MONTGOMERY'S BIOSCOPE COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 15 May 1901, Page 2

MONTGOMERY'S BIOSCOPE COMPANY.

There was a large attendance at the Tlra'.ro Royal on Tu-siay i-a.imiu. when Montgomery's Bi: soopj Compaa\ optnad th. ir sea-on of threi n ghts.' So much praise had been ac.orded »« thisCjmpmy at o'her phves on then tour that taturally an i ly god p.rforuaiuco was expect d hikl anticipations we:e fully nalised. The living pic l ures were particul .rly distinct with the exception of those r.liting to the Queen's funeral, and wit; regard to tha later whon the exceptionally UDiavourablj almopheric conditions under which they wero t'lLe are consider ed, the wonder is that the} should be as good as they arp. In L.ct it is only by comparison with the &x ceedingly sharp and cloir prodac ions of the other iilins (hat tbes* historical pictures Buffer. Thtir. wa« dot a picture s'owu that was no' greeted with enthusiastic app'ause, the pleasure of viewing tLera being greiWy enhanced by the almost total absence of that object'onablo flick<r which so frequently m-irs thesi exhibitions, and i/reat praise is due to the upuiv.to/, M-. Gibson, for the skill with which tie nioscope «as wjilted. It w.s please to i-eo a c.ir.siitera lo number of youn.> folliß present, es these picture aru a. exeelent eduea'iomd nijoiura and enable both joung ani old ti aid to their store of k'lowlvdpe. Tt.e co'leoti-n i f films is of a m< st varied na'uie, and iu amount of description cjuld ad quatel convey tha bemty and fideli'y to naturo wi'h which thty are replete. Special menti'ii must be made of ti, rdpresuntatim of 'ho pan omiino "Cinderella" tl.e films of which aio over 500 ft?tt in 1- ngth and comprise s\ I series of pictures which nie marvels of! the'r kind. Tuis may nit o be baid ol the Paris Exhibition viewe, and of the diving h.«>es. The lompany of entertainers is enr a r nly one of the best that has visi'ed the town. Mr. Mont gomery pang well those songs whi h were illustrated and was loudly Hppl aided, aud Miss Lena Young a'so acquitted beoe'f very credi:ably. Mr. Percy James in his inimitable drawing room sketches provtd rimse'f not oily a consummate artist, but his wonderful facial changes adding a Clashing louh to a very clever and h ; g K ly humorous performance. Mr. Horry Hall is irresis'ably funny, in fut, at times the audiei ce laughed almos; till they cried. He ftirly b: ought dowi. the houte with his droll-ry, especially in his song "Kharki" r.rd lis gr •■ I tfiKju ■ repreienfatioir ofa "Hielander." It is jus ou9 of those entertHiumet ts which delight a loc .1 audience an 1 tha this was the case was fully demons'rite 1 li<st i>igh r . Tho interval »«,. thoughtfully arranged and prolor ged so as to ennb'e thoso p, esent, if so disposed, to take part iir the rer option to the toturned uoi.pr-rs, ur.d a 14 nuiuber availol thcuiwlves of the opportunity,

TO-NRiUT. On r.fironro to our »dv'columns it will be s oa iliat u pirticu larly at'r dive proiii'nuuo is offered aiid as there is no counter attraction for this evonicg there should bo a crowded bouso.