ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. . Tho company of vaudevillo artists at present appearing at tho Theatre Royal drew a largo audience- last evening, 'l'he principal performers are tho Pivo Olracs (acrobats),. ,Mi.Vta_ Golden (American comedienne), 'Phillips and Merritt (sketch artists),- and tho Delroys (jugglers). The present programme will bo repeated until Saturday evening. ' HIS MAJESTY'S. Judging from, tho number of patrons, it would s?sm that the present programme of pictures now showing at His Majesty's I'heatro meets with approval. The "star" item is "The Veiled Prophet," an Oriental drama of merit. Among the comedies "Meeting Mamie's Mother" is perhaps the best.' .Other pictures are: "Tho Redskin Raiders," "Unique Studies of'Na•ture," and "The Cook's Bid for Fame." • ' KING'S THEATRE. . Miss Asta'lNciison, the famous Continental actress, can be seen to advantage in "When, the Mask Falls." This is tho premier film among tho pictures - now showing at the King's Theatre. This well-acted* play is. supported by other good pictures, amongst which "The Badminton Hunt" and "The Rival Engineers" stand out'prominently. "The Hindu's Curso" and "The Red Barrier" also figure on tho -bi11..-.."' ■';'■.'•'■:;THE.-3S;EW THEATRE. '"Patriotism" is the title of the chief film on: the new programme at the New Theatre yesterday.. It purports :fo be. a story o^f, the: outbreak of the' war in 'theßalkans, and contains mariy. startling scenes. • Outside the plot itself seme very finescenc3 of a rugged-and picturesque district are depicted. ; The Lubin Co. is responsible for a capital' Western dramatic ' subject entitled "The Physician of Silver Gulch." -The film depicts tho adventures ,of a/ doctor out West, who is in need of nioney.-- The sheriff, is about to take charge of «i consignment of gold, whs'ii his child takes ill, and he calls .in-.the'doctor.' While the latter is tending the child he resolves to rob' the bank, and straight away carries his resolution into effect. The sheriff hears someone, in the bank, whilst ho is on guard, and he fires,' wounding the. doctor, in-the hand. Tho : . medico, however, escapes, and some days Jater.'is called in again to attend the sheriff's- child, • who is dangerously ill. By. his skill ho saves tho child's life; am}' tho mother, in ecstasy grasps the doctor's wounded hand, and his- cry of pain enables the sheriff to detect his man. Tho sheriff's wife, however, pleads on bebMf of the'doctor, who is allowed to depart. Among, other pictures shown are:—"On Roads about Ceylon" (scenic), "Where's Baby?" .(comic), "Hemp Industry," arid "His Fate's Rehearsal" (draina). '.Tho prdgrariime will be repeated throughout all sessions, to-day. , . ;.-■' . .srfORTTS'. PICTURES. ; - ' '.There was\a good house at Shortts' Pictures \o 'greet, the bi-weekly chango of■■ programme. The "star" drama'was entitled "The Higher Mercy." It is one of .those travesties' on history which the moving-picture people seem to bo fond of at present. . -The, plot, briefly- told, is about a young man, a coward, living, in the timo of the American Civil War. Tho scene opens in White House,. where /Abraham Lincoln is holding an audience. •During,this his boy Tod enters, and, .after kissing his father, gees to play in. a boat moored to the bank of a stream. While he is struggling in tlid'-water; the cowarc), accompanied by his mother/sees, him;: and the coward is forced ,to save him. ' When the Civil War breaks out the coward is "forced to enlist," and, in the first engagement, his cowardice mnni-, fests .'itself: As a result, an important ni'essago. is not delivered, and he is condemned to be shot. 'His mother-goes, to', beg President Lincoln to save his life; and, as sho ploads, a dispatch arrives, stating'that "the,coward" had died of heart failure, and ■ therefore he was in tho hands of "a Greater and. Higher Mercy.'" There was also another drama entitled "Brothers'in Arms." This was a picture dealing with two-lieutenants 6n active service. The wife' of one er.trusted her- husband to tho other's care, and the way in which ho fulfilled his trust, and won promotion gives scope for a good picture. On the humorous side' there was ari excellent comedy, _ quite different from'the moss-grown variety. , A party of gentlemen, with their wives, go to camp on ari ; island which they call "I'cttU. coat Islari'd."'