ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16655, 21 November 1925, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL AND FRANKTON’S OWN. A splendid programme was screened at the Theatre Royal and Frankton's Own Theatre last night. “The Lullaby,” a story of the city, that great monster of a million heads that takes within its powerful grasp the great, the small, the wise, and the foolish is the substance of the picture now screening. Representatives of that great influx of ambitious foreigners who leave their native countries every year to seek a fortune in the land of opportunity, only to be dragged under by the tugging undertow which runs beneath the surface of everyday city life, Jane Novak, as Felipa, a young wife, and Robert Anderson, as Tony, her husband, portray a story that is enacted year in and year out in the great metropolis of New York. Plan at Jackson’s, tobacconist, Theatre Royal entrance; ’phone 1580. STRAND THEATRE. The programme at the Strand Theatre is of great merit. It is headed by the big Paramount production, “Forty Winks,” which is adapted from the well-known novel by David Belaseo, “Lord Chumley,” and features such well known artists as Raymond Griffith, Viola Dana, and Theodore Roberts. This is a comedy-drama that is' all entertainment. Raymond Griffith is the light comedian who has brought a new personality to the screen, and has jumped! into stardom. An excellent comedy and the latest world news arc screened in support. “H.M.S. PINAFORE.” “11.M.5. Pinafore” will be repeated by the boys of Southwell School at the Winter Show Hall to-night, and another large audience is assured. The box plan is at Paul’s Book Arcade. THE FOLLIES. The Follies will present their 1925 programme at the Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday next, and, in view of the success of the previous programme, large audiences are assured. The gay, sparkling entertainment presented by The Follies is always popular, including, as it does, much clever nonsense, songs, dances, etc. The dressing and lighting will be a special feature. Intending patrons would be well advised to book their scats at Lewis R. Eady and Son’s, Ltd. SISTINE CHOIR SOLOISTS. Hamilton music-lovers are to have another opportunity of hearing the Sistine Choir soloists, who will give a farewell concert in the Theatre Royal next Friday evening, November 27. In view of the remarkable popularity of this line combination of singers, as evidenced by their recent successful lour of the Dominion, it. may lie assumed that local concert-goers will assemble in force to bid farewell to I hose worthy representatives of the “Land of Song.” Musicians will be particularly desirous of hearing a second lime the madrigals, motets and oilier old Italian concerted numbers, many of which have been revived by Maestro Casolari after a lapse of two centuries, and were not easily assimilated at the first hearing. The programme for the farewell concert will consist mostly of new numbers, but the soloists will repeat a few of the items which proved so popular on their recent visit. As before, the first part of the programme will be devoted to Italian music, and the second part to more or less modern operatic choruses, ducts and arias, together with a few folk songs and ballads. The box plans will be opened on Tuesday next at Messrs L. R. Eady and Son, Ltd. ALL NATIONS’ BAZAAR. An “All Nations Bazaar” will be held in Glover’s Buildings, Frank!on, from November 24 lo 27, inclusive. The star attraction is the £SO tug-of-war championship. The various stalls and side-shows will bo on a scale far superior lo anything ever attempted in Frankton previously. All arrangements are complete, arid li only rests for the public to do its part by attending and buying.