ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 300, 13 May 1911, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

THK KIOCRAPH PICTURES. The Theatre Roval was again well fill* o<! List evening .'or the purpose of viewin;.' .!- line a picture show as has been soi'ii here. The marked' improvement, both In iiii'.ni'ts and projection, recently ni.'i'li' !)y (lie management are now going a long way to popularise the motion picture .111,1 photo play amongst Xcw Plymouth residents. Up-to-date improvements have eliminated the flickering and jumping of pictures. .The local pictureshow is provided with the latest im-' provements for first-class projection, and consequently patrons have no complaint again-t these picture entertainments. Last night's entertainment was so very good that it is impossible to individualise, the dramatic, scenic and comic pictures, all ranking as stars in motion photography. A complete change will be screened this evening. The now programme advertised for tonight contains some pictures of exceptional merit, and amongst them is *'The attack on the Mill," depicting an incident described by ..\f. Emile Zola in the Franco-Prussian war. "The Color-Ser-geant's Horse" is a remarkable film, that will be enthused about by all admirers of the noble steed. The horse under review is Don Fulann. said to be the most marvellous trick horse in the world. TroVicul scenery in Bombay, and gloriiiis glimpses of the river* and valleys of Norway are the. leading scenics. >und there s an unusually yood lot of humorous films. ' ■

THE WANDERERS. MUSICAL COMEDY COSTUME COMPANY. The attractive charm of musioYmirth and melody is strongly hi, Mr Oeorge Stephenson's latest E»ifl»WH traction, -The Comedy Costume Company, wtfo , open their New Plymouth season at the iqh ai . r( \ Ro £ al on Thursday next, the mil mst. The company is quite a remarkable aggregation of first-class artists, who have proved themselves in every way one of the finest musical combinations that has ~v w toured the Dominion The box plan will be opened on Monday morning at the British and Continental Piano Co. An exchange, reporting upon the performance. gayas-Tlie "star" of the combination is Miss Phyllis Hopwood-Foldi a prepossessing society entertaincr.wbone monologue, '-Devil May Care," VM given with such intensity that the audience listened with breathless attention. ft „d a dialect poem, "Seem* Things," was rendered most artistic,-,"-Mr. Holmes proved himself a "fellow of infinite jest," a genuine, spontaneous humorist. The whole company is a strong