AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 385, 9 August 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

FRED. ELTON'S FAMOUS PICTURES. Theatregoers will be glad to hear of the return of Fred. Elton not with his comedy Company but with an up to date Picture Show. The Company shows here to-night and the programme embraces all the latest films in drama, comedy and tragedy. One of the star items is "Lovely Launceston," the only picture ever taken in Tasmania, showing the Cataract Gorge, Cora Lyn and the noted sights. The cowboy 'drama "Queen of the Ranch," is sensational, also the ''Secret Agent"—a tale of the "Moonlighters" of North America. Mr Elton states he has the star comics of New Zealand, namely "Mr and Mrs Brown," "The Persistent Lover," "For Beauties' Eyes," "The Cork Leg"; "Longing for Gold" is an intense drama of the North-West, and the "For their Country," a military story of the Franco-Prussian war. A full house seems assured. Otorohanga to-morrow night.

THE ENGLISH PIERROTS

Saturday evening saw a audience assembled at the Town Hall to greet the appearance of' the English Pierrots in their refreshing entertainment, and it was very evident as the concluding item was rendered there had been no effort spared by this talented combination to give full measure of wholesome enjoyment. A certain amount of hesitation in patronising strolling players is justifiable in the light of many past experiences, but to give the English Pierrots their due, they deserve every support, as refinement was the note struck throughout the programme. The items were very numerous, and space will not permit the fullest justice being done to each individual turn. The concerted numbers were not remarkable for their choral excellence, the balance being faulty and a tendency to too much unison being particularly noticeable. The "business" throughout was clean and well done, no stiffness being apparent as in the case of many combinations. Further, the worK of Mr Rob. Thomas, the accompanist, was of special merit, he being a very vital factor in the success of the show. The programme was interspersed with vocal and instrumental duets, trios, quartettes and choruses, and the solo items were most excellently rendered. Te Kuitians will look forward to a return visitof this talented combination.

EMPIRE PICTURES. The popularity of the above Company's first-grade productions was again in evidence on Monday night, when another large audience assembled at the Te Kuiti Hall to witness the splendid programme shown. The Empire Company, being the sole clients of John Fuller and Sons in the King Country and YVaikato, are in a position to give their patrons exactly the same programmes as are shown at Fuller and Sons' big theatres in Auckland and elsewhere. On Monday night the programme from start to finish did not contain a dull item. The dramas were good, the comics most laughable, and the scenic 3 and topical pictures all that could be desired. Chief interest centres on the procession of King George and Queen Mary through the streets of London on Coronation Day. This picture, although necessarily a short one, having been mailed from London on the evening of the festivities, was nevertheless a splendid one, and clearly showed the enthusiasm of the enormous crowd of onlookers as the procession passed along Piccadilly. The King and Queen, Princess of Wales, Lords Roberts and Kitchener, and other well known people were readily picked out by the audience.. On Monday evening next another great programme will be presented, including the two most laughable comics ever filmed, viz., *'Fat Jack and Slim Jim" and "Hank and Sank take a rest." The Coronation pictures will be shown at Otorokanga on Friday evening next.