COOPER'S OPERASCOPE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 2

COOPER'S OPERASCOPE.

Cooper's Opcrascope Company performed in lhe Theatre Hoyal lust night to ail excellent house.' Quite the feature ot a good evening's entertainment was tlie remarkably combination cinematographic and phonographic nieenaniism. so thai scenes from upt'ra ho produced. Xlk; living pictures, wore not dumb .shows, and not merely illustrated by "business 1 ' or mechanical efli'cts trom behind th t . scenes. Kvery movement upon the screen was aeeom-' panied by mn-ic and son,;', so tnat. a wry good idea of some of the "Mikado" scene:-; was given. Perfect, combination has Imvh s:cured of life, voice and ll !"! }l ; l ' 1 !* ,! I'»his up great possibilities in (ii,> world of I'lifcrlainnicnt. The liumorou* pictures shown wvre all ih'W. whh-?» was sonrethhig to bo tlinntcful for. and some of them were delightfully original ; md funny. "Liquid electricity." the dream of the inventor, was the imvf popular. "Living Flowers/' brilliantly colored, was abo an cxeclh'nt serhs. n r . Rowe. the American magician, performed his iricks verv cleverly mid "X-line, 5 * the White Mahatmn._ answered several questions oxisiin'g. it was Ihonplil. onlr in the minds of the qm>?lioners. "UUs V-em Hamilton sang several -bni|a<l«