AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 127, 26 June 1909, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

XAYLOK-CAKRINGTON PICTURES.

There must be a '• Jonah " in the camp of the ><ew Plymouth beautifying anu popularising people. Last summer a Seaside Improvement Committee was formed, and essayed the holding oi a seaside carnival, including camping by the shore, trips to the warsnip V uig in the offing, a sports nieetiag for the raan-oVarsiuen and others; hut ihe weather spoiled (nearly everything in that attractive programme. Then Mr. Tisch followed up the seaside improvement idea with the formation of a beautifying association. The layiur-oar-ringtoa Company,-whose name has become a household word in popular drama of late years, and who has joined tue ranks of the living picture entertainers, offered to assist hy giving a performance in aid of the funds. His proposal was that he saould pay all expenses and* take half the gross proceeds, thus leaving the other half of the gross takings for the Beautifying Association. Preparations were made for a grand coup. This time the "Tommy Taylor" climatic disturbance upset the plans. Commencing late in the alternoon, it rained, and the evening was the most wretched experienced this season. But the popularity of Mr. Taylor and Miss Carrington as entertainers, and perhaps the deserving cause, had the effect of drawing a fair house, the door takings amounting to £l6. Apart from this, there was the sale of tickets, but, and we regret to say it, the .public were not very keen on the project. The entertainment provided was iir9t-class. The company carries its own limelight apparatus, and the pictures were splendidly illuminated, there being a powerful light on an exceptionally good set | of films, educational, industrial, comic and dramatic. Several of the series were lucidly described by Mr. Taylor from the wings, and the "business" on the stage was good. An exciting series depicted the triumph of an inventor and hia daughter over a team of scoundrel competitors, who sought to ruin his car. The inventor was seized, bound, ' and gagged; but the girl triumphed over ! all obstacles and won the great motor trial on the post. A lengthy film gave an insight into the conditions of Hindu life, and a splendid set followed the process of making railway metals in one of the largest European foundries. There were several trick films, of which "The Railway Porter's Dream" was the 1 best. The remainder of the programme J was of a high standard. During the ' evening! Mr. Tisch, as president of the ' Association, obtained a hearty vote of thanks to the entertainers, and congratulated them on the excellence of the, programme. Mr. Taylor, in responding, said he took pleasure in help ing a town winch lad always treated him so well. He would be returning, he said, in three or four weeks with a fresh programme.