AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 38, 8 October 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

_S e ld°m has thero ever been such ah apptbeialive' and such' a large house at Bernard’s Pictures than last; even-, ipg,,.when a new programme, containing several of the best pictures yet screened hero, was shown. Pride of place should be given to that marvellous picture taken from a hydroplane. Frank Goffyn, one of the greatest aero pianists, recently made some sensational flights over New York, and on one of these he took a cinematograph operator. The result is a picture which it is difficult to describe. The film alternates between pictures taken from the air, and pictures taken of tho hydroplane from the ground. The former are beautifully clear, and the view of New York from such a height that the sky-scrapers look like the cells of the honeycomb, and the big liners mere specs, is one not to be forgotten. A flight round the Statue of Liberty is made, and then a trip over and under Brooklyn Bridge. A feature of the picture is that it represents very faithfully the instability of the flying machine, and one is fondly deluded even to think that in watching the picture there is to bo felt just a few of tho sensations which wore experienced by tho aviator and. bis com rade when they made together one of the most wonderful voyages over accomplished by human beings. “The Love of an Island Maid” is a new interpretation of an old story. It is acted among scenery that would be hard to equal, and some of the scenes, notably that in which hundreds of sea birds circle round the heads of the actors, are strikingly beautiful. As tho name indicates, it is a story of primitive passions, which, by means of excellent acting and striking scenery, is lifted from tho plane of those hackneyed dramas which amuse rather than interest. Tho “star” picture is “The Indian Mail Robbery,” produced hv Nat Pinkerton, whose reputation as an actor-detective is a good one. 'A gcod industrial film, a fine selection of comics, and a splendid number of Pa the’s London Gazette conclude a programme well worthy of the title—“the best yet.” To-night the same series will be screened.