-' While they go out hunt-ing,-fishing, bathing; etc, the poor wives stay at home to mind the camp, cook the ''dinner; 'etc;'. For three or four days this goes on, until one day tho wives "strike." They leave a note telling of their intentioijs,' arid'go off.'to another island. .When tho men come home, and have to do their own work, tho fun starts, and continues till a, reunion is effected. Other ■good pictures are: "The. Troubled Trail," a Wild West drama, "Where's Baby?" (comedy), and ' the Patho Gazette. Tho, management wishes to draw,tho publicls attention to the fact that the theatre is tow well-ventilated by a huge fan ip the roof of the building. : ■ .-.'■■'•'■'

■'■•". EMPRESS THEATRE. '-/■■ -, Tho "star" item at present running at the .Empress is entitled. "Detective Ferris." The -picture opens by showing tho detective in his office reading a newspaper' paragraph dealing with tho intention, of Anarchists in London.. Ho receives word from Scotland Yard that the leader is no other than h female swindler wanted by the police. Detective Ferris immediately gets on the trail and discovers the signal by which the conspirators gain entrance to "the meeting-plare. Disguised as an old woman, ho enters; but when one of the conspirators ill-treats.a little girl his manhood gets .'the. better of him, and, in trving to protect her, his identity is made 'known. He is seized, bound hand and foot, gagged, and left to die in a burning building. Tho denouement follows. This week's A.A. exclusive film is'a comedy drama, "A Sailor's Heart,, a play bristling with interest and very well acted. On the educational side, ,'Tho Warwick Chronicle" is replete with happenings at Home and abroad. The chief comedies are: "What's the Joke"? , and "Cook's Bid for Fame." :. This programnie will be continued until Monday, when Duma's "Monte Christo will be screened. .... '

PEOPLE'S PICTURE . \ A complete change of programme was given at tho 'People's PAcimre Palace, yesterday, the chief item ', 'of- ~ interest being a Western drama by the Solax Company, entitled "Outwitted, by ,Horse and Lariat." Tho scenes de'Al with'-' the pluck of a number of cowboys yt rescuing a kidnapped girl from hands' of a,band of Mexicans.. One of the cow-' boys gallops into the- camp .of. tho ...Mexicans, and without stopping, bends down from his saddle and picks hor.up off the ground, . thus., effecting' a rescue. , The Mexicans give chase, .-but, in a-subse-quent, fight, • Are outnumbered by: the cowboys." "Her Tcrriblo Ordeal" is the title of. a "rather powerful dramatic- study,, by the.A.'.B. Co. Whilst working alono 'in an office, a young girl is attacked by an undesirable intruder, who< after'taking, her purse, pushes her into the strongroom,, and accidentally bansrs the'.door. It automatically viocks itself,, • and ,-the girl is imprisoned.'> : However (as the picture always.'has it), sho is rescued just in time. Coaling at Durban" forms an interesting subject: ' Two .eood comicsl are "Calino's Leap" and "Tit for^Tat." Other good pictures are: "Tho River Neva" (scenic), and "The Mountaineer's'. Romance-" (drama). :Tlm management announce that they • will screen a 'powerful' drama, entitled "The Two Orphans," on Monday next. : >, ,; "THE FOLLIES." ' Next. Saturday evening, at the Opera House,'admirers of Miss Cissy O'Keefo willjiavo an'opportunity,of hearing her cultured contralto voice, as Miss O'Kcefe is member of tho Musical Comedy Costume Company,' '"The Follies," which commences .its season on that 'evening. Mr; Clifford O'Keefo is. also a member of the company, ' and his basso is to bo beard in Iho concerted numbers. On the lighter side, "The Follies" arc strong— at least the management state so. 'Other .members nf the company—Misses Iris Edgar, Lily Moore, Lulu and Lily Lussannc. Messrs. Percy Clifton, Percy Dalton, H. C. Steync, and Kennedy Blackadd to the gaiety of the evening'.