AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16617, 23 August 1918, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE SOYAL. : 'THE BING BOYS" TO-NIGHT. J. O. "Williamson's gomcous spectacular revue '•'Tho Eing Boys Are Hero'' will bo, staged at tiie Tiiearro Roval to-night at S o'clock sharp.' This revue has so far proved the most successful production si aged by J. C. "Williamson Ltd. iu the Dominion —a, distinction which iis merits deserve. Wonderful effects are said to follow one another ;so closely tlmfa the audieusc jrto'held spoil-bound almost from the rise to the fall of tho final curtain. Ahe several delightful numbers rendered by Miss Minnie Lave, the dancing of Clyde Cook and Maie Baird, and the brilliant comedy work of those two favourite comedians. Jack Cannot and Leslie Holland, -as the Bing Bovs. and. the delightfully tuneful song* of Nellie Payne, Rogina Sea ton aiid Myrtle Power, are among his most popular hits. For splendour, variety, and all-round it.teresfc and Mttrjifjiiveuess, it is paid that the b"g firm has surpassed any <j£ their jirovious pantomime production.*, and a pleasing- feature of the .'produ;>t.ion is that it, offers as much attractiveness for the. juvenile as for the adult,, keeping the onlookers in gone! humour for over three houvs. The production will Vie staged in Timaru for one night only Tho box plan is tit the Bristol, • -vlien seats mav "lie reserved in either Iress circle or stalls.

PICT UKES A.ND VAUDEVILLE. Tljc (Theatre lloyal was packed last T.iglit when, in addition to an excellent Vrogramme of pictures, Dort.en McL.atchy, a talented young artist from Invercargill, sang two catch- songs which pleased the audience. This tlever little girl will appear again tomorrow evening. The principal picture is ontiwud "The Laws of Compensation. ' >n which Norma Talnsadgo has a snlend'-d vehicle for hsr fine emotional I actinjr in n dual role of mother arid dnutdier. The story, which Ims a d?pp heart interest throughout. dfw>ls with tih=> I'i'e of n . girl who is apparently haupily mar-, j-'ed, is d'scontentod. She is shout to be led--astruf, when her father tells her Vho sad story of her mother's life, ssnd the scenes depicting tills are Hashed across* the screen— •>, story w.lin a story, and a story of powerful warning. In the new chapter of "The Mystery of the Double Cross," j Ihe Masked Stranger prevents the marriage of Bently and Fhillipa, and Peter Hole and the reporter are arrested for biirglary. A good double Gazette is also screened. Fullers' dton- in the Lyceum fli's evening.

THE GRAND. At tlie Grand lash night a v»rv un ?t U «! rtP*™* ™s sho-™, cult tied 'lhe Hopper.-' William V. -Wong is 'the hopper/' and he makes tiie part a success. He was once a a noted crook and his sns have followed h.m. One. night lie thinks he is. heUig "shadowed" by u detective so he "borrows ' a, car that standing in j-he roadway, and makes for his home ■J. he owners of the car had left their 1-tde son asleep m the back- of the car, and of course serious complications arise when the hopper iinds that he has kidnapped a, "young shaver" as ho calls him: A line and crv is JVssod, and the hopper lies low, till he meets th o boy's mother on one of his nocturnal rounds. This leads to t'tie return of the boy and reconeiliatr oa of the old man. Tiie story is well „to'd and greatly pleaded the "audience. Th° sr-r.tnas are go<>d' .-nd the plat moves owtriy, while tbe photography ;<: ox oolWt, Other pictures ar e a'Ganmnnt Grnph.o an emerta-nine topical, and a 2-reel comedy of merit.

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