ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1656, 30 December 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“OUR PICTURES.” Specie 1 care has been exercised by the management of “Our Pictures” in the selection of suitable programmes for the New Year Holidays, and the following will be found to contain brief outlines of. the consecutive programmes to be screened: — TO-NIGHT! Special mention must be made of l.h screening of the second .film of the “Slmgarce ’ semes which is to lo lake place this evening. Last week mucli interest was created in the character of Stingaree, who through pressure of circumstances became an outlaw of society, and left England for .Australia, where 1 he lives in Ihe wilds and makes war upon society in any manner that it pleases his heart to do. Tonight’s instalment of “Stingaree” is entitled ‘‘A Voice in the Wilderness.” Tins serial bids fair to become as popular as any previous picture of a, serial nature, and already most favourable comment is made by patrons on its entertaining qualities and its superiority in technical respects. The supporting items include a very interesting number of the Topical Budget, a comedy of most amusing qualities (“The Shabbies”), a powerful drama of refreshing plot (“Meg of I lie Cliff”), and other films of an equally entertaining nature. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. The change of programme for Monday and Tuesday introduces a Vitagraph drama of power and high quality, “The Chalice oi Courage.” In this drama Miss Myrtle Gonzales is starred, and many stories are written of her exciting experiences during the filming of this thrilling drama. On one occasion Miss Gonzales had an exciting adventure with a grizzly bear, of which she says: “1 saw the hear coming towards me while I was swimming. 1 knew they were waiting behind the camera, with rifles ready, hut that didn’t calm me. J shrieked in real earnest. If I had been able, .1 would have jumped out of the water and run to safety, but I couldn’t. All 1 bad on was a terribly abbreviated swimming costume. I was in the direct line of fire as well as the bear. Had one bullet missed him, it would have hit me. 1 was real glad when they did shoot, him.” On another occasion during (he production of this picture Miss Gonzales had to dive into a river running a banker, and allow herself to be whirled away in the current. This voyage was also disastrous, for Myrtle got into the main wash, and went flying over rocks and snags instead of being borne by a minor current down a safer passage. Right in this very spot, two years ago, a film actress doing precisely the same thing, was drowned, together with the camera man who event to her assistance. The items which will be shown in support of this powerful drama are a good number of the Bathe Gazette and a comedy of the Mull and Jeff series. WEDNESDAt AND THURSDAY. For Wednesday and Thursday there has been secured a programme that should draw large houses. T.be principal item on the bil!-of-fare is an exciting and amusing story of the life of an aeeentric outlaw, “The Good-Bad Man.” Space will not permit: of a synopsis of this drama, but it may bo mentioned that (lie leading roles are being taken by the screen favourites, Bessie Love and Douglas Fairbanks, both of whom, are most favourably known as appearing in recent Fine Arts productions. Douglas Fairbanks in this ease appears as “Passin’ Through,” the “good-bad man,” who robs society lo give to society's outcasts, and in (in’s (a le uf Ids exploits many interesting and thrilling passages are portrayed. He robs (be rich lo pay the poor, like a modern Robin Hood, and has the time of his life oat in the wilds. Then he met little Bessie, the daughter of a real bad man. She had ideas of her own about him —and that's where the pahtos of (lie story starts. But it’s full of real good humour, excitement and tense drama. There will also he shown, “Summer Trip Through Nova Scotia,” a scenic of great beauty; “Women Munition Workers,” showing glimpses of the toilers who are making' victory possible for the Allies; and “Mutt and Jeff in a Big League,’’ a series of very comic doings.