ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 13, 10 July 1911, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

ROYAL PICTURES & ORCHESTRA. "You can see we have come to stay," said the management of the Royal Pictures and Orchestra when explaining to us the improvement# already carried out and those projected in the Theatre Royal. The theatre now presents a cosy appearance, with its maroon decorations, and carpeted dress circle, and one is now able to view the excellent programmes with a greater degroe of comfort than has been possible hitherto. The firm have token the suite of rooms on the first floor in front of the building, and propose to establish tea-rooms. Gentlemen's uloak-roonw aro to be provided by the conversion of the present manager's room, off the. dress circle, into a dressing-room, and with the present ladies' dressing-room patrons, should be well attended to. Although the pictures shown on Saturday night were excellent, still they have not reached that state of perfection which, the firm degires. This has been on account of the insufficient lighting power provided 'by the borough, and now Messrs. Crust, and Gjedsted have decided to instal a generating plant of their own, and already have the plant on hand. Tremendous power is ueccssfiiy to project the pictures from where the fine Gaumont machinery is located, but the firm desire that the audience shall be immune from all possiblo danger, and the present position of the machine is the only one that provides such immunity. Saturday night's programme was witnessed ,'by a very good audience. Perhaps the finest picture shown was that of the gathering and preparing of cocoanuts in the Philippines, showing the various stages through which the industry went, from the gathering of the nuts, their conveyance to the river, rafting, preparation and shipment. The dramatic pictures were a good lot, those of "Birds and Breadcrumbs" and "The Greater Call" being especially thrilling. The scenic pictures were "Carnival at Cote d'Azur" and "From Mlety to Vladicavkaz," and these were followed with greait interest. "Dancing Powder" and "A Summer Flirtation" provided the comic element, and cieatc<\ -roars of laughter. Other fine pictures were shown, and the whole programme from first to last may ,be regarded as one of the best seen in the house.

To-night two new pictures will be added to Saturday's excellent programme. These are "The Indian and the Maid" and "Birds of Africa." The former is said to be one of the finestAmerican scenic dramas ever presented. This programme will be repeated tomorrow, Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday mother change of pictures will be submitted for one night only. The management announce in our advertising columns the coining of some big attractions in star films, the titles of which hf),vo not yet been divulged.