THE HEATHER IN BLOOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 15

THE HEATHER IN BLOOM

SIR HARRY LAUDER’S TRIUMPH “Do ye know what a crony is? I’ll tell ye. A crony is a freend who knows all about ye, but doesna' tell.” Thus, Sir Harry Lauder last evening, in a pawky confession to an audience of auld cronies at His Majesty's Theatre, where one of the happiest entertainments Auckland has enjoyed for a long time revealed the “wee buirdly body” at his best. It appeared to be yin o’ yon occasions when the heather frae the Braid Hills to far north of the Carse of Gowrie was in full bloom, bending this way and that, now purple, now silver, in a halesome gale of mirth. And the folks were greedy; aye, they were greedy! Even Sir Harry was compelled to notice it, and before he served the demand for more and had responded with great generosity, he was perspiring like a pit powny. But, then, it was his own fault. He was in excellent form and scored an unbroken triumph with both auld and new sangs, and a bonnie patter. It is not necessary to make a long story of his success. The happier way to learn all the details of it is to gang yersel and see the waggle o’ the kilt, the joy of being off the chain (a perfect study), and hear merry lilting songs forbye. The collier knight will be glad to meet more cronies the nicht, the morn’s afternoon and nicht, and time and again next week. He is supported admirably (though- he really does not need any support) by a competent company of entertainers, one of whom made several clergymen cackle at his aphorism that “the cock croweth, but tlie hen deliveretli the goods.” SUBURBAN THEATRES The Grey Lynn Cinema will present this evening “Tommy Atkins” (Lillian Hall-Davis and Walter Butler), also “Red Wine” (Conrad Nagel). At the Edendale Theatre _ the pictures are “Champagne” (Betty Balfour). “Hoofbeats of Vengeance” (Hoot Gibson), and “Rex, the Wonder Horse.” Vaudeville items will be presented by Daphne, the child ventriloquist, and Arthur Austin, comedian. The Prince Edward Theatre will screen “One of the Best” (a British Army story) and “Two Red Roses” (Liane Ha id). The Capitol Theatre, Dominion Road, will show “Take Me Home” (Bebe Daniels) and “Riley the Cop” (Louise Fazenda and Farrell McDonald). An aerial trapeze act will be presented by Michel. At the Parish Hall. Devonport. there will be screened “The Haunted House” ■(Chester Conklin) and “Clearing the Trail” (Hoot Gibson). The Empire Theatre, Dominion Road, will show “Odds On” (an all-Australian cast with phyllis Gibbs) and “Prep arid Pep” (David Rollins).