AMUSEMENTS.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15119, 4 January 1922, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KING’S. Tho current programme ah the King’s is headed by a drama starving William Farnum in “Drag Harlan,” a splendid film. To-mor-row will bo shown a great success, E."*J. and Don O’Carroll’s latest production, “Rudd’s New Selection,” a companion picture to “On Our Selection,” which, since the

first release at the end of last month in Sydney, has been packing theatres everywhere. In some instances already, re-bookings have been made by showmen unable to accommodate all ..tho crowds that wish to see the picture on its initial screenings. .Steele Rudd's story, in which Dad is more' lively and lovable than ever, Date delightful amid his matrimonial troubles. Sarah more shrewish, but equally humorous, and tho rest of the extensive bush t family •‘ more joyous than ever, has been produced by Raymond Longford, who was responsible for “The Sentimental Bloke,” and “On Our Selection.”

“THE WAIKIKI HAWAIIANS.”

An entertainment that is distinctly new to Thames, in fact, to the Dominion, will bo presented, at the King’s Theatre on Monday evening, Januory 9. . ' “The Waikiki Hawaiians’’ are a clever troupe of native artists under the direction of ■ Keoko Greig. This band of entertainers has created a great impression in all tho towns L: which they have yet appeared. They open at the Town Hall, Auckland, after their season at Thames. There are 16 in the company, who promise not a dull moment from beginning to end. Their extensive repertoire covers from classic to ragtime, fascinating Hawaiian love songs, steel guitar solos, instrumental quartettes; also the weird Hawaiian lament rendered by a dusky Hawaiian beauty to tho strumming of tho ukclele. A feature of the entertainment is a Maori composition taught to tho-girls during their stay at Rotorua. A quaintness lends itself to this item inasmuch as ithe Hawaiians. have substituted the first half of the song with tiheir dince. Tho latter part. L danced and sung in Maori fashion. The stage settings, dressings, lighting, and electrical effects are on an elaborate scale, and are entirely new to New Zealand. The box plan is at Johnstons.