ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

. THEATRE EOYAL. Thorn was a large attendance at tho rheatre Royal last evening, and the raudeville entertainment went with a ;wing that left not a dull moment in tho ivening. : The talented - Elliot-Fanning Family will 'shortly reappear at tho rheatre Koyal. . Elliot is a clever, clean loniedian, and Maud Fanning has a_repuation as a coon'delineator and buck and virig (lancer. The-dainty Elliot Sister, lffiUgWers of this popular pair, are a sretlit ;to their parents. Their dancing in mrticiilar is stated to -be quite a levela;ion.' ' /<' i- , ' ■ , . . HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fullers' spacious and'elaborately designid "His Majesty's", picture theatre in Jourtenny Place, was packed last evenng, when the ourrent; programme of piciures'was once. more, projected on the screen to the appreciative spectators. This mining find ;at to-morrow's matinee and svening exhibitions, will be_ the last opportunity afforded the public of witnessing the beautifully staged historical spectacle—"Queen Bess," with Madame Sarah Bernhardt in the title rdle. On Monday i new series will bo presented to patrons. THE KING'S THEATRE. , '.'Despite a. week's-run,', the picture projramme at'.the .King's Theatre (West's: and Linley and' Donovan), sustains - pub- ■ lie interest,wonderfully well, a reliable in l ilex to the drawing power of the, highclass pictures which mako up the series. To-day and to-morrow the 'Child Stealers," an emotional drama -of unusual interest, will-be screened for' the .last time, supported by ;• a number of other lent studies. A new programme is an-i nounced !for Monday - evening.-- '.' . ; THE NEW THEATRE. Those' wh'o._ are interested in'the'great' American Civil, War will find that-the Kalem drama,' "The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg," .which is the best of 'the items on tho new programme at the New Theatre, combines a'faint, smattering-of real history ;.ind ,fiction in a way that will appeal. ,:!From the weird point of view of the picture/promoters, this very, peculiar war seems to abound in incidents that lend: a~ peculiar way to • : fiction. , : " Sometimes families; divided, and 'met on ;th« field of' battle fighting against.eon, brother against brother.. In - this instance the incident*; is that'of a young southern, girl who,; with .patriotic fire burning brightly in her' eyes, takes* the .place of her' brother who has been killed'in _ .Under the: hottest (fire the girl proves that she is no coward, : and, like 'Tier brother, |is willing to lay down her life for principles..,' She' is .eventually captured' by the enemy, but-returns.to her friends in an exchauge of prisoners. While being exchanged, she- meets. and falls in love with 'a young Southern officer,-,whom_Bhe ultimately marries. , "The Lady of Shalott" is one of '.the best- of the -minor items. "The Players" -is also good, and: tho "Balkan. War .Series" havo some in- , terest.' This programme' will be, repeated. l to-day and .to-night.■>- . .- . "Ziga,"'a Gipsy, romance, is ,the next attraction announced by Messrs. MacMahon and Donnelly. SHOETTS' THEATRE. - A change of programme .was screened at Shortts' I Contihuotts Picture: Theatre yes-' toi'dii)- o.'nd lust evening,.. _'!Tho._Kond_pf Yesterday''-19 items,- and may be enfely. recommended to those picture-lovers who enjoy dramatic 'films:..-Besides telUhi: ; 'a','mbst' interesting story,-'this'film; has. the"extra, merit of •being' extremely well acted and staged. Of the' othet : ifems)"Tlie -Money Kii^s/'.^l-

though hot "new,; to; tho theatre, is : still j highly: popular with' the theatre's patrons. The story; Embracing as,it,does the two ] features of lovo and politics as regarded . by.-men who spend their lives in making ( money even after they ..have got a great ( deal more'than: they: can spend, ■is .more £ than. Usually' enjoyable, m It .portrays, 1 moreover, the curious fact that a man ( worth, say, a million of money, .will-yet risk the whole of his fortune on a deal ( that, may plunge, him ,in ruin, and dis- j honour.- The latest ,-Pathe; Gazette was,: , ; as usual, much appreciated. Topical pic- , tures - are 1 always , interesting,' especially , when.- tho photography is as clear as Messrs. Pathe Freres is as a rule. This programme will bo rescreoned to-day and to-night. . . . ' - - ' /v: THis EMPRESS THEATRE. A fresh programme-was screened'-at the Theatre for the first. time yesterday. "Heredity" ris the foremost, of the now items.: The storv that the pic- : ture unfolds' is'of a somewhat undesirable : white trader who marries an Indian girl. To them a.son, who grows up more Indian than European, and when , .his father wishes him to. accompany him on a trading trip he is reluctant to leavo his mother's tripe. jEater. the trader become? ashamed of his marriage with-Jthe Indian girl, - and/also of his son. The, . climax of the story is. reached when the Indians Tevolt against, the. trader on ac'count of his selling them bad whisky and broken firearms.,, Eventually the trader is killed by- the Indians, and his wife and son -are claimed'by their tribe, and go back and live the true Indian life.'•His Auto's Maiden Trip" is an amusing farce, and .depicts the trials of an ama- ; teur motorist, who thinks he has run •over a.tramp. . The: tramp is his house and cared for and fed, and hap quite the time of his life. The intervene tion of the police save the motorist from •further worry from the tramp. Other "items: "Sheriff Pro Tem," "The Trial of the . Fatal- Ruby," and "The Warwick Chronicle."-' -, THE PEOPLE'S PICTURE 'PALACE. - "The Gun Smuggler?," a Kalem drama, which is at present the feature item oil the'change of programme at the Peoples Picture Palace, is all that can be desired in the. way.of dramatic photography. ■ The'drama: is'set in appropriate country, and many ..of .the scenes Dring _to mind ■ chapters . from - authors, who, like Stevenson,'.wrote of dangerous and perilous doing 3on the coast. "Two of a Kind" is, for a comic item, far abovo tho ordinary, It is not in itself very clever, or even very, original, but it is acted well,and it certninly. is, what it is designed to be, k amusing. Another good ■ comedy is ' screened :under. the title of "Amateur 1 Iceman," and is a production by .the wellI liked Lubin Company. "Why Women Rule" is in reality a 6atire on the mod- > ern woman, who poses as being the equal (if not the superior) of the sexes.' "The Laird's Daughter," by the Selig Compnny» is one of the best items, and. ap* ' pears to be a most popular film. Two excellent items of travel are also shown, "Troudhjim to Christiania" and "Jerusalem to the Dead Sea." It would be " hard to imagine two such diverse subjects'or two moro interesting_ones for ' purposes , of. classification. This proj gramme will be repeated to-day.