ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1359, 9 February 1912, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

«. tilkatke hov.-u,. Fine kinciiiacnlour views are included in the current series of pictures at the Thl-ulrt- Koval. There was a Rood . attendance last pveniiiji. anil the cveiine,'s citeiiainment appeared to- he appreciated. Included in the programme is a kiiirmacolour piclurc of great beauty enlicd 'T.udv Hoaulav's Necklace." iic-i. U;< tins ola-suf film black and white .-Indies are also introduced. I-TJ.U-liiS' I'KTn.'KS. Tile new programme id' pictures at Fullers' Ska!in!! Hink in Vivian Sheet drew 11 good "house" fast night. The entertainment opened with a capital little drama entitled "You Shall be I'nid ~ lu-ilny. When Father Draws hi-'Pension, lather was an aged war veteran, living with Ills duiujlilcr in poor circumstances in a tenement, vented from a woman who was verv decisive on prompt payment. Jhe landlady called to have her liitle bill settled "and was told that when father got his pension, later in tlie day, the account would he settled. lather am (laughter set out to draw the money, ami thev rest in a park l)V the way. On the oilier end of the .seat is » young officer in uniform. The veteran and the ulhcer get into conversation, and, after a while, the old man goes off to gel his money, and leaves the situation as it is. As the veteran is rather long away, the parties in tlio affair <lu eoeur go to look for Him. and find 11ml he lias been waybill and robbed. The daughter tends her t'uthei, and the officer goes in search of the iniscreanls, whose frai! he soon picks up Mid quickly follows. He tracks llicm to their den, and, single-handed, he fights rlioin down. Ho rescues- the money, and goes to the veleran's tenement, where he finds the landlady flourishing her bill, mid pooh-poohing the story of the robbery. Tho bill is paid, the officer stays to tea, and—six months later a wedding takes place. "The Valley of Albula" is a run by rail through some very fine European country. In "From Darkness to Light" some very tine acting of the pathetic order is shown. A jjirl violinist is blinded by a lump explosion. Medical expenses reduce her father's purse to emptiness, and lie sells everything, even at last the violin. When she iliscovers, this slio is heartbroken; but a generously-disposed man had witnessed the sale of the instrument, and had secretly returned it. Ker joy on having it handed to her knows no bounds: it is her one thing left in life. In the courso of time a doctor cures her, and she emerges to light, and to love—the love of the generously-disposed restorer of her beloved violin. Other pictures are: ".hist Hill's J.uck," ".Dancer of Siva," "The Burglars," "Habits and Customs in I'er.siii," "Love in the Hills." "An Unruly Charge," ".Missing Heir," "Tontolini, Sharpshooter," and (lie "Australian Gazette." \ KING'S THEATHK. The proprietary of the King's Theatre put on an interesting change programme of pictures last night, and the entertainment was enjoyed by r. well-filled house. The scenes during the recent Wellington tramway strike were reproduced, and proved to h? of great interest. A fine scenic of Norwegian nature gives New Zealanders a great idea of the charm and beauty of this country of Northern Europe. "Conspiracy ot the King" is a powerful drama, in which the acting is splendid, "Koad Hogs of Toy laud" is a picture which was repeated, tint so good a comic, so quaint a picture, does not suffer in the repetition—rather does it increase in popularity. A second drama of much power and effect—"How Championships are 'l/OSt and Won"—was scre2n«tl. and, in place of description, if may bo said that it held the audience in complete attentiveness and deep interestedness throughout. The indispensable comic- was supplied in "Dottynai/s Courtship" and "Uncle Hiehnrd." "Havincs d'Edniondo," a scenic, showed nature in some of her most attractive garbs. An educational film shows the fauna a? tropical rivers. The. Australasian championship sports pictures were shown again in consideration of tho fact that (lie entertainment was a "benefit" for the X.Z.A.A.A. Other pictures were "Kit Carson's Wooing" (dramatic), and "A Cure for Crime" (comedy). THE NEW THEATRE. Good attendances