PICTURE SHOWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1575, 19 October 1912, Page 5

PICTURE SHOWS.

fullers; pictures. Among the best pictures of Hie present programmo at the Skating Rink, in Vivian Street, is ono entitled "Beetles." This depicts theso interesting little insects in tlieir native haunts, and then shows theni in a. somewhat "wonderful rolo tis trained performers. Dramatic, scenic, study, and comic I'fllo&scs are also included in a wellvaried programme. A matinee performauco will take phce this afternoon, and the programmo will be repeated this evening.

THE KING'S THEATRE.' The cm-rent programme at the King's Iheatro continues to attract. Last evening a picture showing tho recent visit of members of Parliament to Wnuganui was screened. It included some very interesting scenes in and round the town of Wanganui. The_ usual prizo matinee will tako place this afternoon, and the programme will bo repeated this evening. A special matineo under the patronage of tlio rinvy League will he given on Monday afternoon. In tlio evening a Vitaarnph exclusive picture entitled "Tho irench Spy" will ho screened.

THE NEW THEATRE,

Messrs. MacMahon and Donnelly's New theatre, Manners Street, was packed throughout yesterday. The new programme is headed by a fine dramatic »,mi ?; , Wascope Company,, entitled Iho Black Cat." The plot purports to illustrate the life of tho Apache. Tho oponing scene depicts tho arrival homo of a young man from college, and his subsequent meeting with a young woman who is to stay with his parents. These two at once becomo friends, and somo days later the young man leaves to tnke "P. h' s profession as a doctor in another neighbourhood. A change of scene, and the inside of a restaurant, full of Apaches, is presently scon. A brawl takes placo, winch results, in "the Black Cat" (a name given to a pretty girl, who is presumably a member of a baud of thieves) leaving tlio gang to see new pastimes. Later sho attempts to commit suicide, rr i ' s savCl ' ! J y tho young doctor. Ho forms an affection for her, forgetting the other girl at his mother's home. Wondering what has becomo of her son, the mother sends this young lady to see what is amiss, and sho very nearly succoods in drawing him away from his unwholesome surroundings, but "the Black Cat" conquers. Tho girl returns home brokenhearted, and shortly after nil Apacho is s £ el J making his way into the grounds of tho doctor's residence. Complications presently ensue, tho Apacho is arrested, and ho then informs the gendarmes that tho-Black Cat" is tho leader of n gang of thieves, nnd she, too, is arrested. Tho closing scene depicts a reconciliation between tho doctor, his mother, and liis uancee. Among other pictures are "Turkish Mosques and Palace," "A Dumb Matchmaker," "Poorluck's River Suit," Rod Ridinghood," and "Tho Coast of Brittany." Tlio programmo will bo repeated to-day.

SHORTTS' PICTURES, Shortts' Continuous Picturo Thcatro was well patronised yesterday, when a capital series of pictures was presented. "The Knight and tho Nursic" is a very likeablo child drama, "Tho Stolon Ring" is the litle of a clover dramatic study by the I'tibiii Company. The s!rong plot uniobls a tale of how a yonnir man steals a valuable ring and gives it to his love. I he man in whose charge the ring was placed is arrested, and he (ells his fianrce —a manicure girl-of his plight, and she is able to dolt-el tlu- thief by seeing thr ring on the finger of one of her lndy customers. Tlio present programme includes a number of other good pictures.