ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1198, 20 January 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES

Magnificent ! Powerful ! Enthralling ! Spectacular! Sensational! Supreme! These exclamations briefly describe the great sporting drama, “From Circus to Racecourse,” to be shown at the municipal pictures at the Coronation Town Hall to-morrow night. Some of our local residents have seen this picture eleswhere lately and cannot speak too highly about it. The play, opeus at the Tistol Circus, where we meet Comte des Nozells, who is the lessee of the circus, Estelle, an equilibrist, acd Robert, a circus rider. The Comte is in love with Estelle, though she does not love him. Robert also loves her. In a tight rope act Estelle falls to the ground. Robert carries her to her dressing room. The Corate sends her a note, which is returned unopened. Nursed by her lover, Estelle recovers. The Comte becomes jealous and dismisses Robert. Robert obtains work in the stables of a well-known English trainer. The trainer has a horse, Voltigeur, entered for the Grand Prix, and Robert learns he is to have the honour of riding for the Blue Riband of the French turf. The Corate, who has heavily backed another horse, swears that Robert shall not live to finish the race. He locks Estelle iu a room, but she escapes by means of a telegraph wire, and tracks the Comte to the course. As he crouches behind a fence, revolver iu hand, just as the field, headed by Voltigeur, rounds the bend, Estelle is upon him, and holds him until a policeman arrives and shakes all the fight out ot him. As Robert, ' after riding a winning race, comes back into the paddock, he meets Estelle, and learns what she has done to save his life—and the race. Space will not permit ot a description of the rest of the programme, which is to be seen iu the advertising columns, but the tout ensarable is well iu keeping with the star picture. For the two race nights the management has secured two special programmes, particulars of which will appear in Thursday’s issue. Patrons of the above pictures will note that there will be no change iu the prices this week,the same low prices as usual. THE ROYAL. WIELAERT-PECHOTSCH COMPANY. * Iu response to uumerous requests, the above combination of star artists will make a return visit to Foston to morrow (Wednesday) night, when an entirely fresh programme will be given. Those who had the pleasure of hearing this talented company bn Saturday evening last will not fail to take this last opportunity of again bearing such skilled artists. Every item given was encored again and again, in fact it was impossible to say which artist became the most popular with the audience, as each one was without doubt superior in their respective numbers. Besides the company, a series of pictures will be given, including a magnificently coloured Pathe picture of 3,000 feet, entitled, ‘‘The Heritage,” making a grand double programme. The story of “The Heritage” hiuges upon the will of. the late Count Beaupertiu, by which his fortune is left to his daughter, Charlotta Burnato. Iu the event of Charlotta predeceasing the Count, the Count’s nephew, Francois, became the heir. Francois, unscrupulously agrees to pay Crispin, clerk of the lawyer iu charge of the estate, £2,000 to help him. Dupiu, a private detective, is trying to trace the whereabouts of Carlotta for Perrault, the lawyer, and being successful, incurs the displeasure ot Tito, her lover. Francois also finds the whereabouts of Carlotta, and subsequently persuades her to leave Nice with him, and iu the meantime is successful in imprisoning Tito on the charge of being a smuggler. Dupin obtains information from Tito as to the whereabouts of Francois and Carlotta, and arrives in Nice, with the lawyer, just iu time to unmask Francois and save Tito’s bride.