ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1164, 28 October 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MUNICIPAL, PICTURES. There was a good audience on Saturday night to witness the above pictures. For Wednesday night the programme can well be described as an astounding attraction, the 'star feature of over 3000 feet being the world-famed opera, “Carmen.” It is stated to be brilliant and unrivalled, and nothing more magnificent has ever been screened. It can be summed up in four words, namely, beautiful, thrilling, absorbing and spectacular. The story of Carmen and her powers over the rough fellows in the Spanish Hills, and her winning them from the girls they admire by her dancing round the campfire, and her ultimate death at the hands of her lover, are most brilliantly depicted in this film. The other dramas are, “The Birthday Gift” and “The Accidental Alibi.” The former depicts a truly tender and delightful story, in which a loveable child (impersonated by a dainty and clever child actress) wins the love of her uncle and aunt; the latter is a most novel idea, and tells of a young man convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence, which seemed to be most strong, but who is saved by bis sweetheart, who sees him in a moving picture, which is proved to have been taken in New York on the day ot the supposed murder. The film is projected in Court, and causes the acquittal of the accused. “The English Gazette” is brimful ot recent happenings. The picturesque scenic film, “A Snowstorm on the Bergen Line,” i 5 most fascinating, aud beautifully photographed. The comics are, “His Honour the Mayor” and “The Undesirable Relatives.” The former is an admirable Vicagraph comedy, featuring the ever popular actor John Bunny, who is immensely successful, and creates no end of amusement as an antisuffragist ; the latter is a splendid Edison comedy, which portrays many undesirable relatives, who, though abnoxious, are most interestingly funny. From the above it will be seen that Wednesday’s programme can be well classed as one that will cater for the various wants of the whole community.