AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 13 July 1928, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE, RIN-TIN-TIN'S TRAINER TELLS HOW TO DO IT. Lee Duncan,, trainer and owndr of Rin-Tiii-Tin, most popular cif all dog stars—now growing a,t the King's Theatre in Warner Bios, "Jaws 0 f Steel," directed by Ray Enrlght says : "I never ask Rin-Tin-Tiu to do anything that would endanger him and cause him to lose his belief in my judgment." "It has always been my boast that there is nothing a person can do that I cannot make Rinty do. I speak to him in a confident imperative voice which contains not the least doubt, and I am always careful to complete one action before I demand another, so that he may not be confused. "These rules that I ha,vo laid down for myself, are 'according to the most approved tenets of human phyehology, for in his faith and lack of self-consciousness Rinty is very much like a child.

BEN HUR, 4 RAMON NOVAHR.O. * Ramon Novarto, who plays the i title role of "Hen Htir," was horn |M Mexico' in 1898, of Spanish-Aztec descent. His first screen role was ni the son of Omar in "The Rttb'aiyftf.'' l His next work wars Rtrpert of Hert■jwiu in "The Prisoner of £eMa." Hp fi*tr- apneaferl in "Sca'ramouche" and "The Arab." He is believed 1 by many t 0 be the foremost actor of the screen to-day. Novnr'ro i« a musician of ff'To accomplishment, as well as a handsome, »ma emetic and poetic actor. He is uMssifm'lfifi: and (harin- '•■"•, free fyom.the) conceit that' e>its like" a. canker into pome that have come into pfiddeft eminence. FRED NTBLO. Few more active careers in the field of motion pictures caft bo ftfcwci'od than that of Fred. Nihlo, cßrecW of "Ben Htir." Nihlo is particularly well known in Australia aw! New Zealand, where under the J. ('■ Wil'ltamson banner he appeared \wiSfiHmg success in "Get Rich Quick Wallingford" and many other bright farcecomedies. His wife, Enid Bennett, is an Australian-born girl, who made bet- first dramatic appearance at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne', in ?'Everyman' with Julius Knight. Niblo bepjm his picture-making activities in the late spring of 1918-, Since then he has made thirty-eight productions. At the conclusion of this he was- engaged to make the vast production of "Ben-Heir,'.' and "Ben-* Hur" will mike his name live for ever.

GREAT IRISH TENOR. ALFRED O'SHEA. The box plan for the Alfred O'Shea concert at Grubb's music store indicates that music-lovers are looking forward to the one recital to 'be given by the Great Irish Tenor, in the Town Hall, Stratford, to-morrow night, under the direction of Henry Hayward. To some idea of the diversity of Mr O'Shea and the excellence of his singing, we quote :ih excerpt from a recent "Sydney Morning Herald'': notice.: "The cabled reports 0 f Mr Alfred O'Shea's remarkable success in London were partly responsible for the overflowing audience which greeted him at the Sydney town Hall last night. Mr O'Shea has a wonderfully sweet tenor voice and has been taught how to use it to the best advantage- He does not strive to shake the tfftUs, but he can when the occasion requires rise t 0 heights of passionate climaxes. He held his audience fascinated, particularly in the lovely Handeliah air "Waft Her Angels to the Skv." It is unusual for an audience to interrupt a ■**»*& <f soups, but that is whit Mr O'Shea s audience demanded last night when he sang an exquisite French song, "Le Memoir." Tn his encore pieces Mr. O'Shea gave "fl Mi s tesoro • from Don Giovanni, which was a sheer delight, and lie also sang "Ha s Sorrow Thy Young Shaded. "Oft in tlio Stilly Night," and several other old Irish melodies with a sincerity and sweetness (and sympathetic feeling that have never been approached in Sydney. PEMBROKE ROAD BALL. At a very enjoyable ball held m the Pembroke Road Hall on Tuesday the spot waltz was won by Mrs McKenzie and Mr Rogers, who also won tlio Monte Carlo waits*. Ihe twilight confetti waltz: was a huge success. The music supplied by Waite's orchestra, was excellent, extras being given by Miss AagaaTd, Mrs Gootch, Messrs Belcher, Wrote, and I. Orr. The supper arrangements were in the capable .hands of, the ladies' committee and left nothng. to be desired. Messrs G. Aa**ftr4 and B. Doo made efficient M.'sC.