ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1192, 6 January 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES. The programme for to-morrow night is a very attractive one, the star drama, “The Pretty Ward,” is a stirring tale of love and villainy, telling how a woman’s wit deleats a scoundrel’s wiles, when she fights for love and her brother’s honour. The powerful plot discloses a girl’s trials in endeavouring to save her brother’s reputation, and shows how she ultimately contrives to outwit a clever unscrupulous individual, but not before many startling adventures are passed through, and numberless difficulties have been overcome. The other drama, “A Gentleman’s Gentleman,” is an incomparable Edison film, and scorning the faults of overcolouriug and incongruity, it tells its straightforward story in a downright honest way. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” The comics are three, being, “Max and the Loveletlers,” “Curing her Extravagance,” and “ Counsellor Bobby,” the first is a delicious titbit that fairly bristles with brightness and brilliancy, while the second is a tale of love won, love lost, supposed suicide, grief, repentance and a handsome tombstone, which latter was happily not needed, the last is a Vitagraph of a most laughter raisifig order. “The Sugar Cane Industry,” is a most entertaining educational film, and “Pathe’s Gazette” contains all the latest Home items and should not be missed. “FROM MANGER TO CROSS.” On Thursday and Friday nights this most wonderful film will be shown and should not be missed by young or old. The picture which describes with closest detail possible a selection of the most striking incidents in the life of Christ. This picture has been running now for over sixty nights in Melbourne and still drawing large houses. It is a film that should appeal to all and it is one that needs no description, and whereever shown it has invariably held the close attention of many large audiences. The following press opinions from those who reviewed the picture speak for themselves: Daily Mall—“A most remarkable and realistic series of moving pictures.” Daily Telegraph—“ The impressiveness of the last scenes carried the whole audience away.” Daily Express —“The most remarkable kinematograph film ever produced.” The Daily Citizen—“lt is hardly possible to speak in terras of too great admiration of this wonderful series of moving pictures.” Evening Fost —“This is a great production, stamped with real reverence.” Daily News and Leader—“ Many Christians have never realised the terrible actualities of their religious belief as they will realise them after having seen these pictures.”