ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

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THEATRE ROYAL. Tlio Five Olrncß, cxpnrt comedy ncrobiits, wlioft' net is a wliirl /of aslonisliinr; I'calK, nr« tho bright pnrficijlnr stars in Ilio Fiiller-Brciinnii firjnamont lit prewnt. Oilier artists now oppnring on Hie 1)111 iiro ITarry Liiulcn, comedinit; 1:1 a Uerridsc, Harold Heath, tho Nation?.! J)no, Blnclt and Bronte, mid .Bletscc's Cvinison Kaniblers. The nianawnicnt announces tho coming of the Eight GritI'srini'S, who furnish the first part of ihe oiitcrtainnicnt on similar lines. to those hdopted by.tho popular Eainblers, whose last appearances aro advertised.

THE NEW THEATKE. A fresh programme is 'How being shown at t!io Not Theatre, and' the entertainment it provides is excellent. Tho star picture is "His Honour at Stake," a very exciting drama, which grips one fiercely 'throughout its reign on tho screen. Tho story'is that while a certain lord is out his wife is visited by a former lover of her:?. She invites him to. stay'and play cards. He accepts her invitation, and in a little while the old love awakens- in her, and she permits herself to be fondled. In the meantime, the lord, who missed his train, returns. The woman, hearing someone in. the house, implores her friend to- escape by a window, but ho prefers to go out in the ordinary way.' Nevertheless, lie takes her advice, and is getting out of the window when a policeman sees him and arrests , him. Then the lord comes on'the scene, and has the man taken into the house. There lie finds that his wife lias been strangled, and he blames her former lover, who denies the imputation. A while later a servant finds a burglar in the house,'and secures him, and. in the .miscreant's pocket the woman's pearl necklace is found. And tho former lover' 3 honour is '-fared. Another very good number" is "The Cowboy's Mother," a Western drama, which tells a tale wherein a boy. who was in danger of being 'adjudged guilty of murder was saved through the untiring effor'cs of his mother. "The Lost Trunk" is one of the most exquisite comics which' has ever been concoived_. There are oilier very gcocl pictures in tho bill, all helping to make a most attractive programme.

Special- programmes.are being arranged for the Christmas and the New Year holidays. The Christinas Day selection has already been made, and children's entertainments will, probably,. also be provided during th 3 festive season.-

. THE KING'S THEATEE. Good patronage is being accorded themanagement of th 6 King's Theatre. The current programme is a most attractive one. The star film is "The Golden Cag?," in which tho .chief part, is taken by Saharot, an Australian-French actress with a Continental reputation!. The supporting pictures ars excellent. .This fine programme will be shown this evening.

.-. . SHORTTS' THEATHE. A complete new set of. pictures of excellent quality was screened at; Shortts , Continuous Picture Theatre yesterday. The three principal items are "A Reformed Santa Glaus" (Vitagraph exclusive), "The Cowboy's Mother" (Selig drama), and "Letters of a Lifetime." The lastnamed picture is claimed to be a powerful domestic .driima .(it' inoru than usunl attractiveness. The picture certainly unfolds a powerful dramatic story, capably acted, and capitally screened. The Vita:graph picture, "A Bffornied Santa Claus," tells a delightful little story, which is well acted by the company's most .familiar actors and Another picture worthy of mention is one entitled "The Girl from the Country," by' the. well-known Edison Co. The programme, which is well varied, will be repeated throughout all sessions bo-day. ,On Saturday afternoon a programme of special subjects for the benefit of children will be screened. . .

EMPRESS THEATEE. ' For a short period only a fine Vitascopo :drn«ia, entitled "The Unwritten Law," /will bo-screened at the Empress Theatre. The film, which introduces several striking scenes, purports to give one an idea of life behind the stage at the London, music halls. That rather weird and uncouth- thing stage life in privatebulks largely in. tho picture. Kortense, a performer,.is attracted by a fellow artist, and this arouses tho anger of ,her husband to such an extent that he invokes the aid of "the unwritten law," under sensational circumstances. "Sis Honour at Stake" .is the title of another society drama, which' was well received by the audience. The leading comedy picture, on the programme- is a film .entitled "A Shocking Complaint." Other films of note are: "His Trade," Liibin comedy, and "Warwick Chronicle." The pictures will bo shown from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., •without a stop.

: PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. A really excellent programme was submitted at. the People's. Picture Palace last night, when the customary half-week: ly change was made. The chief'picture is "Tlio Heart of John Grimm." The story runs very prettily.- A settlement worker visits a tenement homo .and discovers a motherless child of six years. The result is that the child is taken into tlio .'country with the Fresh Air Fund, party, niid'by chnnco the house of Anna Grimm, a farmer's wife, is visited. Mrs. Grimm has 'just' lost a cliild, and would like to keep,the orphan; but she fears | that her husband' would object. Later, j however, the child is brought back to her place while. tlio husband is away, and.Mrs. Grimm, yields to persuasion and adopts the child. Afraid of her hus-. ■band's view of such- a. transaction, she conceals the child.. One day John Grimm is stricken V a sunstroke while ho is working in the fields. The little girl, who has beon out gathering berries, sees him, and b.v bathing his head brings him round. The pair walk back to the houpo together; and there the. wife tells whol fhe has done. John says the.child must i>3 sent away, but the girl pleads for a lioiiie and the henrt of John Grimm i= touched; the child stays-on. "Broncho Billy for Sheriff" is a stirring drama "f the' Wild "West. The chief actor is. (1.. Jl . Andpi'.-KJi), whose remarkably fine portravals in this, line havs long been iulmired The it™ is niiilo up '« Hu , hiirh standard of the delightful .Rrnncho Bil'lv' scries. "The Boctor's ])cbl.' is a ■■! very jileasins love drama, and "The Barlin' Fire Erigmlf". i> a " stiri-ins pii'tnre of a great city l)i-igad« in full action Other, pictures are: ".Simple Simon's Choice.,". "Betty Fouls the Dear Old Dad," "The Eclair Jourunl, and _".Xlw JPiiuia Ctasett*"-