ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1206, 10 February 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES. The programme tor to-nighfc is one of more than ordinary attraction. The star film, “With Captain Scott to the South Pole,” is one that should be seen by young and old. It is a memorable and historic record filmed on the spot by the eminent photogiaphic expert, Mr Herbert C, Ponting, F.R.0.5., who accompanied the expedition. The British Arctic Expedition, under Captain Scott, left London in June, 1910. It was the greatest scientific enterprise ever sent out of England, and this magnificent cinematograph picture is worthy of its subject. The late Captain Scott, R.N., and his noble comrades who gave up their lives midst the trozeu wastes of the cruel antarctic in the search for knowledge and the cause of science, wrote their names in the scroll of fame in letters of gold, and enrolled themselves in the foremost rank of British heroes. A noble record of noble deeds done by noble men, and faithfully depicting the noble results achieved. They reached the Pole on the 17th January, 1912. They gave their lives to the cause of science and this grand pictorial shows part of the legacy to the nations left behind them. The “Gaumont Graphic,” as usual, will be full of the latest and interesting events. The industrial film, “Making Incandescent Lamps,” is most instructive. The nature study, “Mischievous Monkeys,” is highly amusing. The drama, “On the Broad Stairway,” is an Edison film which is full of dramatic interest, and the mystery surrounding the death of the bride on her wedding morn is such as will bold the audience spell bound till the elucidation takes place revealing the cause of death. The comics, “Not in Those Trousers” and “Solitaires,” are two which will cause endless amusement to one and all, being as they ate of the very highest form of laughter. The whole programme is one that should draw a bumper house.

“THE ARCADIANS” & “THE QUAKER GIRD.” Two more popular or tuneful comic operas than “The Arcadians” and “The Quaker Girl” to be staged at the Town Hall next Monday and Tuesday, the 16th and 17th insts., respectively, would be hard to imagine. They both enjoy big European reputations. Their success was repeated in Australia, and also the big centres of New Zealand. Of “The Arcadians,” which will be the opening production on Monday night, a contemporary says: “It is a sure winner. It gets its effects without vulgarity. Although it is neither prudish nor slow, its swiftness is not gauged by the amoupt ofhhjeness that can be squeezed into each act like so many other operas. Jt is sane, and it is tuneful, and through the whole play is a breeziness which is quite refreshing. It will live when many another of its kind has long since been forgotten. Both operas will be staged in Foxton on an elaborate scale and interpreted by a strong company of English and Australian artists, with Miss - Vickie Miller in the leading roles of Prudence in ‘The Quaker Girl’ and Eileen Cavanagh in “The Arcadians.’ ” The company is meeting with one succession of triumphs throughout New Zealand. The box plans are now v open at the Town Clerk’s Office, where seats may be booked without e*tra charge, ■ *