AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

BANDBOX REVUE COMPANY. Next Tuesday and Wednesday evening Mr Gayle Wyer and his Bandbox revue and musical comedy company will re-appear at the Opera House. This combination, which is being presented by Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller were very well received when they appeared locally recently and the announcement that they will present two entirely new programs will doubtless attract many of those who attended during the first season. Capable principals and a smart ballet working harmoniously together result in a pleasing performance. Thai has already been satisfactorily demonstrated. So, also, has the fact that the public will liberally support a company of calibre and which is able “to deliver the goods.” On Tuesday evening the feature of the revue will be “A Matrimonial Muddle” one of those lightsome trifles which fill their mission of creating laughter. It is said that this piece is one of the best in the company’s repertoire. On Wednesday evening “Mixed Doubles” will be staged. In each piece a further new sot of costumes will be worn and the ballet will be seen in new dances. Scenery and musical numbers will also be now a rcarure which the management desires to emphasise. The first part of each programme will introduce the principals in a fresh budget of varieties with Miss Heather Jones, and Messrs Charles Norman and Sam Ward in another series of entertaining tit-bits. The plans are at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son’s.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES. Pola Negri recently went through the experience of acting out a tragic incident in her own life. Years ago in Warsaw, when she was making her first appearance on the legitimate stage, a young Polish artist sought to paint her picture. Their daily visits together developed into an affair of deep affection. Before the painting was completed, the artist was taken 'ill. He died with Miss Negri sitting 'at his bedside—a death indirectly due Ito his struggle with poverty and hunger.

In her latest Paramount starring production, “The Woman on Trial,” (showing at the Opera House to-night, Miss Negri is in love with a young artist who paitns her portrait. * Poverty and illness bring him to the edge of the grave. But her loyalty does not falter. She takes a means, at tremendous sacrifice to herself, of obtaining money to care for him, namely by marrying a wealthy man whom she docs not love, and whose jealousy nearly wrecks her life. “The Woman on Trial” is taken from “Confession,’’ a stage play by Ernest Vajda, Hungarian playwright. The role of the poor artist is portrayed by Einar Hanson. Another important part is taken by Arnold Kent.