ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE JOHNSON-ItETCHEL FIGHT ;'PICTURES. Messrs. MaeMahon announce that tho Johnson-Ketchell light picture, will be shown for the..- last' time this evening. Tho picture, with other comic and dramatic studies, will be shown ut Masterton tormorrow evening, and at I'etone on Saturday. THEATRE.BOYAL. , Nat Clifford, the clover- English comcdian and dancer, continues to brighten up tho programme., at the Theatre Royal with, his vivid sketches. and ; smart couiedy patter. Tlio now turns are "He Loves Her,". "Dartmoor,", and "Tho Toreador," iu which . Ml - . . Clifford should bo seen by all lovers of high-class vaudeville. Other. turns are provided by. ■Blanche C'arelli, tlio. Scott Brothers, Beatr.i tio M'Donald, -Mastor Gladding,. tho Gibson Girls, 'Albort Mather, ' and .'Little M'Cormack. ' • '- .. . HIS MAJESTY'S ' THEATRE; There ivas a well-delined; shortage , in accommodation, for all who wished to witness the change, of .programme at.His Majesty's Theatre last evening, when even... standing room .was. eagerly-: sought for. ; Pictures dramatic,. comic, and economic, were nicely % dovetailed into a, bright ,aiid. intDrcsting programme. .Industrial pictures are always,, popular with the public, and the ...films in this .section which, caught the"attention last evening illustrated. ; in/ a . highly graphic manner the tunny-fishing" indus-. toy. of Italy. The-nets./are set, and the edges, are/led.: to: ; a "long punt,and...the .whola. is pulled in, by between 40 . and? 50 men. . ' As tunny .. .are about : the/-size of our porpoises, it is not : possible; to lift the load/directly,- -and so, when , thq splashing monsters; are drawn into. a confined, space, they are harpooned, and then forked into, the, punt.;, The fish are afterwards drawn ashore, one, at a time, cut up - by hand and . machinery,-foiled, , and carved Treaty for -."Apache .Gold" ,is: a. breezy story,, of Bed Indian days. In ,it .a - digger iwoos. and weds : an'- Indian; maid, for .tho..sake , of ascertaining the .whenco, of, the gold.; ..Having; been- ishown- the nuggetstrewn stream, the:white amasses .a fortune and makes off. 111 lime he gambles (iway/ the money,' and ventures; into' the .wilderness for' more. There he. ; is captured by the .Indians-- whom. he, has. deceiyed, and 'lashed, to a tree. A cup.; of .-water is placed-/within ..the; reach: of "one of, his hands, i but .to it is attaohed; a : .cord, which .is,; tied ,to the trigger of a;loaded rifle/pointing-at,him.;'' Tftrtured .by...thirst, with .this •-•water before hini, .he/ is ,on - the point' of. losing his " reason; when a- child wanders his .way. It has escaped from' the Indian encampment near by. . The Indian; mother, 1 looking for. her • baby, tracks it .to [.the distracted man, in Tyhom she discovers. the white . husband' - who deserted her. . The child is his, own. She, releases! him, . gives' him drink,-;.and the little . united 'family seek-/'happiness remote from tliq tribe ; and the world. "The Purgation"- is anothor - typically American ■dramai'-.which., describes.. iflo -elfoat of love over a young man on tho downward, track'. It; is most;forcefully ,acted, '.and gripped; the, attention.' Other ; pictures worthy of mention -are "German Sailors, bn,-' ■ Shipboard,".;: "Jane; PoDowSi the fashions,";/'Convict No. - 796,".."Chinese Towns," and "Stars. and Stripes"; tho representation | of, ono. of Paul Jones's sea fights off tho. English coast. -. "Patho's. :GaMttb";:was,;, of;course, - of : the programme,' its .tit-bits-, pictures, of events .in . Europe .; and the'. United Kingdom.; : . , KING'S THEATRE. . 'The ..King's Theatre was filled/last ovening, .when;; the weekly.- change; of! '. prog:ramme,was ■. presented..,- It;,, .included, .apart from, the ,us'ual,;range .of ;cbmic and drainatic pictures, somo unusually interesting .'studies. . '.-Those.'ivho. lmow. the char.trGUse 1 - of commerco ;seldom /'pause- ,to ;think of the; .Whence : of- the .. green and ..gold;fluid. 'A. picture' 6hows the. historic, old: .monastery of the. .monks of, .Chartreuse;. in France,.-'i where"; .