ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1547, 17 September 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TINY TOWN. The quaint and curiouslattfactions presented by Tiny Town drew, large audiences afternoon ami -evening yesterday to .'the Town Hall.. The kittle folk 'are really charming in their, songs and-dances, anil the. riding acts of\Miss Alonka-and-Miss Hansi were exceedingly pretty, as well as astonishingly clever. I An innovation of interest yesterday; was the display of the tiny bride's trousseau, which . created great interest amongst the ladies and the children. The last two days, and nights of Tiny Town are announced. 'PULLERS' I>IGTUKES: An excellent series'' of* high-class ' pictures featured the new-programme at Fullers' :Skating Rink • last evening', -when there was a large .attendance',of, patrons. Decidedly'the best of the items Vas.a fine comedy drama entitled "Her Gift," whi'dh tells the Tstpry of a wife's devotion and self-sacrifico for her .husband in-his hour of itrial.' The .husband is a Stock Exchange operator, arid 1 being 'caught in a cotton slump findshimself'face to face with ruin, his only hope being the finding of large sum within-, a few hours. His wife overhears ■ a conversation between her husband and his banker, and secretly -sells her valuable jewels, thus saving the' situation: The tension over, cotton experiences a propitious "rise," prosperity smiles once more, rind all is well. The film is a really, good one, well acted. .A most amusing comedy is "The Colonel's. Bet," founded, upon a- wellknown military title. A .subaltern-, is transferred to another regiment by reason of his betting proclivities. He is'a lucky betting man, and his new comrades are warned about him. It is not )ong,'beforo tho ruling passion asserts itself, -and- ho bets his colonel, before the other officers, that his' trousers are padded. Tho colonel, scenting an easy win,'takes up'tlie bet, takes off his trousers, and demonstrates that'tho joker is wrong. The latter pays up with good grace,'but it'subsequently transpires that there was a previous bet of .£lO, with the "sub's" former colonel, that he/would make his new colonel tako his trousers off before all the other officers!" A very fine historical studv is 'lung Henry ' VIII and Cardinal mi 0 --V'" "" a Sn'ficently staged and acted. The classic scenes . set .forth in Shakes-peare-th© trial'of Qiiscn Catjiarine,' tho excominunication'of the King by Cardinal Wolsey, and the death of the Cardinal —are well "produced. A number of scenic studies • and comedy sketches' complete the. list; which will be screened'again this evening.

. THE KING'S THEATRE. The new programme of pictures, which wns presented to patrons of the King's ■theatre Inst evening before a verv nml appreciative attendance of spectator*, is without a doubt one of the best selocticns ever screened at that popular homo of entertainment. The star film is a remarkable production from the great house of Pathe I'rorcs, entitled'"The Sun God," a remarkable study of human vengeance, in which the principals are an English officer, his Hindu wife (who deserted post as a vestal in the Temple of Sourya in order to join the officer), and the High Priest of the Temple. A year Inter the girl is traced to her home, by the implacable priest, and her child is carried off by the sacred leopard—in the picturo a real and singularly handsome beast. The mother follows the trail to the Temple, and demands the body of her child. She is made prisoner, and tied to a pest in a den of noisome reptiles—also very real and fearsome. Led by his elephant, the officer traces his wife to the Temple, and saves her. The animals do their work remarkably well, and the whole study is a magnificent example of Pathe Frcres coloured kinematography. The supporting'items are'also of unusual merit, several being of. "star" rank. "The Light that Failed, is a powerful drama of the strike, culminating in a pathetic scene where the child of a striker, under that very difficult operation known .is trephining, dies under the surgeon's hands* for the electric light fails at the critical moment, the wires being cut by the strike leader—the child's father. Other good items are:—"Wilful Meg," an Indian story, the "Pathe. Gazette," "The.Z'ims" (acrobatic study), anil "Lulu's Doctor." The programme will be repeated this evening, when a special benefit night in aid of the New Zealand Carriers' Union tug-o'-war team for Australia will be given. Among the Pathe Gazette "snaps," by the way, were two local topics, the carriers' tug-o'-war team and-'"Tiny Town.", ■

THE NEW THEATEE. "Broken Chains" .will bo repeated At the New Theatre for two more days, and nights at all A new selection, of supporting subject* will be introduced today, these being headed by the American Biograph Company's latest dramatic success, "The School Teacher and Waif." The ]?ex ;drama, "A Thorn in Vengeance," is described as a striking achievement, while a fine scenic study, "Istrian Shores," will no doubt bo popular with everybody. The comic clement is well supported by "The Animals' Friend" and Charlie Smile.r Catches a Tartar." Next Thursday Dion Boucicault's famous drama "The' Colleen Bawn" will bo shown at (ill sessions, and in compliance with a generally-expressed desire "The Battle Hymn of the Kepublic" will bo revived at all sessions on Thursday. .

PLIMMER-DENNISTON SEASON. On Monday night next (September ■ 23) Messrs. Harry Plimmer and Reynolds Denniston will present their company, ft much-improved (combination since they last visited here, in a nine-nights' season, during which they will stage "Nobody's Daughter" (four nights), "A Woman of No Importance" (three nights), and "A Yillago Priest" (two nights). The visit here of such well-known artists as MessTs. George S. Titlieradge, Harry Plinuner, Mrs. Robert Brough, Misses. . Beatrice Day. and. Ijizetfe Parkre should arouse considerable interest amongst local playgoers, and a fact that shoulfl add considerably" to the success of the season, is that the plays to be staged are said to bo of an unusually high order of merit, and all proved successes already. "Nobody's Daughter" has been hailed in New Zealand as "a play that realises in every way .the favourable accounts that havq preceded it," to quote from the Dunedin - "Times." The company is said to bo exceptionally well cast in this play. The box plan for the first two ploys will, open at the Dresden to-morrow morning.