ENTERTAINMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 48, Issue 14610, 8 March 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

COSY. . “Twin Beds” is the screen version of the stage success of the same name by Margaret Mayo and Salisbury Field. The play, a bedroom farce comedy, was extremely popular, and enjoyed a long run on Broadway, and with companies on the road, over a period of two years. Mr and Mrs Carter Be Haven are starred in the piece, which adapts itself admirably to their talents, and in the supporting cast besides William Desmond, are Helen Raymond, who created the role of (Signora Monti in the original stage production, Katherine Lewis, B iiliam J. Irving, a nd Lottie Williams. The .dot of the picture revolves round the mriital relations of a iliiaatioug, Italian ,euor, and the (amplications ensuiifg when he gets in Lie vvi on gapartment and sleeps in another man s bed. I Here is an abundance of 'lean, wholesome comedy in the farce, wnich is the 1 irst National at.faction at the Cosy de .Luxe Theatre to-night, pa-rons arc ad\ised to reserve seats early for this big attraction. OPERA HOUSE. The greatest production yet to leave the famous studios of Paramount, and a production recognised throughout tic world as the screen ’e most perfect and flawless triumph is found in Robert Z. Leonard’s creation, “A Gilded Lily, to be screened to-night at the Opera Rouse. “A Gilded Lily” is staged with marvellous splendour and glittering beauty, really the wor kof a genius, the like of which has never before been attempted or achieved, it is ceitain to create a furore and hold its audience spellbound with its magnificence and human heart appeal. Mae Munay leaches the apex of success and adds further laurels to her fame, as the gilded lily, product of Broadway—Broadway, the mystic maze of joy and sorrow- oi sen shine and rain—of lights and shadows, that scintillated nightly in one of New York’s most brilliant cabarets. The story centres roend this litle bit of human tinsel and of the man whom #lie loved that was content only with the lure, the glitter and laughter that fed her fame on Broadway, while her very heart cried mu for a love and a life that were worthy. It is a romance of New York and its gay night life. And of a girl, by night a glittering salamander living on tlicl iglits of Broadway, forever playing with fire, triller of men’s affections, yc-t behind it all there was a heart that rang true, a heart of gold that belied the exterior. The dances performed by Muss Murray, the Spanish, the Bubble and the Balloon, are distinctly original and startling, while the costuming is a revelation. Special music will be rendered by an augmented orchestrh. Seats may be reserved at Henderson’s, 3d extra.

j FAMOUS N.Z. DIGGERS. ‘ Springing surprises has been a habit with the Famous New Zealand Diggers, who will appear in Masterton on Saturday and Monday, 11th and 13th I March. The latest surprise this wonderj fully successful company is springing on their patrons is the advent of some new Digger talent secured from other j parts of the world. These additions to the New Zealand talent already in the troupe will include Joe Yalli, a Scottish comedian and eccentric dancer. Another importation is Frank Perryn, late of the Hippodrome, London, where he understudied George Robey. Mr Perryn is a very versatile artist, whose repertoire ranges from character impersonations to Geo. Robey comedy. Another newcomer will be Frank Moran, a comedian with a good singing voice. Moran, who hails from New Zealand, remained in England after the war to do a tour of the English music halls. He was well established as a favourite in the provinces when circumstances compelled him to hurry back to his native land, New Zealand, and the Diggers immediately offered him a contract, which lie accepted. Gwilym Dav. ies, the new baritone, is the possessor of a splendid voice, which earned for him a command performance before the royal family at Windsor. He was a member of the renowned “Anzae Coves,” the premier entertainers of the Australian Expeditionary Force in France. Ivan Marshall is a tenor singer who is sure to please. Besides these there are Messrs Gus Dawson (a rattling good ragtime singer and dancer), Tano Fama (comedian), Sjtan Lawson (misleading lady), and other well-known members of this organisation. The entertainment presented will be entirely new, no item of the programme having ever been presented in New Zealand before.