ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 107, 26 October 1911, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

SAUNDERS' PICTURES. There Was again a gratifying attendants last, nielli at Saunders' Pictures in the Whitcley Hall, and the all-star programme was hugely appreciated. The exhibition of wonderfully accurate living pictures commenced with ''Virrego," a splendid series of cinematographic views of mountain and lake scenery in the heart of Europe, including a "trip across a mountain valley by captive balloon. Then came a sensational story, entitled "Pirates of 19-20."' told by the camera. It showed a pirate airship at work, its crew compelling a ship to come to a standstill in mid-ocean by the simple expedient of dropping shells across her bows. The removal of a quantity of bullion is followed by the boarding of the airship by the captain of the steamer, who seizes the rope ladder as dangles on the decks, lie is dropped into the sea. swims ashore, is rescued in the nick of time by the coastguard, and is in time to save his sweetheart from being carried oil' by the same villainous airship. The various features of the film were loudiy applauded. A good comic followed, and then came the Pathe (lazette. giving pictures of the happenings of the week in the. Old Land, and including some very line films of the Royal \acht squadron's regatta at Cowes. Put "Zulnland'' was the star of the night. It graphically told of the disgrace of a young man in English society, his departure for South Africa, a glimpse of Durban, and then "HarryV' journey into the interior as a partner with a trader who; he afterwards discovered. was smuggling rifles to the Matabele. But prior to this, in the heart of the forest, we saw the little band of traders asleep. The "king of the forest'' stalks into the middle of the pictures, seizes the meat supply, and makes oil' with it, followed by a shot from the 'Kaffir boy whose negligence was responsible for the success of the lion's marauding expedition. The voting Englishman saves the ''boy" from the trader's punishing sjambok, and the "bov" shows his gratitude bv releasing his protector in the Zulu village some time later, when, as the result of a quarrel between the partners the voun« trader is imprisoned in a hut and bound hand and foot, llis escape follows, a chase bv the warlike Zulus in their full warpaint, and a miraculous escape. The depicting 0 f forest and plain, and of life in the Zulu village is splendid. Other mctures on the programme, which is to be repeated to-night and to-morrow night, sent; I lie audience into the seventh or eighth heaven of delight. amom>- the best being "The Cloud." "Fighting TJlood" and "Under the Union -Tack," whilst the topical film, 'Warwick Chronicle. - ' and the comics, "All on Account of the Laundry Mark" and "Tontolini's Strike " were unusually sparkling. '