ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17704, 7 May 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

STRAND & FRANKTON THEATRES. Adolphe Men,jou is back in the familiar atmosphere of love intrigues, jealous husbands, evening clothes arid silk hats, in his new starring Paramount vehicle, “ Ilis Private Life.” In “ His Private Life ” the screen’s leading exponent of sophistication is his old gay, carefree self again. The picture has a Parisian background and Menjou Is the beau of the boulevards. Kathryn Carver is the leading woman with Margaret Livingstone and Eugene Pallette in supporting roles. Also showing is another big feature, entitled " Stolen Pleasures.”

THEATRE ROYAL. “ The Trail of ’9B ” is one of the finest pictures screened in Hamilton, and drew a very large audience last night. The greatest of motion pictures have been the money monuments of their respective periods of time, and " The Trail of '9B ” is the latest addition to this glittering company. What those epochal triumphs were in their distinctive phases of life—what "The Big Parade ” was to the holocaust of war as ap._ instrument i'or.international £”‘*acc, was to Christ-' nily inYtellirrg 'nranliind’s most clier-' 'lshed s'tdry-to'tlib masses through the screen—so will " The Trail of ’9B” stand for all time as the greatest film story of mankind’s supreme adventure —the search, not for gold alone, bu! for new frontiers to cross, new lands to conquer—the actual expression in physical action of that inner urge that sends men forth to attack the impregnable, conquer the unconquerable.

“THE MIDNIGHT FROLICS.” “The Midnight Frolics”, headed by Clem Dawe, the famous comedian, Mona Magnet, noted comedienne, recently arrived from London, and the Frolics Jazz Band of twelve, together with a splendid company of singers, dancers, comedians, musicians, and sketch artists, will open a short season of two nights at the Theatre Royal, Hamilton,, on Monday, May 13. They are under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. Clem Dawe, the well-known comedian, who first appeared in the Dominion under the auspices of J. C. Williamson, and subsequently went into vaddeville, heads the 'list of comedians with the companly. Ilis drolleries and original methods of fun-making are too well and favourably known to be forgotten. The Frolics do not stand or fall by one personality, as the company is full of talented artists, 'idle production is full of amazing vitality, and the comedians have brilliant and original material to work on. Some of the music provided by the Frolics Jazz Band of twelve is distinctive, and the syncopation is marvellous. All the players are. musicians of high standard. Their interpretation of operatic music on jazz instruments provides an outstanding turn. The artists supporting Clem Dawe include Mona Magnet, Eric Edglcv, Les and Dorothy White, and Gerty Cremer. Singers are William Perryman and Oscar Beck. The speciality dancers are Phyllis Amery, and John Robertson, and there are musical numbers by Gregory Ivanoff and the Frolics Jazz Band. The company’s programmes include genuinely original and humorous sketches, rich musical numbers, haunting melodies, and operatic items, clever dancing, and all the ingredients of popular revue. Box plans open at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 10.