ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1568, 11 October 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"KISMET." "We did not sell ono ticket at the'doors to-night," was a' managerial statement made at tho Opera House', which.means that every seat was either booked ahead or filled with, people' who had purchased their tickets away'from the theatre during' the day. 'This^is probably a new record for Wellington,■■ and is the soundest evidence to the. undoubted popularity of tho drama "Kismet" and tho Asche-. Brayton Company. The play is the complete embodiment of a very original idea, and no detail is neglected to givo artistic verisimilitude to tho story told, Mr. Oscar Asche,- as' the beggar Hajj gives a notably vigorous and-convincing performance, and Miss Lily- Brayton is quilo charming as his fair daughter Marsintih, Otherwise the cast is excellent. Only three more performances of "Kismot" can be given—to-night, to-morrow afternoon, ami to-morrow evening. ' On Monday tho-company will bo seen in "The Taming of th* Shrew," the ploy in which Mr. Oscar Asche dawned on the Australian public as- an actor and producer of exceptional talent.

PULLERS' MCTUIi.ES. A .new series of moving pictures occupied the screen at Fullers' Skating Rink in Vivian Street last night. The principal film on the- list' is oue of tho Edison Company's dramatic productions, "Passers lly> . a picture adaption : of a familiar story. The scene opens with a dinner given on the evp of a wedding to the bachelor friends, of the bridegroom of tho morrow. A stranger is pressed in from tho street to till a chair left vacant by the absence of an invited guest. Afterdinner' stories succeed, and tho stranger unfolds a heart-breaking story of unrequited love, followed.by "commercial'ruin and • consequential; : impecuniosity.: When the. discourso iis;,fhiished, ho chances to glance at. a portrait of his hosfs mother, and is disgusted to find that ho has been dining at the expense of the son of his successful rival in love and commercial affairs. "Winning a Widow" is a Kalom comedy in which the scene drifts from tho s.s. Adriatic to the town of Lu?or, in Egypt. "Willie Becomes an Artist" is a capital comedy by Company, and another good comedy is "Married in Haste." Magnificent scenery is the feature of tho film entitled "Mountain Rail-, way in Bavaria," while excellent feats of horsemanship have been photographed in another film called "Military Evolution, Third Dragoons'." Other pictures include: "Trip on the Tamer," "Lieutenant Daring Quells a Rebellion," "Part of Her Lifo," Together," and "Reconstructed Rebel."

THE NEW THEARE. The final screening of the current pro-gramme-of the Now Theatre continuous pictures drew crowded assemblages yesterday afternoon and evening. The biweekly change to-day and to-night will be headed »by the 'Ambrosio Company's latest dramatic "feature," i ftilitled "Salambo." This is a story of interest, charmingly interpreted and abounding in powerful situations. The American Bio. Company will bo represented by an effectivo domestic di;ania, "The Sands of Dee." Western stories of adventure always enjoy popularity, and the S. and A. Company's "Broncho Billy's Gratitude is a thoroughly typical example of this class of production. Tho remaining subjects include the scenic study, 'At the L'Jungan"; the'topioal item, "Gaumont Graphic"; tho farcical comedy, "Bill's Picnic" (Lux), and tho Clarendon comedy "Which of the Two?" The new pictures will be «hown continuously from 11 a.m. till 11 o'clock to-night.- A special attraction, "The Sins of a Father, is announced for ..Monday, and "An Artists Model" is to appear'shortly.

THE KING'S THEATRE. It is wonderful to, think that a kinematographcr was turning tho handle of his machine on the deck of tho steamer Empress of Britain when that vessel recently came into collision with the Helvetia during thick weather oft' the coast of Newfoundland. Wonderful,as it may seem, however, it is said to bo thq truth, and the camera man succeeded in photographing the ocean tragedy in its entirety. Tho result of tho work of tho übiquitous kinematographcr was seen at tho King's Theatre last night, when, a moving picture showed the collier Helvetia slowly settling down and taking her last plunge. "Tho Platform of Death is another star item at this theatre, illustrating the love affairs and jealousies of several circus' performers. The closing sceuo shows a horse and rider on a platform to perform their turn. The horse has been doped by a rival, and the animal and its rider are dashed to death. Other item's go to make n good programme, which will be repeated this evening. A special attraction is announced for Monday next, when a filni entitled "Tho GovDaughter" will lx> screened.

SHORTT'S PICTURES. "Man and Mammon" is tho suggestive title of the star item on the programme screened at Messrs. Sliortts Picture Theatre yestcrday.lt is a stirring modem •drama, neatly staged, with an exact regard- to the minutest-, detail. The photography throughout tho picture, which is a long oiie, is of a high order, and reflects credit on the manufacturers—Patho Freres. "The Nipper's Lullaby" is al;o a good picture,' and the latest, Gaumont Graphic deals with all tho most recent events of world-wide interest. "Love and tho Motor" and "The Shyness of Shorty" are clever little dramatic plays, and other good items are "Honour and Sword" and "Flowers of'the Sea." This ' programme will bo repeated- to-day and tonight.

THE. DANDIES. With fresh itoms every evening, tho "Red Dandies" arc doing all in their power to make the last nights of their Wellington season memorable. There is no doubt that they will be missed by the Wellington public, who for the last few months linvo been accustomed to look upon the Dandies as a guarantee for an evening's solid amusement. Mi. C. Dampier nn d Mr> G. M°rnan, in their burlesque' duets, are a very standard of merriment, Wellington has lone regretted tho absence of a really good vaudc ville, and the gap which the ''Dandies" will make by,- their departure will bo hard to fill. To-night and to-morrow night new programmes will lie given, and tho Dandies will say farewell to the Concert Chamber of the Wellington Town Hall. .. v- .'. . . .