ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

FULLERS'S VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.. Even the seating: accommodation at the Theatre Royal, was not sufficient to -ac-. commodate patrons ;OE; Saturday night;the curtain rose; : on;. the first "turn, ; house was crowded, and'.it is .not . too.; much; to say that:'the programme' was very good- all through, and excellent in. parts.. With such a. big 'house," every. item on .the. bill' was, . of course, encored, the:. marvellous perfor-. mance of Delano on the slack wire coining in for; special recognition. The' singing: colliers,-Messrs. Heath and' Lamb, heavily .in _ their . concerted. efforts, as well as, with their 1 individual items. Armstrong and Verne kept the i house in a constant state of'laughtcr, and the diminutive National Duo*, were loudly applauded for tbieir.. clever.-acrobatic'-work. ? Starrs, Miss Mbryl, Lawrence, and .the other .members of the .company contributed :to the evening's entertainment. The weekly; change of. programme is to bo given . to-night. ; ROYAL PICTURES, Anyone who passed alone .- Courtenay Place, just after 5 o'clock, last'-Saturday; afternoon mnst have ■ seen . a crowd of happy-looking. children and ' older- people coming 'down the stops of His Majesty's Theatre. Evidently the, best" of weather 'and all the , holiday, attractions could not rob the Iloyal Pictures , matinee ..of its share: of ;.p'ubUc patronage.;;, The; evening display was also largely attended. The same programme will bo. shown to-night.' WEST'S PICTURES. ; All of the big Town Hall were .well filled for the inaugural presentation of the ; second •: series,.' of, kiiiematograph Sims',by tlio management of,the popular..West's Pictare', Show. Public anticipations' with respect to thenew . programme" were amply;fulfilled, for- the items screened went to make up as.good and as highclass :an entertainment j. as any yet ; shown by West's. Three,of tho' : films' were, of .outstanding' ' merit and-interest.: ; 'The §rst;,ofthese ."was, a- Selection'of 'scenes, from ' the ; great : ■ aviation;; carnival at Blackpool, where some of thevbest-known of tho flying; men'' competed; As a film of ..topical-interest, it .■■; wa s;' i - thoroughly ' excellent. • Appealing irresistibly to the present interest- of the British nation inarms and men, the magnificently, spectacular film entitled' "German Defenders on Land and . Sea,; and the British Dreadnought,"' aroused 'great .enthusiasm. ! Among •. 1 the various•'incidents depicted in this film ;js a thrilling torpedo attack oh • • H. 11.5.. 'Dreadnought, brilliantly foiled. Turning to -.the dramatic : side: of the entert'atament,'.it .was not'difficult' to. award the palm< to v . the fine picture-, (Irama .'.entitled. :"A i: Man Without-' a Country," which; for -dramatic intensity/ brilliant acting,' and compelling .situations, -must'-rank with;, the -best.": :Lesd conspicuous, : but "eminently .; "satisfying,' were'the dramatic -studies: "Saved, by: 'Bioscope," i "Homo, Sick;" "Tho Ear, of Corn," and "The . Evil ithat. Men Do." One: of.the finest.films .on'the'ptograinme' lis', the ,;sce'nic '-!triuihph\entitled': "Scenes in Norway," : a country: fanipus: for the spectacular .beauty of:;,its scenery{'Another fine isccnic film. is':'.that ; entitled lh'; Alg(rriai" ; : showing'a '';;pic-: 'natural, environment in- Northern Africa. , Comedy, is well represented in "Tho Brand New Hat;" "Instruction by , Correspondence, "Jones i Can't Sleep,"r "The Scarecrow," and tho concluding picture, .'•'An Extra,. ordinary Duel." be repeated; duringthe^current ;.week.-;

STAR PICTURES. Thero ; were largo attendances ' at, St. Thomas's ; Saturday afternoon :aiid;eyening,> wMn ispeoial :tioli(lay.. displays ;,of- : .the;.Star'.. Pictures we're given.. ''The \nsuaV';veeMyf change of; pro-/ gramme ." is ;;:ann6uriced '.'for to-night. .* .7, WONDERLAND. •.'Juvenile;' AVeUington;!;engaged itself. : to ,the fiill> amongst'-' the-; pleasures Yo£!',Wonderland on "Saturday, and a number of adults also' entered .into the'' niany'- 'joyS ; ot .the .big. .iMiramar : playground;;.with ; pleasant abandon, y Tho grounds looked 'as)though.'they.-were'the :scene, of ■a; hiige house party, bright-coloured frocks .'stand-' irig ;'out ',in 'relief;; it'ithev,various terraces, against' the']bro.whing;'pass'^ chute was a source'of "great -enjoyment to the .younger : generation,'the boats being kept constantly. ( \m';m6tion vail!-,' day long.; The l /toboggan .also iwoS'i .much' sought > after, and the ■ heltier-skdtejv ; botli. the chute and toboggan •'in', .popular favour. The.; various : sideshows s- were ; ,: > also .well patronised,-and; it was; a faired, but. happy crowd who;' left the" grounds * towards; sun-, set. In the evening,:;the: great' park ...was "illuminated, '.arid' 1 another Aband; of, 1 , plea-', sure-seekers found. enjoyment : in : Wonderland. A very iinodisplar of fireworks was perhaps the piecc-de-resistance of the day;