ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 23 November 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. JBrennan-Fullers 1 Vaudeville Company performed before another largo audience at tho Theatre Royal last night, when Bletsoe's Crimson Ramblers provided excellent entertainment. Other artists who contributed enjoyable items to the programme were Les Bow, trick cyclist; Lt. Stofl, ventriloquist; Harry Linden ( eccentric comedian; Victoria Cross, Scotch comedienne; and Guillaume, Baby and Co. Several artists will make farewell appearances to-night. On Monday there will bo a complete chango of programme. FULLERS' PICTURES. The current programme at the Vivian Street Rink will bo screened for tho last time to-nigM, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is perhaps the best picture. One cannot but bo enthusiastic over such a fine representation of such a famous event; and one so much lauded in prose and verse. "Lodgings for a Night" is a fine A.B. comedy, and "Cliantilly Cream" is another amusing picture. The Urbanora Company's pictures of, the Balkans prove most interesting, and the furtherance of the series will be much appreciated by the patrons\of the rink. The usual change w|ll to screened on Monday. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Jim Bludso," suggested by the poem of that name, is one of the most descriptive of the items on this week's programme at the King's Theatre. The- representation of the burning ferry steamer is a remarkable piece of photography, and excitingly realistic. ■ "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is the most popular picture.on the programme, as is but natural. Few pictures arouse genuine enthusiasm in the spectatars, but "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is certainly one of the few. Other items include several good dramatic £>nd comic pictures. On Monday, besides a complete change, "Alone in Paris" will be screened for the first time. | A prize matinee will be held this afternoon. The star attraction on Monday will be a beautiful natural colour drama "AJone in Paris." Mdlle. Napierkowska, the famous Russian danseuse, takes the leading role in this superior art production. Some magnificent scenic studies are introduced, and a special feature is a danoe by Mdlle. Napierkowska. Other new supporting subjects, comprising scenic, educational, and topical, will form part of the programme. NEW THEATRE. "The 1 Charge of the Light Brigade" is one of the chief features at the New Theatre' just at present. Few historical pictures have equalled this in magnificence. The familiarity to the English nation of the event makes the picture more enticing, but even if it was not historical ana purely ficticious, it would stand on its. own merits as a sensational and descriptive picture. The rest of the programme, is also up to the New Theatre's usual standard, and inoludes: "In the North Woods," "Dorothy's Bandit, and "Simple Simon and the Devil." On Monday the drama "Dr. Bar-el-Hama' will be screened, and on Tuesday, _ An Indian Massacre" will be the star item. SHORTTS' THEATRE. The current programmo at Shortts* Continuous Picture Theatre is a very entertaining one. "The Miller of Burgundy' is a charming drama, and the programme includes, also, "The Gaumont Graphic (topical), "Wanted, a Sister" (comical), Alter Many Years" (dramatic), "Mount Fuji" (scenic), "The Cowboy's (dramatic), and "Jim tho Boxer (comical). EMPRESS THEATRE. * A new programme of pictures was presented by the management of the Empress Theotro yesterday, and this collection will be screened to-day and on Monday. That most exciting drama, "Lieutenant -liose and tho Train Wreckers" was repeated. It is a film which is well worth seeing more than once. "The Bite," a drama .which lipid tho . spectators' interest tho■roughly 'while it,occupied tho screen, was, one of tho best riumbSrs' in the bill.. The story opens with the receipt by tho villain of the piece, Monsieur Le.Comte, of an invitation to attend a reception at which a famous tenor is to. The Count accepts the invitation and attends. The famous tenor is the "hit" of the evening. He captures his audience, but no member of it so completely as tho Baroness (the hostess of the evening). The Baroness and the tenor stroll through the gardens together, the tenor entertaining her with talk concerning the beauties of music. The ■Baroness, loft to herself, falls asleep on a garden seat. Out of the shrubbery appears a man in evening dress, with his head masked. Ho grasps tho Baroness by the throat, and soon renders her insensible. Then ho steals her valuable necklace. Meanwhile the men have been playing cards, and their gamo has been interrupted through the receipt by the Baron of a note: "The tenor is a dangerous, burglar. Beware!" Shortly. after this comes the news of the assault on the Baroness. The tenor is suspected, arrested, his pleas of innocence are unheeded, and he is taken away by the gendarme. The Baroness comes to her senses, and she remembers that in her struggles she gave her assailant a vicious bdto on one of his hands. The tenor is brought back to the house, where the company is still assembled, and he again pleads his innocence. However, his hands are examined in the presence of all tho guests, and they are discovered .to be free from tho tell-tale mark. The expression on the face of tho Count attracts notice at this stage. He is invited to show his hands. He removes his left glove, but refuses to remove the other, so the gendarmes remove him. Among the other ■ items presented, are: "He must have a Wife" (comical), "Warwick Chronicle" (topical). "Polidor makes Himself Known" (comical), "In the North Woods" (dramatio), "Then He did Laugh, but- —" (farcical), and "Making U.S.A. Currency" (educational). The A.B. Company's greet prairie spectacular drama, "Tho Massacre," is advertised to commence a season of three days and nights on Tuesday next. PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. "Treasure Island" as adapted from R. L. Stevenson's novel by the Edison Com.Tiany. is ono of the best' items on the programme at present being screened at the People's Picture Palace. Of course the picture is not as detailed as the novel, and many interesting scenes have to bo curtailed, but considering the length of the film one gets an excellent idea of the characters . and general plot of the famous story. "Target Practice in the U.S.A. Navy" is a fine film, showing tho big guns at work. A new attraction is "Jim Bludso," a good, dramatic picture • with considerable scenic merits. A burning steamer, making at top speed for the nearest bi| of land is most realistically depicted in the story. Jim 'Bludso is the engineer and he sticks to "his post "until he feels the boat aground, and then he 1 becomes overpowered with tho smoke and heat. Tho rest of the ship's company are saved, but Jim Bludso dies at his post. "On tho Bosphorus" is interesting, in that it shows the home of the Turks who are at present figuring large in the eyes of tho world. "Hindu Charm" is another of the best items, and the latest Gaumont Graphic gives news-snapshots of most of the important events of the day. lnis programme will be rescreeued to-day and to-night. THE LYCEUM, PKTONE. The suburban township of Petono has come within tho range of up-to-dato picture 1 enterprise,. Hay ward's Pictures, Ltd., having secured a long lease of tlie Palaco Theatre. Hayward's, Ltd., control over 80 picture theatres in tho Dominion, and as most of them are designated ' Lyceum thoy have decided to call their Petono house by the same name. This evening s programmo is to include a fine assortment .of film subjects. The star feature film will be "Tho French Spy," a pictorial adaptation of the well-known book, by the Vitagraph Company. Tho stoTy is full of interest and excitement intermixed with romance and lovo. Another interesting item is promised in tho screening of the 1912 Melbourne Cup. Part of this evening's proceeds will go towards a presentation to the outgoing management.

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