ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1368, 20 February 1912, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"SWEET COUNTY KERRY." "Sweot County Kerry" was played again last evening nt tho Opera Jfouse, before a largo audience, which included his hicelloney the Governor, 'Captain Shannon, ■ A.D.C, and. Mr. and Mrs.- Guise. The. performance .wont with a swing froiii.-start to finish,.and-without doubt found.favour with those present. Jlr. Allen .Doolie, ns Dan-Q'ilara, was .the life and mwL of. the. pretty. ;coin«dy-draniu, i ''and lit",up. the action considerably,' vjith his graceful, acting and ' tuneful sniping. Ho displays a nice comedy spirit in the proposal, scene, and.is (|ulte in the picture in the "smiddy" scene, where ho shoes the horso that does,not wjn'...the.all-important race. HcV'is ■ ixbly supported by Miss ■ Edna Keoley, M'r. C. R.' ■Stanford,', Mr. Tom Buckley,' Mi;, i'rnuk Ciillcnane, and Mr. Ronald ,J!ile'y.: : .'.' '. " ,-' .- CJn' Saturday!ev<jiiing-next..,the management Will introduce far the .'first chiingeV of play of tlip season 1 "A Hbma-iice in Ireland," another charming musical comedjr drama.. 'Iho "Sydney M6i-nin.<r Herald,' rcl'erring.tothe piece, says: "Allen Doone admirable as the hero, und was also f in excellent.voice Ho sang Ihe Low-bricked Car'.with rhythmical vivacity, and his pleasing tenor voice ami wioreeii humour caught :'th« ..house also in -1 lie Last : from Erin's Isle' and Dear Old Ireland.'". -The.. box plan is now open for this production iat the Dresden. -•.:• -■. : TOBATRE ROYAL. ' There was a (rood 'house at Fuller;?' Theatl-o Royal, oft , Lanibtou .Quay, lost night when" a splendid new programme was screened. Patrons of this hall of entertainment may be interested to knowthat the management have a practieally new orchestra. A particularly attractive picture in: kinemacqlor is one showing tome-very-fine. High- jumping. Some good old British coastal towns arc -presented in their-natural colours—Hastings, Brighton, Eastbourne, Bognor, Bournemouth, TormiaVi Margate, and so on. A story ■ in black and white of an aeroplane elopement is an exceptionally fine film. It is on original and., striking .photo piny. The most exciting—wildly exciting—part of' tho tale is the race .between the elopers and'their pursirrers. There is the screeching 'locomotive .nnd the Hying motor-car' both outdone'and outpaced by the aeroplaue. The young couple win •' tho raco, and- the ■ father arrives ■in one of the other vehicles—in time to givo them his bles'sing. ■-Theatre Royal "houses" have been shown some delightful flower, pic-, tines since kiuomacolor was introduced.. The .present .programme 'includes:, some very choice bouquets. Picturesque Holland is'dopi(!t?d in , kineniacolor, suul the result Ifi A Very fine picture. A mstnrdarii nnd -The;»itaßlie"'are. among -the .places toudhed'-6hV niid -thp (inaint benuty iof the country is 'very attractive.- About the finestdrailia that lifts.been , seen -here for. some time is'-'The Failure'.' , "The Failure" .'concerns -thelife story of a mun who has "gone , wrong." The remainder of the programme strongly supports tho maiiiatems."' ■

PfJLLEKS , PICTURES. A refreshing 'change of programme was screened -nt the Vivian - Street rink Inst evening.- "The Inuer Mind" is the story of a• detective- .who used .his power as n hypnotist to mirke his suspects confess. In ibis icaso he. manages, by getting a lady's .■iiir- : (l , --undei\ hiji control, to trace a thief ivml murderer whom.he .eventually arrests. "The Failure" is a specimen of fine dramatic noting throughout, being the ttory of two fnilure-s— man and tunid, who from the lowesfe'sfep'of 'life, climb back to happiness*-and an -earnest living. The star: item .of. the-.evening—"The• Aero-, plaife Elopemcuf'-Tslcrives its charm, and, no doubt,- future the novelty. bL,tlie>.n\°de of .mpdern elopement. The.plot'4fl>4tself .is" ftot'iin.tricate. ...The girl; against.'her. father's" Xrish",, decides, to marry, an'aeronaut,, and. elopes with hinv in his ■machine. . The father, arriving, on the scene shortly nfterwnrds, pursues. First he tries another aeroplane, but tho mnchimris out of order, and 6O he hns to.ijbandon it, and procures first a. motor : ;"bpjii;'- then a, train, and lastly a. motor-car'.' '''Evontuatly Bβ'' "catches up TritK the fliovsj' but just too .late to, pievenrthe,;#>K4^fe«? tW rtory. lj'.the .'piisfctgq.- where the. aerobians h flj'iji.?;:abpve'thp.traiii, and,, unless one knew, ihavt'it has "in, fiict been done in J''rn?ice'Teeeliily;"it would ,bo natural to think the picture is rather "fai-tfetehed." The graceful way iu which'an aeroplane rises find' alights can. only bo likened to a,. -big bird, and, although most New Zcalanders-have not seen a real'one, yet after!seeing tho moving pictures, jsome-will no ilojiibt talk ns.if they had been ' up" themselves: : Other good.items were the "Jianchman's Daughter," a Western tale, aud''Tweetlledum, Kiding whi(ih, like others' of < Tweedledum, is distinctly jomic. ,

