ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 29 November 1912, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

• THEATRE ROYAL,' Tho big attraction at the Theatre Royal Js the little band of fuii-makers called , 'The Crimson Ramblers." They 'present a capital programme of musical numbers of a refined character. "The Ramblers" take up the wholo of tho first portion of. the; programme, arid are supported in tlie second , half by. good; vaudeville items. •FULLERS' PICTURES.; "Saved fi'om Court-Martial"-is the:title of. one of the principal pictures of r; the current programme at the. Skating Rink. The story of the picture is as follows :rUhdirie,- known .'in lier ; neighbourhood as "The Water Witch/' receives .the .following, letter from her brother '"Through illfortune my friend, Ned.Ferry;.at .the supply camp, near you,, is likely - to 'be ,coui'tmartialled/ " Only a brilliant exploit will eave-luni." Undine, a strong patriot, and naturally tenderThearted,'realises,'thie predicament ,of lier brother's friend'arid determines.-, to/save. him. -. Next- day she' forms' a. plan -to destroy, a: Federal gunboat anchored in. thvi river, and presents her'idea to' Ned... .That night,, at .the risk of her life,..site swims to .the, gun'-boat, reconnoitres, and makes it pos'sible for :Ned to lead/a.''company'.', of 'Confederates, who. succeed- iri destroying the gun-boat;- 'after. ■ a ..spectaculart attack-.. I , Two days .'later Ned.is..Teiristated:-in-.'.the good -graces of. his.Vcommariding officer , and. realising his present , good l fortune .is; all to,', the. heroic action-.of his old chum's .sister,' he promptly/proceeds',to /lose v ;his,;,heart to the.fair water' witch'.- ..Other- pictures are::• "The-L'ittle Sheriff"-, .(domestic drama), ■"Italy's: Sons ofVthe Sea,"arid. "The. Mas-, ter and-the Pupil.",'' .The.programmejwill.. bo- repeated this' evening. V : v THB'NEW ,THEATRE.-- ..' A- new: programme of kinematograph pic- • tures" was submittsd .at'-, the'; New Theatre, yesterday. .. The': Star • attraction . is ah Egyptian lovo story, entitled '"The Rose' of Thebes.":' The scenes are'laid "in Egypt during..-the' reign', of • Pharaoh,.'and tne theme deals at some length with Pharaoh's infatuatioh for a-bsautiful maid,. Selinie, the - Rose -of .the Thebes; - who -loves a poorshepherd named Ephraim .' The Pharaoh leads Seliine off' to his palaca (which is depicted; '.in oll' -'ita ;;gorgeous beauty), where-he tells her of. his love,; but in vain. Meanwhile her . lover ' gains an audienra with Pharaoh,-and theii'attempts to assassinate-' him. .'For.-this he-is. thrown into a dungeon. .. Failing to impress '- Selime, Pharaoh': relents; •andorders'tho -marriage of.-.the- lovers. '-Later, 'scenes- depict Pharaoh" broken-hearted, taking his ownlife.;; 'The picture' is.'a remarkable photoplay.:. -i"The 'Roso ;ofr tho-Thebes". will bb repeated. throughout all' Sessions;, to-day, and during: the night ;sessions "Dr. Gar-el-Hama"' (the. Oriental poisoner) will be re-vived-by special .request. Among other pictures of the new programme are "The Sponge, Industry," "The - Sheriff's Prisoner" (Lubin. comedy); "Bidonis ■ Forage Cap".: (Cines comedy),- "Glimpses of - the Dee"/ (scenic), , "Tlie Spider's- Webb" (Vita., drama), and . "His Own Fault" ■ (A.B. comedy). On Monday next a sensational dramatic .study entiled "The Lion Tamer's Revenge," and introducing twenty lions, ;.will; be screened. ' THE KING'S THEATRE. ■ The principalitem at thie King's Theatre last evening was entitled "Alone in Paris." The play opens, with the' romance', of Hans Fischer, a, miller, a laundress girl. - Lisbeth has a gister called Francine,' who also falls in .'love; with Hans. Francine learns that -Hans is more in love with -Lisbeth than. he.is with her.' "She is so upset'about this that, she becomes vio- : lently-ill.':- Suspecting the. cause of:', her, illness,; her,sister Lisbeth, determines' to sacrifice her own. lore for that of her sister. She/accordingly .induces ...Hans { 0 marry .Francine. She . herself, after the wedding, -leaves for Paris, and alone iri Paris she'would probably have succumbed' to poverty. had- it not. been' for; the timely .aid of the manager of a cabaret. There she becomes very popular with the Parisian crowd as a dancer, and is offered 'a good posttiqxt iq, a,, leading theatre. Success ■ follows iu'eeek,' i>He' b'teimesHho pampered: favourite; of the idle Parisians.. She soon of success, and ,'determines to return' to .her.: native Alsatian l vUla'gs. There she' sees her .'sister. - and hus-band;-living happily,- and she eventually marries an old admirer, and the.play .-concludes, leaving everybody comfortable and happy. Other items on the programme include an . excellent comic, entitled 1 "Suing Susan," '•'Wanted a Bearskin;" "A'-. Miscarriage of Justice," "The Funeral of the late I ,Father Venning," and .'the ' Pathe . Gazette.