were recorded at all sessions of MacJfahon and Donnelly's continuous picture entertainment at the New Theatre, Manners Street, yesterday. Tho new programme to-day and to-night will introduce a remarkable photo-spec-tacle entitled "The Cheyenne Frontier Celebration." This picture comprises a striking collection of scenes at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the occasion ••! festivities in honour of ox-I'resident Roosevelt on his return from South Africa, after his hunting. Another very good subject is "A Hundred Years After" (a. Selijj drama of a stirring nature). Other notable items will be: "Jn the Gulf of Spezzia" (scenic), "lioumanina" (a Cines drama), "Silvercloud's Sacrifice" (a Bison drama), and "Wasted Courage" (comic). The new programme will be shown from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. to-day. SHOKTT'S PICTURES. There was a complete change of prograrnmo last evening at Shorlt's Continuous Picture Theatre in Willis Street, when an attractive series of moving photo-plays was presented. A film entitled "Early Settlers" was a thrilling Selig Indian drama. It depicted si family out West, moving to a different part of a forest, which, for tho purposes of tho picture, happened to be the home of a tribo of Redskins. The Indian chief resents their intrusion and tells the new settlers to move on very plainly. This they refuse to do, ami, as time goes on, more families arrive at the now settlement. This state of affairs enrages the Indians, who attack the homes of the white men and carry oil' a man, a girl, and two children as captives. The man escapes and meets a patrol of American cavalry. A fight between the latter and the Indians ensues, and after a bitter struggle flic captives are set free. Another good picture was "The aughter of an Engineer." This dramatic study is full of incident from beginning to end, and should become a popular one with picture-loving folk. Other films were "At the Threshold of Life," "Detective Puzzles' Triumph" (comic), ".lack's Soldiers in Morocco," and a splendid scientific study entitled "Wonders of Plant Life." The programme will be shown from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. to-day. "THE BELLS." The last two nights of Mr. H. B. IrvIng's season at the Opera House will be devoted to "The Bells." The story, which is well known to readers of romance all over the world, concerns the unavenged murder of a wealthy Polish .low, while travelling across the snows in a sleigh, for his wealth, and shows the consciencestricken remorse of Mathias, the murderer, on the eve of the marriage of his daughter, Annette, whose "dot" is the stolen gold, fifteen years afterwards. The criminal escaped detection, but after the lapse of time I he subtle workings of the mind re-presented the tragedy to his unguarded wakeful moments, and in his dream-troubled sleep, until his life is a wilderness of misery and he is distracted with fear and anxiety.. The spiritual side of nature rises superior to Ihe material, and-Hie scene in the snow ia re-enacted in Hie man's mind—as in "Macbeth" and other plays—and (he mere suggestion of hypnotism culminates in his self-arraignment before imaginary iudges, in a dream in which he ultimately makes a full confession, and wakes to die in paroxysms of remorse und madness. The two imaginary scenes are presented to the audience as plays within a play—the first, showing the murder, is thrown upon a screen at Ihe back; while the second is a realistically-enacted dream-trial in a dim, shadowy selling, showing a court interior, and presenting a thought-reader extracting a confession from Mathias. "The Hells" will lie preceded by "A Maid of Honour," in which Miss Dorothea liaird will make her farewell appearance. Th" curtain rises at S p.m. ORGAN RECITAL. Miss Dull, of WVllingUm. who has studied in London for three years under Madame .Minna Fi-cher. will make her first public appearance in Wellington at the Town Hall organ recital mi Saturday evening next. Mr. Maughan Harnett's organ solos will include liest's "Fanta-ie on Old Hiitfli-h Airs" repealed by re-que-t, finch's Choral I'relude, "Sleepers, Awake," M-iidel.--(ihi:'s Second Organ Sonata and "Spinning Song." and Ihc |topular "March of tho. Israelites" from Costa's "EIL"