AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20005, 23 November 1927, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

THE DUCHESS THEATRE—ARAMOHO. “The Prairie King,” Hoot Gibson’s latest picture, will be shown at the Duchess Theatre this afternoon and fin- } ally to-night. Brimful of actions, laughs, 1 thrills and romance, the picture should j please all who delight in western [“wows.” Filmed under the able dll’ rection of B. Reaves Eason with BarI bara Worth, Charles Sellon, Rosa Gore, [AI. Priscoe and.others in the cast. This | peppy photoplay promises to be one of the most popular pictures the ininii ! table Hoot has ever made. An excellent supporting programme will be screened, including a two-reel comedy and two International newsreels. MUNICIPAL THEATRE A wealthy young American millionaire, cruising on his yacht; an alluring and fiery little Spanish girl who leads her patriotic “Carbonari” in a revolt against unjust rule at the foot of the Pyrenees, and the complications which can occur when two such personalities get together form the basis of “Lady Robinhood,” Evelyn Brent’s latest production, released by Paramount, which will show at the Opera House with “The Birth of a Flower” to-morrow. In a vivid and picturesque story, which compels attenion and which departs from the recent type of vehicles in which Miss Brent has 'won popularity, the star gives a superb performance. “Lady Robinhood” comes with an excellent reputation and is certain to be a popular feature in this city. “THE BIRTH OF A FLOWER.” To-morrow evening, in the Opera House, Clarke Irvine, the noted American lecturer and writer, will show for the final time in Wanganui, Dr. A. C. Pillsbury’s exquisitely beautiful nature film, “The Birth of a Flower,” which has met with enthusiastic comment wherever it has been screened. This picture, with which Mr Irvine delivers an amusing and interesting lecture, has received the highest praise from educationalists in New Zealand, the Uni. tel States, and Hawaii, and should prove a big draw for those Wanganui theatregoers who love Nature and all that is beautiful. The box plan is at H. I. Jones and Sou’s. ON WITH THE DANCE. The dancing event of the year takes place to-night, when Miss Audrey Hughes-Johnson will stage her annual recital in the Opera House. The pupils have been rehearsing diligently for some weeks past, aud there are included in the programme many ambitious ballets which are staged to-night for the first time. The Toy Ballet is a pretty little fantasy in which a sleeping child dreams her toys have come to life and are dancing around her bed. “My Lady Dragonfly,” a beautiful piece of work which is based upon a composition of Hermann Finck, tells of the brief, but deliriously happy life of two dragon-flies hovering over a silver pool in which, motionless and inscrutable, sits a huge bull-frog. “The Moth and the Flame,” is another very charming composition which gives Stella Vernon, anl Shirley Crammond full opportunity to shine in an artistic number. The featured dancers in the Dragonfly Ballet are Joyce Hayward, Ora Jones, Stella Vernon, and Trevor Hunter; while in the Toy Ballet, Margaret Hine, Joyce Hayward, Ula Jones, Ora Jones, Trevor Hunter, Shirley Crammond, and Ora Jones have the centre of the stage. The programme has been broken by songs by Helen Spurdie and Patricia McDavitt, two charming young artists, who are not unknown to Wanganui audiences, and who will score well w T ith The bright and characteristic numbers in which they will appear.