AMUSEMENTS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16704, 24 July 1916, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THE GRAND THEATRE

"ROSEMARY," TO-DAY.

"Rosemary — that's for Remembrance," another "Metro.," has the pride of place in the Grand's change of programme to-day. " Rpsemary," in five acts, in which are starred Margaret Snow, the screen favourite, tyro stage celebrities in the persons of Paul Gilmore and Frank Bacon, the latter taking the character part of Professor Ingram, who in the last act gets badly hurt in a fight Jn an inn— go much about his work. "Rosemary" is said to be a delightful old English romance, in which a chaise elopement during a violent storm forms the centre of tho plot. As usual, the Metro Company rely on beautiful settings, and in th's picture they are reputed to bequ'te up tr> any of the others. The acting of Margaret Snow is very natural, and she is likely to establish herself very firmly in the hearts of all picture patrons. A Topical Budget, "John Bull Cartoons." v one-reel drama and some ~Sev; Zealand scenery, showing some fine stretches of the Waikato River, make up a two and a quarter hours programme which will please everyone.Patrons ar e reminded that this picture wilj be screened this afternoon at 3 p.m., and in the evening at 8 p.m.

THE TIVOLI FOLLIES

Hugh D. Mclntosh's combination of merrymakers, The Tivoli Follies, are to reopen in the Opera House, AVanganui, on Friday next. The 60 performers Mr. Mclntosh luas 'brought over include ballet and cohrus. In addition, the full Tivoli Operatic Orchestra are accompan,yjng the Follies. Miss Vera Pearce, the beautiful young Australian artist, is now Queen of the Follies. She is suported by a clever comedienne, Thelma Raye, a ruddyhaired beauty recruited from musical comedy ranks. Jack Cannot, who is returning with new songs and burlesques, is assisted in Iks merrymaking by three distinct types of comedian, in George Welch, AValter Weems,, and Billy Rego. Frank Greene is still an ardent lover with sentimental songs, wihle Jean Keith, the child wonder, trips the light fantastic, rivalled only by Genee or Pavlova. Star vaudeville acts fill up the first part of the prugramme, introducing to New Zealand the Belgian orchestra, with a fine tenor in Jacques 801, Short and Little (Comedy acrobats), also Ella Caspers. The programme will be changed for the Saturday night's performance, while a special matinee will be given on Saturday afternoon. The box plan is to open at H. I. Jones and Sons th:s morning.

J. C. AVILLIAMSOIS

MOTHER GOOSE PANTOMIME

The Box plans for the one night season of "Mother Goose" pantomime ■will be opened at H. I. Jones and Sons to-morrow morning. The dramatic critic of the Sydney Telegraph writes of the J. C. Williamsonv "Mother Goose" pantomime as follows : — "Mother Goose has been done hero before and its eggs were goiden ones to to all concerned. Since then much water has flowed . under Princess Bridge, and tha world in the direction of pantomime has been kept busy in the harvesting of new ideas.. Good taste is the keynote of staging. The ballets are all very beautiful, with perhaps a leaning towards the exceedingly quaint and "nurses anl toy soldiers", the copper, silver bank notes and gold; the wattle, waratah, shamrock, thistle ond rose; the richly-coloured France, Russia, Italy arid Great Britain ballets. A weird effect is caused in the darkened theatre by a little girl floating through 'it and taking up the chorus of Miss de Venny's song, and another is a map of Australia w'th chorus heads peeping through the cities and helping the solo singer. A turn ihat causel a good deal of " shuld,ering" was that of Ross and Fal's. whose specially hazardous cable balancing caused a pitch of nervous excitement not often witnessed in s a theatre. _ No less than five Drury Lane principals will apear, including Misses Lilian de Venn 1 Mnud Fane, and Messrs V:cto- T" \ Albert Fehno and Arthur and 8 ': t.