AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19439, 27 October 1925, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

MUSICAL COMEDY GOLF. “KID BOOTS”—io-NIQHT.

To-night at the Opera House should be witnessed 6. scene of “joy unrestrained,” it being the occasion of the first production in Wanganui of “Kid Boots,” the latest J. C. Williamson big musical comedy surprise. It will also signal the return of Miss Josie Melville and Mr. George Gee, than whom bo greater favourites have ever appeared in this city. One of the interpretations of this apparently irresistible play, an Australian leading critic writes: —“The acting of everyone op. tho stage, especially the tense excitement over the final of the championship game, was most convincing, and the •Coconut ball’ (a brilliant iiancy dress party with which the colnedy ends) made a fitting climax. It would bo invidious to pick out individual members, and futile to describe tho various ballets and dance numbers. Josie Melville has never sung or danced more delightfully than as Polly Pendleton, and looked charming in her dainty sports frock, and even more so in the rose-coloured evening frocks of later scenes, through which she flitted like a dainty Dresden China figure. Mr. George Gee’s playing of ‘Kid Boots’ was splendid. Taken by and large, ‘Kid Boots’ is a thing of beauty bnd should be a joy to playgoer? for many moons to come.” Boots” will be played for to-night only. The stage management is in the able hands of H. Nightingale, tho music being undet the direction of Harry Jacobs. The play is produced by George H. Highland.

THE GRAND “NAME THE MAN” A forceful story by Sir Hall Caine, and an all-star cast which includes Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch, Hobart Bosworth, Patsy Ruth Miller and Creighton Hale, combine to make noteworthy Victor Seastrom’s first American production, “Name the Man!” which opened to big business at the Grand yesterday. “Name the Man!” is from the celebrated English novelist’s recent, best seller, “The Master Man.” It tells the striking story of a young judge whose first act of office is to pass judgment on a girl ho himself wronged. The courtroom scene, which is one of the intensely dramatic incidents in tho story, calls for some of the greatest emotional and dramatic acting which has ever reached the American screen, with a man—human, erring—whose deop and lasting affection for one girl is pitted in combat with his pledge to duty which calls him to say “you must die!” to a frail, sweet girl who owes her downfall‘to him, her judge. Mae Busch plays the part of the wronged girl- —her second leading part in Hall Caine stories, with Conrad Nagel playing the part of the judge. A brilliant cast,, with gigantic settings picturing the ancient prison and castle on the Isle of Man, and superb photography add to the perfection of the distinguished European director’s first Goldwyn production. It will make his name familiar to every picture fan in the country and help the films to come into their own as an art as well as an entertainment. The plans nfor to-night and to-morrow are now open at the Grand Theatre.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES. Owing to the Opera House being otherwise engaged, pictures will be suspended until Friday evening, when a, special Paramount production, entitled “The Air Mail,” will be the star attraction. This picture is a rapid-fire, up-to-the-minute melodrama, biased on the United States’ Government air mail service, the code of which is “Nor snow, nor rßin, nor wind, nor night can stay the pilot in his flight.”. Be sure and book your scat at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son’s. KAI IWI CONCERT Everyone likes to help the kiddies. With this object in view the Kai Iwi School Committee is holding a concert and dance in the Town Hall on Thursday, October 29. An excellent programme has been arranged, which includes items by a large number of Wanganui city artists. Special items will be given by the school children, which in itself is always a great draw, as all love to hear the children sing. It is expected that the Town Hall will be taxed to its utmost, so get along early if you want to get in. The concert will run until 10.15, when the floor will be cleared, and dancing will continue until everybody has had enough. Excel-. lent music and supper will be provided.