MaeMahon and Donnelly's continuous picture cntertaTniuetff "AfCf&c'tecPgood attendances at, the Xew. .Theatre, Manners Street, :: yesterdny; The"customary' change of programme to-day α-ntl- t-o-uight embraces a wide, .novelty of themes. ■ The 'Bison Company's exclusive". drniiia,. "A Race for a Bride;" is. fciisatioiial Western narr.v tivp', with im'abundance of adventhroui incidents. "The Vagabond", i* a dramatic story: .by. flic Hp.v Company,'inwhicli Iho ?tagiiiß- nud-acting are said to be of .1 high' etandardi .. interest 0£... course attncU'cs to the military operations in Tripoli;, and therefore -t!u, "Italian-Turkisli War,. Series No.. 12," is. likely to,bp a welcome item.'. The C.in'es Company's' drama. "TominV anil' Li.lly," is n characteristic Continental .work. .An attractive industrial, subject,, ''Cotton Weaving," a Cosmo ' comedy,. ''An Untuicstionable Thirst," "Kitty arid the" Cowboys" (Vitagraph comedy), and ."Too. Jinny Engagements" (S. dim 'At comedy), are anions the other nijirtb*r>. The Ww ' ,i>rogrt>mmfi will be shown from 11. a.m.' , .till IV o'clock (onight, Th'e'-.n.pagcinont announce'a feature ,for n.oxt■Thursday—"Tho Discovery of America, .a historical compilation;"

■ THE KING'S THEATRE. The King's Theatre proprietary submitted- capital' change''of programme to -a" large audience-last evening. The programme Was full'of variety, and the picture's wete r of excellent quality, The picture.of'the. evening was one by the Vitegraph Company, entitled "An Aeioplunq. Ebriomcnt." The. picture shows a yoiing girl, accompanied bv. her father, viewing her lover's aeroplane. The father refuses to allow his daughter to man , }- »n "aviator, and so' (hii intter plans an elopement. Tho'two lovers get aboard' the aeroplane, and commence u journey. The girl's fiither arrives in n niotor-vn'r, just after the machine h:is departed, so he -quickly '.-ecnres the services of mtflther a.-ropfaiie. . After going some distance- his -aeroplaile 'Jareiiks-down.' In desperation the jjithef rushes oft"ln th" railway stafidn, and is just in'time to jump on to-a deimrting train." 'At this stage the picture depict*'the train ni=*liing along, and the -oeroplane glidiii" swiftly overhead.! The father secures the pemces pf*a.,fast roptor-launch tp continue the chase, .and.finally ..gets.a', motor-car.-Meanwhile tho aeroplane, with the lovers aboard, has. come to a stop, rind thpvnre wen making for the-minisfer's residence /jia'.father. arrives on tlie.fcenc shortly a.iter--the m.afringe'takes plbqp, nnd a j. though very a'ngry,. forgives'' his daughter. ■"-. Some exceptionally 'fine sccn i e p "i c . tures were screened .the principal beingGeneral' Views of"Sandrjnghain Hon./" Cruise on the Geranger Fjords \ o 'r *ay/' ; "The Golden ary" is the title of.'. capital' coloured picture. Ihc comic films were- "n»it v Minds Houm',"-. "Little Willie's Fi"t Cigar," and.. "Tweedledum as Jtidiii»",,Ja «ry'fine, dramatic studyentitled "Tho Kanclinmn's Daughter " 'i« included, among many other siih'ieeN icrecncJ. '