ENTERTAINMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 48, Issue 14609, 7 March 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“THE GILDED LILY,” A beautiful introduction in coloured • photography is one of the unusual fea- , tures of Mae Murray’s Paramount Super Production, “The Gilded Lily, j which will be the attraction at the ! Opera House Theatre for three days, ! smarting Wednesday next. This was ! the first feature film ever made by Par- • amount in which the Prizma process j was used, and it will undoubtedly at- ! tract attention. Considerable expense , was undergone to incorporate the colj oured scenes into the film. Miss MurI ray has a fine dancing role. Her lead- • iug man is Lowell Sherman, and the director was Robert Z. Leonard. Scats may be reserved at Henderson’s. OPERA HOUSE. One of the greatest pictures of the day, Vitagraph’s special production, j “The Heart of Maryland,” with Cathi crinc Calvert in the title role, is the attraction at the Opera House at present. Every character in the play is true to type. An all-star cast, one of the most expensive and perhaps one of the best-known ever assembled for a special production, appears in this Vitagraph feature. It includes such wellknown players as Jane Jennings, Crane Wilbur, Ben Lyons and Warner Richmond. An unusual love interest interwoven around the lives of three couples holds the centre of attention in this story, laid at the time of the American Civil War. COSY. “Nobody” is the intriguing title of a new mystery melodrama, the starring feature at the Cosy Theatre. The star of the production is Jewel Carmen playing the role of a young wife. The story tells of a man who is mysteriously killed, and his ex-butler is indicted for the crime. A juror in the trial, however, proves that the man is innocent, and explains how the murder was confmitted. The picture has ben elaborately produced and is enacted by a strong cast. Many pleasing scenic, locations in the South have been shot as backgrounds. The offering screens in seven reels, and has been voted an unusually pleasing bit of entertainment wherever shown. Win. Davidson is in the leading male role.

FAMOUS N.Z. DIGGERS. What a Tvonderful record the Diggers have had! It is not given to every theatrical company to be able to run for nearly live years, and play in eight different countries to nearly a mi lion people. The management of the company readily recognise that the show must now stand entirely on its merits, and with that in view, have engaged at big expense some of the best artists that have ever been seen outside the big Australian cent es. Two, at least, of the new artists have London reputations. Prank Perry, late of the Hippodrome, London, is a clever comedian with an excellent baritone voice. Joe Valli is am important and expensive importation from England. Prank Moran was well known as a 'comedian at the front. When the armistice was signed, Frank elected to try his luck on the English musical halls, with the result that he was kept busy until recently when business reasons recalled him to Wellington. Ivan Mitchell is a tenor singer whose songs are sure to be sang in every household. Besides the artists mentioned, there are still some of the old favourites, indluding Stan Lawson, the misleading lady; Gas Dawson, the dancer; and Tano Fama, the captain of comedy. The song numbers in the new show were specially selected in America, England and Australia, and the publishers are printing special editions of them for circulation in New Zealand. The dresses, >too ; are on a scale that brings them into line with the best London shows, as they were secured and imported from the great metropolis regardless of expense.} The Diggers Hvil appear in Masterton next Saturday and Monday, March lltli and 13th.