ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. ; ; The: ;fin'o f driamadc'film • iilustratihg Tolstov'a great novel, "Resurrection," is-the most; strik-ing-feature of this week's .ihoving picture pro-gramme-at/.'Fuller's." It is a notable ment' in'. kinematography. The entertainment id full .of .varied interest. c Patriotism has its turn in-."The Visit of the Bluejaokets to the Guild<hall"; information is : furhishsd by ''A'Day on ej Poultry Farm," and "A .Visit to the Wedgwoiid.Potteries";'and comedy is irresistible in' "The .Lovers' Telegraph Code" and "Tho Ilaganjuffin's Wedding.- . The programmo will be repeated to-night and subsequent-evenings^

THE ROYAL PICTURES. "The: Life of 'Washington": is, the- star - film, at His Majesty's, but there are others of great' •merit, such, ao "The Cricket on the Hearth" (a. successful adaptation of, Dickens's famous Christmas story). . The ! current programme, ■which is a.very popular, one, will be'repeated to-night. . ir ;■

STAR PICTURES. ...Indpng : by- the . attendance; at ; St.' Thomas's Hall, last evening, when the weekly ohange :of - ; programme: took place', the' Star Pictures have come to stay. The, management have made excellent toangements/to secure the, .success : of their/.-venturc, - and - the patronage extended to them by the residents 1 of Newtown has been very satisfactory. .' The "support' which . the managementsaro receiving, is, no - doubt, largely duo to-'the class of film: presented, and: rso. long as -this -state' of excellence is' main-' tained -it is -not likely that- 'attendances "will diminish, but ' rather increase. Tho :• pictures are varied in'character, and;lwell''calcufated ; to interest: and. amuse. iSome of .the films screened, last evening were: beautifully tinted, and many had a .pronounced educative iralue. /.'The: Laplanders ' was a-most pleasing "series; depicting tho inhabitants of the cold regions of the Far at their daily occupations, and containing some, good,pictures of the essential reindeer. "Tlw Human Squib" was tho title of a very:humorous film. The squib sets,fire to many • hcases, and tho consequences, to the unfortunate' householders' make an effective bit'/ of :the',:'evenihg's':entertainment.' Perhaps the chief attractionwwats t "Love and Pity," . whichjgave a-:vfci*y clear,idea of the disastrous earthquake at; Sim Fr'au'cisco., The film' also describes', the ad of an .old,.general,who met a lady in a demolished house. They become firm friends and: eventually - marry. "The Mesmeriser" was a powerful picture, and touched interestingly on • som«' of the phenomena attributed to mesmerism. Humour also .finds a prominent place in th<> series. "Teddy's Trumpet," "Miss Sonny's Suiters,". ."The Undutiful . Son," arid many others brought ' an enjoyable programme to.a close. : .

"THE GREAT WORLD OF LONDON." Playgoers will no doubt '.welcome Mr. , William Anderson's .return visit .to New Zealand. The season,will bo inaugurated at the.Opera; House to-morrow , .evening/, the -play.. selected for the opening' production being Walter: Mel-: ville's successful, four-act drama, "The Gisat World of London." "This play is full of sen-: rational situations, one powerful; scene being a mnrder on a train whilst •travelling; it' express speed. Other, settings,, are Waterloo Bridge, and the Salvation Army; Shelter Home. A capable company will sustain the parts, and all the original sconery, properties' and effects have ; been brought to"New: Zealand direct from the King's Theatre. Mr: Anderson has dispatched Mr. Edwin Campbell, one of : his ohief stage directors, to produce this play,: iind neither' tronble nor- expense is being spa Te- in arranging ' a complete representation of this tolling, drama. As - the sea-son-is a short, one, "The Great World of London" ' fan • only, be staged for a limited number of nights. Tho plan is now "open at the Dresden. .

. The. Wellington Physical Training School will .give its fourteenth annual Carnival: this evening. : Tlio rehearsals have; gone off', particularly well. th'ia ! year,, ind = the programme, consisting'-'.of sonie twenty t six .items, ..will-be given, by,the whole strength of the gymnasium: numbering- closev on ' three :hundred, members: Some of ■ the'' specialities,; this year;. art himmn pyramids; * . drills,'; electric"- light' -clttb-