AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 52, 25 October 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. The outstanding feature of the new programme at Bernard’s Pictures is a magnificent exhibition of equestrian feats by German cavalry officers. The number of spills is somewhat extraordinary, and the immunity from serious accidents equally strange. Superb ridars and .splendid mounts make a picture too good to miss. By special permission of the Crystal Palace authorities, a film is made of the premier dog show of the world. The picture is a quaint one, and appealed immensely to the largo house. A scenic picture, “Scenes on the Upper Thames,” is noteworthy in that it introduces places known by name to everyone. Bonltey’s Lock and the famous woods that line the historic river, as well as a few of the grand old villages, are all very clearly depicted. A good plot is that of the nurse, and magnificent acting combines to make it a very fine drama. The nurse has her little brother run over by a road-bog. Despairing that the boy will ever recover, she lays a curse on the motorist, when ho comes to soo the child. A few weeks later she is called in to nurse the man who. as she thought, had ruined her brother’s life. The ending is a happy one. “Won by Waiting” is another good drama. The story is a. bright one and the acting really good, the principals being two of the finest actions in the Lubin Company. “Lieutenant Rose and Hidden Treasure” appealed to a large section of the bouse, the picture being a triumph of the mechanical art. Skeletons, pirates, and “piece,s-of-oiglit” all figure in this sensational picture. Never before has such laughter been beard at Bernard’s as that aroused by the comic films—“A Fish Storv,” “His Wish to Have a Son,” and “Leap Year Proposals’’.-are screamingly funny. John Bunny is at hL hes> in the last-named, and the popular “fat man” is simply irresistible. To-inVht the same scries will be screened.