ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

UMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. 1 Tlu> excellent variety of picture <rems introduced on Saturday evening "was again shown to a good attendance of picture patrons last evening. To-night is the last occasion on which this Refection will hj,. screened, and it should again attract a large audience. THEATRE ROYAL. Last night's change of programme at the Theatre Royal was well in keeping with the standard set by previous scries" The Kaleni dramas are always interesting, and occasionally they are particularly superb productions. "The Confedeiate Ironclad" is included in the latter category. It was a powerfullv-cast story ot love and warfare during the American Civil War. and was most realistically depicted. The ever-popular Lubin tompany was to the fore with "The .Deputy's Peril." one of the best Western romances yet released. "The Diamond latlr told ot the "roaring forties" in a manner at once sensational and true to tradition, and its string of dramatic Situations never once palled. Interest [was also sustained in "The Mountaineer's [Romance.' while in lighter vein the audilence found much to admire in "Uses and Customs in India" and "Pathe's London gazette. the quartette of excellent comedies mclndcd two hits, "Simple Simon. Detective" and "(Jlued 1 "