ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18156, 22 October 1930, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. GYMNASTIC DISPLAY. A gymnastic display always attracts a large audience and the displays given in the past by the Hamilton Y.M.C.A. have been no exceptions. This years’ attraction, the eighth annual display which will be held in the Theatre Royal to-night, should draw a large crowd as an attractive programme has been arranged. The members of the Y.M-C.A. have been working, hard for the success of the performance and judging from the enthusiasm there should be no doubt that the show will be acclaimed the best yet held. The precision of all the movements, the clever balancing feats and the thrilling tumbling make this performance \yell worth seeing. " * "" \ CIVIO THEATRE. HUMPHREY BISHOP COMPANY. The Humphrey Bishop Company again delighted playgoers at the Civic Theatre last night with its entertaining and variecj offering. These clever “ flesh and blood ” performers, in a gay programme that swings along in exhilarating fashion from beginning to end, introduce a little bit of everything, and certainly should not ibe missed. Walter Kingsley, baritone, has a splendid voice which he uses artistically and his choice of songs is excellent. Other popular vocalists are Thelma Trott (soprano) and Denis Sheard (tenor). The humour is in the capable hands of Elaine Maye, Maurice Barling, Fred Keeley and Arthur Hemsley, who keep the audience giggling. Les Desiree and Sidney Monttigue give a wonderful exhibition of adagio dancing; in all their acrobatic work there is a delightful grace. Everyone in the company dances, and dances well, and clever little sketches add to the appealing variety of the programme. The orchestra, under the baton of Mr Bishop gives strong support.

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT

To-night the company will be seen in an all-new programme, including some of the choicest things ffom their extensive repertoire. That they have much to choose from is proved by the fact that in several Australian centres they have played seasons of six months presenting a change of programme each weekThe talkie to be' shown to-night will be “ The Lone Star Ranger,” a romance of the Southwest, adapted from Zane Grey’s story that has been read by millions. George O’Brien, one of the most popular leading men in talking pictures, portrays the leading role, while Sue Carol, beautiful and vivacious screen actress, enacts the leading feminine character. STRAND THEATRE. The popular farce-melodrama, “ Seven Keys to Baldpate,” made into a talking picture by the Radio Studio, will open a season at the Strand Theatre to-night. For the last, decade, as a stage show, the intriguing story of mystery and humour has thrilled audiences, and as a talking film, critics say that it has excelled its original. The story revolves around the strange adventures of a novelist who, in dead of winter, visits a strange and deserted house to write-a story. He is given a key which, he is told, is the only one to the house. A strange collection of unwelcome guests begins to arrive, and each is able to let himself in with a key, until Anally it is found that there- are “ seven keys to Baldpate.” The incidents that follow are full of excitement.

Richard Dix appears successfully as ths novelist, and other prominent players are Miriam Seegar, in the role of a newspaper writer, Crauford Kent, Margaret Livingstone, and De Witt Jennings. TALKIES AT CAMBRIDGE. A fine outdoor feature, “ Arizona Kid,” featuring Warner Baxter, is proving very popular at Cambridge. This is a story of the days when the West was ruled by the gup,, and is full of incident. Romance is blended with excitement in a diverting fashion. It is all so different. Away from all the smoke of the big cities; away from all the make-believe of stage shows; away from all the shams of night duns and high society, it is a dramatic story of a wonderful love, set in the romantic ranges of the West—pine leaves for a carpet, the sky for a canopy, trees and mountains for decoration, and the calls of wild animals for the music—an outdoor 'picture breathing all the beauty and freshness of nature. ROXY THEATRE. “ The Unholy Night,” Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer’s all-talking picture now thrilling everybody at the Roxy Theatre, is based on remarkably strange 'but true facts in the sensational book by Ben Hecht, “ The I Doomed Regiment." It centres around the gradual elimination by murder of the surviving officers of a famous British regiment, and features a cast of eighteen famous stage and screen stars, including Roland Young, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian, Claude Fleming (well-known Australian stage star), and Sojin. KUBELIK, VIRTUOSO. New Zealand has already acknowledged a deep debt of gratitude to Messrs J. and N. Tait for their consideration for the musical exhilaration of colonials, in bringing to our shores such distinguished artists as GalliCurci, Benno Moisevitch, Ignace Paderewski, Joseph Hislop, Jascha Heiftz, Ghaiiapine, and others, it will be exceedingly good news to musical folk in Hamilton to know that Jan Kubelik, that peer of violinistic art, is to give a recital on October 28. He is no orthodox, characterless violinist; he is a man who has astounded critics of all nations with the perfection of his playing. In the maturity of a dazzling career, he wi'.l appear in programmes to delight the heart, soul and mind of all who find inspiration in the old masters, as expressed through the intellect, soul, rippling fingers and faultless bow of Jan Kubelik. His is such a beautiful art. Mr Otto Ilasa’s accompaniments are a sheer delight. | The booking will open to-morrow.