SIR HARRY LAUDER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 638, 15 April 1929, Page 13

SIR HARRY LAUDER

HIS MAJESTY’S ON WEDNESDAY As the time draws near for the appearance in Auckland of Sir -Harry Lauder and his new company of international artists, there is great expectancy of what fare will be offered by this distinguished entertainer. Intending patrons will be pleased to note that Sir Harry will present an entirely new budget of songs, sketches and stories. His latest song successes we,re presented during his last season in London just prior to his departure for New Zealand, and the London Press commented on the fact that Sir Harry is an even greater favourite than ever with the London theatregoer, as exemplified by his wonderful nightly receptions, and that he was averaging over the hour on the stage at every performance. Included in Sir Harry’s new song numbers are "When 1 Meet Mackay," “I’ve Just Got Off the Chain,” and “Flower o’ the Heather,” the firstnamed being song character sketches full of quaint humour, and the latter a love song with a touch of pathos and a haunting melody. A selected few of the old favourites will find a place on his programme for his audiences ever demand their inclusion. Even now the management is in receipt of special request numbers. Whatever Mr. E. J. Carroll presents to the public must be the best, and the supporting company is no exception, for infinite care has been taken in choosing the artists and acts, which include "Tiki” Carpenter, the surprise packet, direct from a highly successful London season; Miss Beryl Wentworth, a fascinating singer of catchy chorus songs; Rupert Hazel and Elsie Day, the liarmonylarity duo; the Fredo Bros., comedy acrobatic violinists from the Orpheum Circuit, America; .and Don Julian, a cartoonist and lightning sketch artist, who makes the best of the English he knows, direct from the Continental variety theatres. Ilaydyn Beck is musical conductor and the orchestra has been specially selected for this tour. Only nine performances can be given in His Majesty’s Theatre. Box plans opened at Lewis Eady, Ltd., this morning.

SUBURBAN THEATRES At the Prince Edward Theatre this evening the pictures are “Riley, the Cop” (J. Farrell MacDonald) and “The Desert Bride” (Betty Compson). The Capitol Theatre, Dominion Road, will screen “Romance of the Underworld” (Mary Astor) and "Avalanche” (Jack Holt). The Grey Lynn Cinema will show “Shanghai Bound” (Richard Dix) also “Phyllis of the Follies” (Alice Day.and Edmund Burns). The Empire Theatre, Dominion Road, will show “The Farmer’s Daughter” (Marjorie Beebe) and “The Sporting Age” (Belle Bennett). The Victoria Theatre, Devonport, will screen “His Private Life” (Adolphe Menjou) and “The Silver Lining’’ (Eve Gray and Pat Aherne).

At the Edendale Theatre the pictures are “Home, James” (Laura La Plante) and “Sparkling Youth” (allstar cast).

“BLINDFOLD” AT BRITANNIA

The age-old clash between law and crime reaches an acute stage in many of the scenes in "Blindfold,” now at the Britannia Theatre. featuring Lois Moran and George O’Brien. A gang of four highly respected citizens. taxpayers with grand larceny as a sideline, manages to bamboozle ju juries and prosecutors for a while, but fails to intimidate its Nemesis, personified by Geo.rgo O’Brien. As a result plenty of action, featuring murder cars, machine-guns, nightsticks, and free-for-all fist fights, punctuates the story from beginning to end. “Man, Woman and Wife,” the second feature, is the story of a man who lost his nerve at the war and sank into the underworld. Norman Kerry is the star.