AMUSEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 114, 22 August 1910, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

SPORTS GROUND ENTERTAINMENT. Judging from the way the Sports Ground Committee are working for the benefit of their ground, one may anticipate au exceptionally good house onThursday evening next. "Browne with an E" will be staged for the first time in the Theatre, and it is safe to predict that this sparkling little comedy will go> big on this account, and also owing to the necessary alterations in the uiste of characters. "Mrs. Nervesby" and "The Count" are the chief factors in the smile producing department, and a good laugh is confidently guaranteed from the rise to the fall of the curtain. An excellent musical programme haß been arranged to follow, and the evening's entertainment will conclude with a display of some oi the finest films by the Biograph Picture. Company. BIOGRAPH PICTURES AND ORCHESTRA.

A full house again gathered on Saturday night to view the change of pro* gramme, and a finer lot of films haw never been exhibited at the 'iSnatre- I Royal. From start to finish the large audience were keenly appreciative, and. hearty prolonged applause greeted every picture throughout the programme. A beautifully coloured film, 1088 feet in length, depicts the life of Samson m detail, from the visitation of the angel,, his birth, and subsequent prowess, his captivity, and the climax, when the pillars of the temple are pulled down and his tormentors destroyed* The incidents in the life of this well-known biblical character, are beoutifirify and vividly portrayed. The educational moral to be 1 derived from this picture cannot be over estimated. That the programme is versatile, "A Moonlight Drama" is ample evidence. This picture is an up-to-date pantomime, and clearly shows the extreme fine art, which the making of thp moving pictures has advanced. During this picture the principal takes a trip to the moon, returns through the month, and is treated to a magnificent display of pantomime effects, until he falls out again and drops back to earth. "The Hostage" is undoubtedly one of, if not the finest, historical dramas that havt» so far been produced, with beautiful photography, the subject made clear, with the lines interspersed, and the fine dramatic efforts of the principal actors, accompanied Iby the powerful lesson of faith portrayed, the picture is one that should be viewed by both old and young. An interesting film, "How a Sailor is made," shows the lads from the start of their training through the full course until they are turned out full fledged A.B. seamen. "The Canals of Copenhagen," and "The Champagne Industry," are educational subjects of the class that are alwavs interesting "Chinese Pastimes," "Gosaetter," "The King's Command," and "How Jack helped hw sister," are all fine subjects, some being really beautifully coloured, and atf space forbids a detailed report of each. Owing to the theatre being engaged for "Aladdin" to night this magnificent collection of films ea® only be shown once more on Tuesday night, and should draw a crowded house at the company s popular prices.