SHORTT'S PICTURES. . The new . pictures screened at Shortt's Theatre yesterday attracted many patrons throughout the sessions.. A.story of thear trical life is depicted in the. star item,"The Modern Desdemona." Tho staging effects in. this picture arei of a high order, and. the acting is'all that picture .patrons desire. "The; Miracle' - '. is a story, of-.an-cient'.Bagdad, by;- the Vitagraph . 'Company. The Caliph'-s child dies, and his wife becomes/demented. The child,, whilst lying" in state in the, palace grounds, is removed bv a "starving-ivoman, who replaces the dead .infant .with 1 her own.. On the much-grieved j mother finding/ as she thinks, , her child; restored to life she imagines that it- is-a miracle, and is so overcome with-gladness that she soon.rer jains lior health. Unknown to her, the real mother of the child is engaged as a nurse to tendjtliercliild, 'and the cl'psihg scenes depict 'in a very ...realistic manner the Caliph and his court rejoicing, over' -.he great event,. "The Gaumont Graphic" arid "Two Gay Boys" are among the other pictures screened. The programme will be repeated throughout. to-day- and tonight. " • : * ■ ' EMPRESS THEATRE. .' Crowds patronised the. Empress' Theatre continuous; pictures, yesterday afternoon an, devening, when tho A.-B. Company's 'feature" drama,. "The Massacre," was the leading item;. The usual'! complete change, is announced for to-day and tonight, when 'the chief, attraction" will be/ the A.B. Company's exclusive domestic drama ( "The Ono She-.Loved." '-..This is described as a charming story of,-marital taisuhderstandiiigs, produced in that company's best style. .'Other,subjects.,will;in\nd evening, when- the 'A.B. .Company's, ' ~ on -'. (an exciting naval episode); "The •S (travel). "Williams's Weekly, ■_ (topical); "Artistic Glassware" (industrial), "Blinks, and Jinks,--Attor-neys at Law' (Edison drama). Prom 11. ?<««.' y ® t°' da y anc ' to-morrow--, the Massacre" will bo,given, in addition to the new programme. "Love and Hate," announced as a high-class Nordisk exclusive drama, will; appear shortly.' - : f THE' PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. Tho People's Picture Palace ; was well patrohiseu throughout yesterday and in the evening—despite the damp, it. was crowded. 1 - An' entirely hew programme wag screened, of which the principal item was entitled "Faiitasca, the Gipsy." Tlie plot of this play is, briefly,. as follows John. 'Neville visits the: gipsy camp to secure . entertainers for his-lawn partytile following day. .Tantasca, the. young and pretty gipsy queen,.whilo performing for the entertainment;' falls in love with Neville.;' When the lawn party is over the returning gipsies try r to lead away Neville's, .'little girl, but one of the ser-' van-ts frustrates their plans. While making a short'cut through the, woods the : next day Neville meets Fantasca, who informs him of her love; and-is repulsed. Later the gipsies .'move to a new. camp, but before-leaving, a plot, is arranged to kidnap Neville's child, and the plan is successful. Although Fahtasca's love is unrequited, slio realises .the pain the loss of the child will Qause Neville, and. she determines to return the- child, to its parents. That night she leaves tho camp with.: -the - child while ; all the .rest are asleep. • Her departure is' detected and a gipsy fires after her..: Although 'dangerously ...wounded she succeeds in reaching Neville's home, and., expires after deliver-, ing the child to the- distracted parents. "The Hindu's Charm" is the next best item. A- dutiful wife is-insulted ..by the way .in which her,-husband .flirts. She consults a Hindu, who'gives lior a fetich, a miniature figure of a man, and every time she sticks a pin into the fetich-tho pain is'felt by the husband.- The result may- be imagined, "-'flic Bargee's Re-' venge" "is another sterling drama.. The Jack ' Forbes, has. an exciting, esca'ps from death. He is stunned and -is tied to . the,.-sluice gates,. and a hideous death awaits' Km; but lie:is saved, in the nick' of . time. bv>.his . sweetheart; .Oj;her good-items are: "The Little/Artist of-the Market" .UVi'a>«atic) r "Wnterplane Trials,""Snake Catching 'in' Queensland,">iid' the ever-welco:ne Gaumont Graphic.