SHORTT'S PICTURE THEATRE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 7

SHORTT'S PICTURE THEATRE.

OPENED JiAST EVENING. Shortt's Continmous Picture Theatre— the ninth j)ermsuient picture show .to. bo established in W ieJJipgtoni—was opened for tha first time kgt evening, and was very >well" patronised.; Owing to some;delay 'in the issue of (tho' Corporation's permit —tho theatre bjaildiug is not quite..com-pletc--the mauagemepl came to the conclusion at 8 o'clock that the opening exhibition ■ would ■ havo to bo postponed, and sent tho ..orchestra, away, after acquainting the. audieucp. with tfts>: tibsiUpu,'] Shortly after, of-the-Fire,.Brigade,.aiid/.ili', W.'.H.: JKr--toa, City arrived oalho s'cejje;' and after a consultation with tho Messrs. Shortt, consented to the pictures being shown, subject.to.certain conditions with "regard to -the seating arrangements and tha i doorway a being obsoryed. The proprietors thereupon decided to invite tho public to-, witness tha pictures froo of charge, .brought back the orchestra, and the-.uew theatre quiokly filled,,. Tho'programme was an attractive one, and the lantern projections wero excellent, Among-the best pictures shown was "Life on the Border," a thrilling drama of pioneering lifo on '.the American frontier yeais ago,. The story is highly sensational,-, and, as nwy be readily imagjn-. Ed, Indians figure prominently in its development. There is also an exciting bear-hunt, an attack, on a settlers' homestead, fire .and pillage, and a timely rescue, One of the most attractive studies thrown on the screen was tho series of views of Zurich, the picturesque Swisstown which ptands on the Alpine lake of that name,. . After, talcing the onlooker upon a tour of the principal points of in* tere.st in and-around the city, tho kinc-. matograplier -finished off 'with a magnificent series af moonlight studies, strikingly beautiful in their soft tones and shadowy effects, Coloured'kinematography is represented by a Ion? film of rare beauty -in form Bud, the Flower, and the Leaf." Here is shown the opening of the chestnut bud, the blossoms-of tho hawthoru. and day and night movements of apple blossoms, and tho growth of the lilac, with a fidelity to nature that evokes one's admiration. Other good .Sims include an amusing spook' story, entitled "Bill Taken for a Ghost.'.' and n. side-splitting domestic comedy entitled "The Qufsfcion Mark." AJtwretlier, despite tho initial difficulties which presented themselves when tho theatre first opened its doors, tho management should' have reason to congratulato themselves upon tho spontaneous support which was accorded Shortt's Continuous Theatre by tho public on tho opening night.- Tho now theatre is a cosy and comfortable house of entertainment. Tho seating nr-' rangements were admirable—the auditorium is confined to one floor, which rises in an easy slopo to the roar of tho hall. Tho pictures will be shown again to-day. •