THEATRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1126, 13 May 1911, Page 7

THEATRE.

The " usual Saturday matineo, and evening performances' Will bo given by tho West's ami Royal Pictures Proprietary at the King's Tk-atre to-day. The programme will be that which was produced for the first timo on Thursday evening, and repeated last night to a pleased and responsive audionce. The pictures include something to meet all tastes, and a high standard of excellence is rraintain«l throughout the selection. Among tho best films are: "The Old Player/ , "A Well-Swept Chimney," "An Idyll of tho Eighteenth Century," "An Affair of Honour," and the "Patho Gazette."

THE NEW THEATRE.

If the proprietors of the New Theatre ever had any apprehension as to tho success of their venture—that of a continuous picture show—thoso apprehensions have apparently been dissipated. AH yesterday and last evening the theatre was a magnet, which attracted crowds of picture-lovers, who wero evidently well. pleased with tho bill presented. Ono of tho finest films of the evening was a representation of Cei« rentes' immortal story, "Don Quixote." It illustrates somo of tho leading adventures of the famous kuight of La Mancha and his squiro Sancho Panza. As Canon Kingsley once remarked, it is at once one of tho most humorous and ono of the saddest of stories. Most of tho phases of the story aro shown. There is the knight's liberation of the convicts, whom Tie imagines to bu prisoners of the Turks, and the indignity which ho afterwards suffers at their hands, his tilt at tho windmill, and his ignominious rescue; the manner in which ho was induced to come back again to his home, whore ho shortly afterwards died, still droaming of duels and feats at arms. "The Fatal Nugget" is a Wild West story, or rather a story of the Western goldfields with a very original plot. The main incidents are woven round the finding of a largo nugget, which seems lo possess tho uncanny attribute of bringing ill luck to its possessor. An emotional drama by tho now-famous American Riograph Company, entitled "Winning Back His Love," was deservedly popular. A wife, learning of her husband's infatuation for an actress, is heartbroken, but, on the suggestion of one of her malo friends, shows him "the error of his ways" by tho simplo expedient of appearing to care for Romeonc else. ■'Mother's Thanksgiving Dinner" is a pathetic story of humblo life. When her son has reached- man's estate, he goes to a large city to win fame and fortune. He succeeds, but, in the whirlpool of smart society, forgets his mother and humblo home. Tho climax is reached when his mother, weary of waiting for him, journeys to sec him, only to find that ho refuses to recognise her. Tho sequel, however, as shown by the film, is both fitting and happy. Included ui tho comic section of the programmo is a very humorous subject entitled "Stormy Days." Other films which may be selected for special mention include: "His Mother's Love," dramatic, and "What is Homo Without a Mother," comic. To-day, in addition to the above pictures, several other novelties will bo introduced, these including tho latest Continental success, "Boxing on Skates." Tho fact that that well-known kinomatograpliic artist, Max Lindcr, appoars in tho principal part is testimony to its excellence. It is further announced that (by special request) that popular comic study "Humpty Dumpty's Circus," will again be screened.