ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1327, 21 November 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ROYAE PICTURES.

“The Double Shadow,” a great American play based on dishonesty, is the chief attraction at the Royal to-night. It depicts the criminal, the crime, and the punishment, in which are shown novel and skilful methods of detection, a thief being used to catch a thief. There will also be shown an interesting industrial film taken in a briar pipe factory, which shows the whole methods of manufacture. Other films are; “The Topical Budget,” “A Leak in the Water Pipe” (comic), “The Verdict of the Jury” (drama), “Walt's Photo” (comic), “The Price” (a'drama of tragic intensity with a strong moral against a criminal career), “Full House” (comedy), and “A Flirt’s Mistake” (Keystone comedy), F'or Monday and Tuesday nights a great war picture will be the star item, and on Wednesday “The Curse of War,” will be screened. MUNICIPAL PICTURES. A very fine programme is to be screened at the above Pictures this evening. The star drama “The Golden Calf,” is a grand Nordisk play telling a great story of the West Australian goldfields. The other items of the programme are : Pathe Gazette (topical), The Director’s Plot (drama), A Test of Courage (drama), Ashburton (scenic), Hallroom Rivals (comic), College Cupid (comic). BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS. Messrs E. J. Carroll and J. C. Williamson Ltd., announce that they have arranged for Mr and Mrs Graham Moffat’s company of Scottish players to give a performance of Mr Moffat’s delightful comedy, “Bunty Pulls the String,” in the Foxton Town Hall on Tuesday, December rst. For those who are unacquainted with the story of “Bunty” it might be mentioned that the play is written around the troubles of Tommas Biggar, a respected elder of the village of Lintiehaugh, Scotland, whose financial and matrimonial entanglements are straightened out by his charming daughter Bunty, to the satisfaction of all, excepting Aunt Susie. The period is iB6O, the time of the crinolines, pork pie hats and chenille hair nets, when it was a sin to whistle or draw the house blinds on a Sunday. The history of “Bunty Pulls the Strings” is one of the romances of the theatrical world, originally produced at a special matinee in the Playhouse, London, before an audience of critics, theatrical managers and actors, it created such a favourable impression that before breakfast next day Mr Moffat had . received offers for four different theatres to produce bis play in. It was eventually played at the Hay- 1 market Theatre London, where so ‘ enormous was the demand for seats that three matinees each s week were given making nine performances weekly. Bunty ran to record business for 600 nights, this constituting a London record. • Buntv’s success was not confined to London, the play was produced in New York, where its success was continued, and cosmopolitan New York thronged to it for 400 nights. Thirteen different companies were then arranged to tour Great Britain, and Canada, each meeting with remarkable success. New Zealand is the last English speaking country to see the comedy, and its tour through the Dominion so . far has been a veritable triumph. The box plan for the Foxton performance is at the Town Clerk’s office.