AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17894, 14 June 1920, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

EVERYBODY’S “MICKEY. Commencing to-night at the above; theatre, the management' will screen for I six nights the magnificent comedy das- | sic ‘ Mickey,” starring Mabel >ormand] in the title role. Never in any ene i picture have such opportunities to dis- i play is out of the common and abounds' play is one of the common ami abounds' with sensational thrills which include! a race betweon a railroad express and j a motor ear. and a race for love and life ’ in the Northern Cup, swimming stunts. : big ballroom cones and everything else ; that can make the picture a- big an-.use- i ment provided from the first act to the last. Mr Harrold Boherts. the popular j baritone will sing the song “ Mickey,” > which was written for this picture. j HIS MAJESTY'S. A DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME! Patrons are assured of big values fori their money for the next three nights’ at His Majesty’s Theatre, when a really j wholesome and delightful programme] will bo presented There are t-wo starfeatures —namely, ‘' Black Britta,” a I Nordisn drama, in this company’s very! i-.nest style, and a five-act comedy-1 drama, ‘‘Over the Garden Wall." with Bessie Love in the leading role Love, adventure, Tomanee, and intense dramatic situations charctvri.se the picturesque and charming story, which revives memories of t'he old song of the same i a me. It is a very unusual tale of the common-place happenings of life. Tlie plot comes within the. scope of everv individual and brings to mind things that have occurred in the life history of each. 'lhe “Co-op. Weekly Budget” is also shown. HIS MAJESTY'S. THE GREATEST PICTURE YET. '•THE MIRACLE MAX." One of the greatest pictures ever presented in "Wanganui will be screened at His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday! next. It is entitled “ The Miracle Man.” and has created fresh records in Wellington for the past three nights. “The Miracle Man" may well be described as “the photoplay with an amazing soul." It shows the best of life and the worst —in a story so great that it could nor be put ino words. It appeals, like a tale of true love: it thrills like a burst of glorious music: it inspires, like a message from a master. I* is a picture of crooked lives made straight, of sordid lives made bright?, all by the wholesome sway of the country and an old man's faith and trust in men, and in a power to heal, “The Miracle Man” is no propaganda film, it has no creed save humanity— it is a simple but vivid and vital story of human hearts, told on the screen in scenes of marvellous variety. I A special orchestra of fourteen instrumentalists will provide an excellent accompamnieift including a specially composed piologue to the picture. Madame Annette Hayward has been specially engaged to sing the song “Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer.” The box plans ftr the season will open to-morrow morning at Upton's music warehouse, and intending patrons are strongly advised to book' their seats at once, as there is sure to be a rush for this great super-feature. GERTRUDE JOHNSON CONCERTS The delightful experience of hearing two concert artists who are at the best part of their careers, musically, is to be afforded to the residents of Wanganui on Thursday, when there will appear ai the Opera House Miss Gertrude Johnson, the brilliant young Australian operatic soprano, and Mr Horace Hunt, the j Auckland musician and pianist. Recog- i I nising the unusually high degree to which these artists have raised themselves in the musical world, and desiring to encourage in every way the Australasian talent they represent, as distinct from the imported talent more often introduced, Mr Victor Beck has arranged to direct a tour of New Zealand by Miss Johnson and Mr Hunt, under t'he management of Mr G. S. Garland, of Auckland. During the local season Miss Johnson will sing excerpts from various operas as well as many numbers of the so-called popular type. Her ’ast appearances in the Dominion were made as one of the leading members of the J. C. Williamson Grand Opera Company early this year. She canned everyI thing before her in ‘Lucia di Lammeri moor” and “Rigoletto,” creating noj thing short of a sensation in each. Prior i to that New Zealand appearance she ! had taken the critics of the Australian j press by storm. Of her work in “Lucia” i a Melbourne writer said: “Miss Gertrude Johnson scored a great personal triumph last night. The audience was astonished that from such a frail, youthful figure of womanhood should proceed such beautiful and well sustained vocal tone. Difficulties seem to Hee when Miss Johnson approaches them armed with a perfectly balanced and easy vocal flexibility. One sees the hand of Melba. Miss Johnson will certainly do great tilings in opera, both here and in other parts of the world.” In Mr Horace Hunt the promoters of the tour have secured an artist whose reputation was made already before ho left for Eurooe in 1913. During his internment in a German camp as a prisoner of war, and after that, while he resided in London and other parts of Britain, he had innumerable fine opportunities of perfecting himself in his art, and of mixing with and studying the methods of some of the greatest musicians of the older world. His experience in that wa?> broadened to a remarkable extent, and I where he was before a qualified expon- | ent of the piano, he had returned with a | gift in that, direction which few artists j in Nev Zealand can lay claim to. Also contributing to the pleasure of those I who are wise enough to attend the series will be Mr Charles Russell, one of Australia’s leading flautists. The box plan for the concerts will open to-morrow at H. 1. Jones and Son’s.