MONTGOMERY’S PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 393, 4 June 1908, Page 3

MONTGOMERY’S PICTURES.

“Robbery Under Arms-”

Referring to this living picture exhibition, which will be given for the first time in Foxtou on Monday next in the Public Hall, a contemporary says: Rolfe Boldrewood’s story, “ Robbery Under Arms, 1 ’ is, beyond question, the best bushranging story ever written. It has been widely read in both the Old World and the New, and among playgoers, its presentation as a melodrama has always attracted a crowded house. Both the book and play contain the true atmosphere of bush life, before modern inventions, such as the train, the telegraph, and the telephone, made bushranging impossible. The bo.dness, warmth, and typical colonia 1 life tint are so well told in the book and have been so well pourtrayed upon the stage, are reproduced in a stronger, and more realistic rorm by Montgomery’s pi,-lure drama, which shows the reality of the bushranger’s life. The stolen cattle of the Marstons; the approach of the police, the rides and drives through the bush, and as vivid and as real as if one stood on the spot in broad daylight and saw the original gang at work. The trees move, and the coach is seen approaching in the distance, the huge rocks and gullies that shelter the fugitives are there before the eyes, and it is difficult at times to forget that they are merely moving pictures upon a screen. The whole story is told from start to finish ; from the cattle duffing of old Marston and the acquaintance of Starlight, to the bushranger’s last stand when he is shot by the police. In addition to the “star” subject. an altogether new and charming series of the latest and most up-to-date Parisian picture stories will be given for the first time, including the latest irresistible screams. An elaborate electrical plant will be brought into requisition. Mr Montgomery promises theatre-goers a revelation in animated photography.