AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 29 July 1925, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

DENIS KEHOE SEASON. Denis Kehoe, the romantic actorsinger, and a strong supporting company, Will present the play “Mother Mfichree” at the Opera House on Tuesday next. The plot of the play is a touching and appealing one, replete with romance and the pathos of life. The words will be embellished by beautiful old-time songs and oldtime music, played on the harp. Denis Kehoe knows his work. Maurice Wehlen, author of “Mother Machree,” has taken an Irish farming family, than, whom no class is fonder of the ancestral soil, and the grasping administrator of an absentee owner, who seeks to avenge his private spleen upon them, and has concocted an interesting little romance, introducing types of characters whose briskness and readiness of repartee enliven the story. As Dan O’Connor, elder son of "Mother Machree,” Denis Kehoe presents a chivalrous type, whose mercurial spirits find vent in the songs of his country, sung to the accompaniment of the little Irish harp. Frances Kayher/as Bose O’Dare, is a charming visitor, who radiates delicate grace and' colour. Helen Fergus in the sympathetic role of “Mother Machree,” Ronald Riley, Gwen Dorise, Aileen Dunne, Tom Buckley, Bernard Beeby, Charles Keegan and Lester Carey also give skilled interpretation. The season is limited to one night. Plans will open at Arts and 'Crafts on Saturday morning.

OPERA HOUSE. “THE SUNSET FOUR” TO-NIGHT. To-night will witness the first local appearance of “The Sunset Four” at the Opera House. In the realm of vocal music, no section is more popular than a well-balanced and capable male quartette. The visiting artists, a coloured troupe, have been associated together for some considerable time, during which they have specialised in the presentation of quaint negro melodies, both grave and gay. Their vocalisation is most finished and their interpretation very artistie. During their local season many original numbers will bo given, and as “The Sunset Four” never leave the stage until the conclusion. of their performance, number follows number in rapid succession. On thqir fine reputation the visiting quartette should command a large; audience at their initial performance this evening. Heading the excellent pictorial programme is the Universal special attraction “The Family Secret,” a powerful human drama, with a noted cast of players that includes “Baby” Peggy, Gladys Hulette, Frank Currier and others of note. An excellent comedy and the latest Gazette represent the balance of the entertaining programme. Box plan is at Henderson’s, while prices are 2s, Is 6d and-Is.

COSY DE LUXE. LAST TIME TO-NIGHT. “The Breath of Scandal,” which opened at the Cosy Theatre last night, is a picture you will like. Evon though it ascends into the realms of high society, its moral lesson is one which can, with advantage, be assimilated by all classes. Moreover, it shows that, even amongst the Upper Ten, there is a certain sense of,chivalry, an attribute almost lost in these days of modern flappers, hectic jazz parties, and shingled matrons. The mother of tke heroine is too absorbed in her family affairs to note that her husband is being estranged from his wife. He has an “affair” with the divorced wife of a prominent business man. One night a message comes through to the' heroine’s family that the husband and father has been shot in the flat of the divorcee. The daughter, whose finace is a modern society man, is loved by a young lawyer. When the breath of scandal is wafted across the atmosphere of society, it is . the hero who prevents it from produci ing serious results, even though he has to eornbat the insidious work of the girl’s lover. Eventually the matter is most satisfactorily hushed up, and the mother, who is persuaded to leave her various society meetings in favour of a return to home life, pays enough attention to her recovered hus-, band to ensure his staying by his own fireside, etc. The cast includes Betty Blythe, Jack Mulhall, Phyllis Haver, and other favourites.