THE WIDE-WORLD PANTOSCOPE COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8142, 26 June 1906, Page 3

THE WIDE-WORLD PANTOSCOPE COMPANY.

'• Although the living pictures of Mr Seddon and of his funeral, which this Company will present to a New Plynouth audience on Thursday noxt cannot fail to have added to the interest taken in the Company's entertainment, it is beyond doubt that their original programme, as presented at the Town : Hall, Wellington, is a very stronc; one, i, and a cogent proof of this lies in the - fact that their success in Wellington is , described as unparalleled. One of its , strong points in its great variety, which led the "Evening Post" to say . that " there is not a dull moment in tho performance," is the most popular nicture probnbly is "Rover to the . R'scue." There must bo maryellous dramatic intensity in this story of ' man's faithful friend and of his untiring search after the stolen infant, : for we are told that huge audiences at 1 the Town Hall, Wellington, watohed ' the gradual unfolding of the tale with breathless interest, relieving their pentup feelings, at tho close, wiih a wild burst of oheering. Such a picture a? this cannot be an ordinary picture. "A Story of the Sea" is another very ' popular film. The pictures of the t doomed gunboat in a heavy sea are ■ described as being marvels of realism. Of" Waimangu Geyser" it is to be said that although the screen used by the Company in Wellington was the largest ever used in the colony, it still was not large enough for the whole of the geyser, so it is evident that the photographer caught the monster at its best. To turn to pictures of lighter character, " Papa's Bath" nightly causes roars of laughter, so does "The Up-to-date Burglars." The a latter suggests a new course of training tor policemen, not as yet to be found in their manual.