AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 31 July 1925, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. LAST OPPORTUNITY TO-NIGHT. Opera. House patrons are advised tkat to-night is the last chanee ef seeing the troupe of jolly fellows and most successful quartette seen in Masterton for a long time. In the realm of vocal music it may fee said at the outset that a better ©r mere finished combination in a similar line to “The Sunset Pour” have never appeared locally. With tuneful and well balanced voices they held the stage for upwards of half an hour, during which period they sang a series of entertaining numbers, several of which were quite uovcl. Their harmony is while the artistic rendering of a few descriptive items was marked by much expression. In lighter vein nothing stood out better than the ‘‘imitation of a steam piano on a merry go round.” “The Sunset Four” are a decidedly happy troupe and appear to be as merry as the proverbial sand boy. After they had completed their programme, .the large audience broke inte most enthusiastic applause which was maintained until the gifted quartette returned and contributed another pleasing song. “The Sunset Four” appears again to-night. Leading the excellent pictorial programme is the Universal special attraction, “The Family Secret,” a powerful human drama, with a noted cast of playgrs that include “Baby” Peggy, Gladys Hulette, Frank Currier, and others of note. An excellent comedy and the latest Gazette represent the balance of the entertaining programme. The box plan is at Henderson’s, while prices are 2/, 1/6 to 1/.

DENIS KEHOE SEASON. Denis Keho«, the romantic actorsinger, and a strong supporting company, will present the play “Mother i Maehree ’ ’ for one night in the Opera j House next Tuesday (August 4.) The plot .is a touching and appealing «ne, , replete with romance and pathos ef ! Hfe. The werds will be embellished ■by beautiful old-time songs and oldtime music played on the harp. Denis ■ Kehoe knows his work and the force I of his romantie acting wine its way with the audience right fiiqm the ‘ start. Maurice Wehlen, author ef j “Mother Maehree,” has taken an Irish fanning family, than wham I no class is fonder of the ancestral soil, and the grasping administrator of an absentee owner, who seeks to vent his private spleen upon them, and has concocted an interesting little romance, introducing types of characters whose briskness and readiness of repartee enliven the more sombre aspects of the story. As Dan O ’Connor, elder son of “ Mother Maehree,” 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. In support I appears Frances Kayher as Ross O’Dare. Helen Fergus in the sym--1 pathetic role of “Mother Maehree,” , Ronald Riley, Gwen Dorise, Aileen Dunne, Tom Buckley, Bernard Beeby, , Charles' Keegan and Lester Carey also appear in characters that call ! for skilled interpretation. The plans will open to-morrow at Ants and Crafts.

COSY DE LUXE. LAST TIME TO-NIGHT, Cosy patrons are advised that tonight is the last opportunity of seeing the big attraction “Christine of the Hungry Heart.” The story of Christine is that of a woman who, denied nothing in her girlhood, fails to find the happiness she craves as a wife. Christine first weds an unfaithful husband, then a neglectful one. She elopes with a poet,but has her young son taken away from her just as she believes her long-awaited happiness is at hand. She then pays the penalty for her one mis-step and eventually finds the hppiness she sought as a bridfe. Christine is played sympathetically and convincingly by Miss Florence Vidor, an actress of skill and rare'judgment. Warner Baxter is the unfaithful husband, and ably plays the rather difficult part. An amusing two reel comedy and latest news completes a good bill.