AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 520, 23 November 1912, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS PICTURES. An entirply new change uf pictureß will be screened this evening at the Empress Theutre, and an instructive, interesting and amusing lime should be looked for. The star picture is entitled "Sheriff Jim's Last .Shot," an absorbing and realistic picture drama in which the outlaw Tarantula Mike is tracked to the desert by the sheriff, who closes on the outlaw by a pool of water. The men remain under cover during the day until Mike, tortured by thirst, crawls to the pool, but the sheriff observes the movement and fires on the outlaw, severely Wounding him. Thirst overcomes the sheriff, and approaches the water under cover of darkness. The moon lifting, Mike fires, mortally wounding the sheriff. The outlaw staggers to his feet and deliriously, aimlessly wanders to the doorstep of the sheriff's house, where he is given shelter. The whole picture is an absorbing and thrilling drama. Several supporting films are of the highest standard.

HAYWARD'S PICTURES. To-night and Monday the new weekend series of animated pictures will be shown at the Town Hall. The programme ■ is up to tho usual standard of Hawyard's special selection of picture subjects, an includes an Indian romance entitled "The Outcast." Another is "Coster Bill," a delightful story in connection with a lost child. It is claimed to hold tho wrapt attention of an audience and there is not a dull moment experienced during its screening. "The Finger of Scorn" is a dramatic story full of startling situations of intrigue and conspiracy. Among tho comic section ure the "Eccentric Sportsman," "Tho Taming of Mary," "The Hump of Destruction." A charming bird Btudy will be found in the "Seagulls." Picturesque Hungary and Wateraflls of Jemland represent tho scenics.

CURLE'S PICTURES. Another very fine programme will be screened at the Alexandria Rink next Wednesday evening. The star pictrue ia from the Vitagraph Company, entitled "Tho Black Chamber," and contain ,'UJOOft of film of absorbing interest from start to finish. Another beautiful picture it) a drama entitled "A Child's Remorse," a story of a child's petulance and the result, the children's acting in this picture is superb, the scenes whore they are seen far out at Hea in a leaky boat, the rescue, etc., is immense Tho comedies are above the ordinary. "In Quarantine" and "A Western Legacy" are really amusing without any tinge of stupidity, so apparent in many comics. Some scenic?, industrial and I'atho Gazette go to make a high-class entertainment. A complete change will be shown on Thursday.