the hero, Sir Nicholas, the bridal boudoir -being loveliest of all.