-for; ages: :the liqueur lins been manufactured from •n". secret,, known'only to the fathers' of ono order. It will be remembered -that somo two,'or:,,thi;ee years. Migo,., .when the ■Freiich Government' were in conflict with' tho Church, these nionks were'ordered out of ■ • \ and;. subsequently.; established their business: in Spain.' l ' Another picture of novel; interest: (in view/of tho opening of tho -fishing season,-on Saturday), is- a' series,of views '.taken in a trout liatohory ;in; France. : "Apache Gold" is, an .absorb-ingly-.fascinating, "Wild-Wester, "-'telling of a true-hearted Indian girl ;and a false white; whose, reformation is-; brought aboutin a manner which would do credit to the, imagination ,'of -Fenimbre Cooper. "Pathe's Weekly-, Gazette" .dwells tersely, ■with all the -.bhief^ : /events in. Euppe/and the United Itihgdom;-' 'One Of- the snap-- - shbts shows : the 'inaugiiratibii 'of the air- , ship', service from Lake. Lucerne, over tlio Alps; and' another the launching of tho .latest battleship;. Lion.;. "The .Tide of Fortune" is a convincing little drama on somewhat.' : conventional. . lines. A son,: .who is inclined to drink, has been order-ed-,from the house;-' in a semi-; intoxicated;, state . through ; a window, to find burglars in the house. There ,is a fight, the burglars escape, and lie is found V >vith- a; pocket-book in his: hand _ which he has snatched .from one of- the'.intruders- He is'too dazed with;the;':blow' : he has , received ; to tell a -coherent story,' and,is . considered as a thief by, liis father, ! and, banished , from 1 the; house/.for ...eveiv He' goes West -to 4 tlie; goldfields, andwhijo. toiling,there hisifather comes to grief on the Stock Exchange, and the,/family is reduced; to poverty.-';. The young mau and his mates on-.the .diggings "strike it : rich,, and the former-roturns East, 'and is walking .down tho street .when he,,is aslced -to buy a paper by a little girl. She proves to be his. sister,, is .told the; tale,; and; at once decidesto act 1 the good, fairy. He. buys'back the, old home, there is an emotional meeting, aud all ends happily. Max 'Linden produces a. comio; opera,; entitled ."The. Wrong Floor," and "Foolshead" cause's -laughter 'as . a,' chauffeur. ".'"The Trimming of Paradise Gulch" is another Western dnma of a.stimng stamp.. The usual, prize l matinee'. will take . place On Saturday afternoon. '■ . ; r: !;, STAR I'iCTI'RES. ,V.;! lii St.. Thomas's- Hall,-''Newtbwn, : . :-the 'Star Pictures are enjoying an unbroken run'of popularity/- The programme this iveelc covers' a' wide range of . interesting films, and several of. its individual items, aro of great beauty.; , Pictures of . the , comic order lend It a- pleasant touch of •variety. It will bo repeated this even. NELLIE STEWART SEASON. _V Box plans / for '■ the' approaching, Nellie ■Stewart season are announced tp open .at the Dresden bn Monday, morning .-next; Tho'. season . commences at 'the Opera House on Thursday,' October G, with. Paid Kester's • romantic historical • drama,. "When Knighthood was in .Flower," which' scored such 11 success, during tlio present- Auckland 'season. It' is stated that .the new:, piece, /with."its-picturesque setting; old-time .costuming,. and . atmos.phere, -just suits Miss Stewart,- whose "Sweet Nell of Old Drury"/ is still, iemembered throughout • Australasia.- The young, and /fascinating , .princess, ."• "Mary Tudor," will alford her full,, scope for. !her conspicuous talents. In her defiance of the autocratic king, : whose;-word is law; in her emotional scenes, .where, she is ready ..to; make any ■ .sacrifice to save her lover's life, the popular Australian actress is said to. be seen at: her best. Miss Stewart will ,bo strongly supported. Tho part'of Mary Ttidor's lover, Charles Brandon, ' will bo in the accomplished hands of Mr. Harcourt Beatty; Cardinal Wolscy will be presented by Mr. Gaston Mervalo; Henry VJlf by Mr. Eardley Turner. Other important parts are in tho hands of Messrs.: J. B. Atholwood, A..T. Patrick, Grcgan M'Mahon, Norman Campbell, J. Stuart Clydo, George Thome, jun., James Martin, Misses JtossJyn Fane, Madeline Meredith, Gwen Bnrroughs, Edith Lewis, and other well-known artists. The season also includes J. M, Barrio's , successful comedy, , "What Every Woman Knows," Paul Potter's clever stage-version, of Dii . Maurier's "Trilby," and tlie ever-popular: "Sweet Nell of Old Drury." The season ,'s I limited to eighteen-nights. '' " ' . ' A number, of improved dairy farms aro advertised for sale in this issue by Messi-s. W. If. Morrah and Co., .-land agents, Wellington. For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la. fid, Ua. Cd.—Advt,