ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1129, 16 August 1921, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ODDS AND ENDS.

Thp company which, under arrangement with J. and N. Tait, entertained a Te Awamutu audience at the Empire Theatre on Saturday evening with some artists selected from “Sinbad the Sailor,” exhibited considerable talent. The building was pack-' ed, and numbers of persons were un-. able to obtain seats. The company was a strong one, and was accompanied by a varied and capable orchestra —one of* 'the best ever heard in this building. The outstanding feature of the evening was the strange goggle eyed physiognomy of that_king of comedians. Clem Dawe (thejgo of “Sinbad the Sailor). Droll humour played from his every muscle,./and his contributions overflowed with those little surprises which form ninetenths of a good joke anywhere. With Eric Edgley (Ugo) and Dam Agar (Mrs Tinbad) he supplied a large part of the evening’s fun. They are three wonderful actors, and many of their sayings seemed to hit the listener a sharp blow. They were at times f(ir too hot" for a mixed audience. The dancing was exquisite. Miss Florence Wilson exhibited the springy resilience of rubber, and both she and her sister Alys became warm favorites. But the male exponents of twinkling feet were also, in their particular sphefes (both spectacular and comic) well worth seeing. Among the singers, Miss Cecile Audibert was a favourite with her delightful so T prano voice, and all the ladies (including Miss Nellie McGuire) showed high vocal capability when their parts called for ft. Mr Alan Shrimpton sang with that clear enunciation that pleases concert goers who like to hear what a singer is saying, and Edgley, Dawe, and Agar were also welcome reinforcements to the vocal group. It was a memorable entertainment, but, as before said, just a little too hot —too hot!

“A DAUGHTER OF TWO WORLDS.' The plot of “A Daughter of Two Worlds,” to be screened at- the Empire Theatre on Thursday next, is founded on a famous forgery case, the two participants m which receiv ed ten years’ penal servitude. As a starring vehicle for Norma Talmadge’s debut under the banner of First National, it marks a milestone in the .career of that brilliant young artist •that should be memorable. In her forceful presentation of a girl’s passage from the underworld to an honoured place in society, a passage that is fraught with dangers and thrilling adventures, Miss Talmadge gives 'the finest piece of character acting she has done, and it is a tribute to the emotional ability of the young star that the wife of the author of the novel was moved to tears on viewing the first screening by the wonderful characterisation of her husband’s heroine as portrayed by Norma Talmadge. “CINDERELLA JANE. Owing to the vist of the Vice Regals at the 'Empire Theatre on Saturday evening the usual Saturday’s picture programme will be screened on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Hundreds who have read and enjoyed “Cinderella Jane,” as it is written by Marjorie Benton Cooke, will be well repaid by witnessing the picturisation of the story, to be screened as above. Greenwich Village, colorful, romantic and unconventional, has been depicted in all its as a background for the dramatic action of the story, and there is a good