AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 5 March 1927, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

MISS PHYLLIS LETT. It is a well-known fact that any artist with whom Mr. E. J. Grayestock is associated is well worth while listening to. This applies in a most marked degree to Miss Phyllis Lett, the great English contralto, who comes to Masterton on Tuesday. Gifted with a most gloriously rich and powerful voice. Miss Lett has such control over her vocal organs that she can pass from the most sombre to tho lightest numbers with perfect ease. “A Heaven-sent gift,” was the verdict of a great critic, and so it is. Listening to Miss Lett’s wonderful tones has made a truly deep and lasting impression that time will not eradicate. How few voices there are, that will do this. Associated with Miss Lett is a really brilliant company of artists for their mastery of their own particular branch. Miss Margot Macgibbon, a very young violinist, has proved beyond doubt that in her lies the divine spark. Mr. Norman Bennett, a' cultured young tenor, will go far in musical history; and Mr. Maurice Bealy, the pianist of the company is too well known to musicians to need any introduction. Indeed a rare feast may be expected. Special arrangements’ for students and members of musical societies are announced rnd the plans are now at the Arts and , Crafts. OPERA HOUSE. Into “The Arizona Sweepstakes” has been woven an appealing love story of a cowboy and a girl, pieced out here and there with lively bits of comedy. The big thrill of the play comes in the cross-country horse race in which Hoot Gibson gives another masterly exhibition of horsemanship. There is nothing soft about this race, no beautifully kept track with grandstands filled with cheering thousands. It is a mad, whirling race of a dozen or more cowpunchers on galloping. horses, the course leading along level plain, up and down hill or over ditch, fence and hedge. An excellent cast is in support of Hoot Gibsen. The other star item is Earle Fox in “A Trip to Chinatown.” Much of the action is laid in San Francisco’s romantic Chinatown, reproduced with the utmost fidelity, and many of the interiors are gorgeous in the extreme. It is said to be the most costly fivereel comedy ever produced. Thousands of extras were necessary for the revelry scenes in Chinatown. Critics have pronounced this the best comedy released in recent years. Also the final chapter of “The Radio Detective.” Book at Henderson’s or theatre 1048 after 6.45. COSY THEATRE. A momentary hush—the boom of a gun—a fluttering of bunting—and the Union Jack floats gaily in the breeze over another outpost. Blazing the trail of freedom in the Empire on which the sun never sets! To such a stirring end comes the story of “The Flaming Forest,” as it is told by James Oliver Curwood. This incident is one of the most inspiring in the screen version of the famous novel, which comes to the Cosy Theatre tonight. “The Flaming Forest” deals with the colonisation of tho NorthWest territory of Canada, and the events that led to the mobilisation of the Royal North-West Mounted Police. With the inimitable charm of method of this great author historical fact is admirably blended with imaginative fiction. The story is of a,half-breed who endeavours to establish a republic in North-West Canada, but whose aims are frustrated by the daring galfontry of the Mounted Police. Renee Adoree and Antonio Moreno are the principals in this picture. Good supporting programme. sBox plan at Henderson’s or theatre.