AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

i o ■ i ■ HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES. The programme screened last night at Bernard's proved to he of great calibre. The star feature was a 3000 ft. reel of Pathe's comedy, "That Scamp Ferdinand," with "Mons Prince," the greatest living picture comedian in the title role. Needless to say, the film created a furore. On Wednesday evening the long expected picture "The Battle of Waterloo" (18th June, 1815), will be screened. It is a marvellous production. Over 3000 cavalry took part in this picture, and the charge of the 92nd Highlanders is simply bewildering. The story runs as follows:—At the Duchess of Richmond's hall at Brussels, on 15th Juno, 1815, Wellington received confirmatory news of Napoleon's plans, ft has been asserted that the Iron Duke, though perfectly aware of Napoleon's movements, determined to attend the ball, to reassure the people about the safety of Brussels, there is, however, general agreement that he instructed his general officers to leave the ballroom quietly. "At I o'clock in the morning," wrote Lady Hamilton Dalrymplo in her diary, "T went to the window and saw the Highland Brigade marching out to the tune of 'Hieland Laddie, and at 8 o'clock the Duke and his stall passed." Ligny and Ouartreliras were fought that day, and it was two days afterwards tilt the fate of the "Little Corporal" was sealed by the crushing victory of the Allies on the field of Waterloo. On Friday and Saturday "Scotts' Dash for the Pole," the greatest scientific film of the age, will lie produced. A special performance will he given on Saturday afternoon at 2.30.