ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1600, 18 November 1912, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. j Bletsoo's Crimson Ramblers, who individually and ns a company havo become great favourites at the Theatre Royal, will present an entire chango of programme to-night. There aro several very spccial items: Tho finale. "When Richard I Sat on the Throne,' is something entirely new and novel, and tho "armour" used in this number Ims been locally mado to order. "Tho Shadows," another favourite, will bo featured tho Ramblers, and patrons to tho Theatro Royal will ba assured of an cxccllcnt evening's entertainment. FULLERS' PICTURES. Matineo and evening entertainment at Fullers' Skating Rinlt ou Saturday were largely attended. Tho programme of pictures screened was a particularly good one. It included: "The Western Legacy," a cowboy dramg.; "Winter Scones in North Sweden," "Tho Smuggler's Daughter," "Cocoa Cultivation," and a number of other pictures all good of their various kinds. To-night a complete change of programme will bo screened. THE NEW THEATRE. Messrs. MacMahon and Donnelly's popular photo-play houso in Manners Street continues to put on programmes which justify tho large attendances of patrons daily. On Saturday afternoon'the children were well catered for, a picture version of tho fairy extravaganza,.'' Mother Goose," bedng screened. The children'were delighted with tho picture, and many, of tho scenes were very similar to those seen in the pantomime. "Though Your Sins bo as Scarlet" and "Tho Devil Servant and tho Man," were also screened. To-day somo new pictures will be submitted, nmong the principal being "A Pueblo Legend" (A.B. drama) and "Dr. E. L. Hama" ('The Oriental Prisoner," a sequel to "A Dead Man's Child"). "CRUEL FATE." The feature film of t»-night's change at the King's Theatre is entitled "Cruel Fate." This 3000 ft. picture drama is said to have been very warmly receivod by American and English picture critics, and it is described as a most absorbing film of the heart-to-heart nature. The wiles of a'flirt,, who entangles in her. meshes a worthy citizen, her ultimate death at tho hands of a rejected lover, the arrest and conviction on circumstantial evidence of an innooent person, and tho sensational fir« and rescue of the inmates of a prison, a.re graphically set forth. t Other, "star" items will support this principal " atraction, and under Signor Truda's conductorship the King's Orchestra will discourse suitable melodies. ■ • 1 SHORTTS' PICTURES. All sessions .at' Shortts' Continuous Theatre in Willis Street 'were Veil attended on Saturday. One of the principal attractions in a programme which was rich in features 1 , of merit was a sensational dramatic■ picture entitled. "The .Missing Finger." It depicts an exciting chase, en a railway engine, after an escaped, convict. Other good . pictures were "The Gaumont Graphic," "Pupil _bf His Eye," an entertaining comedy entitled "A. New Cnre for Divorce," a beautiful scenic picture depicting the route from Naples to Sorrento, ana.a particularly fine pictorial representation of army manoeuvres. Another leading atra'ction was a jpicture of the Melbourne Cup of 191!. To-day, as I usn!(l, Shortts' will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and a new programme ef pictures will be presented,-including "The Fall of Black Hawk," an Indian drama; "Detective Conscience," another, photoplay, and a variety ef other items. PEOPLE'S PICTURLE PALACE. The People's Picture Pal&ee in Manners Street was opened to the. general public at 11 o'clock on Saturday morniag. Botweeh 11 o'clock arid noon, patrons streamed in, and the first programme was run off without a hitch. Tho pictures are all new to Wellington, and are indeed an, exceptionally fine set. If the management keeps up its present standard of pictures, they will fincLfaour with many pictureshow patrons. The "star" picture of the programme is s Kalem war drama, entitled "The Siege.of. Petersburg (U.S.A.)" Perhaps one of the most exciting stents in this plcturo is the demolition by explosive of the enemy's earthworks. Grant, leader of the .Federal forces, ■ and something of a.genius in military matters, bored a long tunnel to a certain point underneath the earthworks ef the enemy, which was to be blown np, so opening the way to Petersburg. Love intervenes, and influences the developments of the siege so that- the enemy are caught in their own trap. "Buster in Nodland" is the' title of a Lubin comedy, which should be a big draw for childron. The actors in' it are all children. Another excellent drama,' "The Rival?," is supplied by the S'elig Company. Two fisher boys, Tom and Bill, nro the best of friends, until each discovers that they both love the same girl. While she prefers .Bill, she like? Tom well enough to propose a novel task for her suitors of climbing the highest peak on the island'" home and securing the head and horns of a famous ■ wild goat, the successful man to be rewarded with her hand. Thoy accept the. test and elimb the mountain, and Bill has tho good fortuns to shoot the goat. He makes his camp for the night, and his, rival, who has heard the shot, tries to steal the trophy. Bill awakes, and, in the struggle which ensues, is forced over a precipice. Tom starts away with the head and horns, but overcome by remorse returns and rescues Bill. Ho carries his rival to the girl, who learns the whole story, and then manfully departs. A very pretty and interesting scenic picture is At tho 'Springs _of Dalalf. "Madame de Mode" is tho title of ~a capital comedy by the Edison Company, wliil« "Out of the Dosp" is the title of another Edison film—a drama which deals with tho unsuccessful attenint ef a villain to steal' a treasure' chest. Tho programs will be repeated throughout' all sessions te-day. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. ' The main attraction of the current bill at th'e Empress Continuous Picture Theatre is .the exciting display of skilful horsemanship by the cowboys in. The Fall Round-up of Yfi." There is llfo and dash in every moment, ana some superb equestrian feats (ire perforned by the men of the West.' The A.B. eixelusire comedy-drama, "So Near, Yet So far," is especially popular with the ladies. There are many ether pleasing i photo-plays. Th«e items will be shown for tho last time to-day and i«-night. Ae entire change is advertised for to-MorrsWi whon, among several high-class fibns, will he tho Edison military phote-spectacw "For Valour;" and the A.B. Company's exceedingly laughable comedy, Mr. Grouch at the Seaside." The A.B. Company's greatest achievement in motionpicture production, "The Massacre, is to appear shortly, and. will be seen only at tho Empress Theatre. Two thousand troops and Indians take part in this.