ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

•■'.'■ HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -"It, was not possible for the management of the Royal Pictures Syndicate to find seats;, or oven 1 standing'room, for the whole of tho.big audience which; attended to witness the-irst -presentation of the new' programme of pic'tii* es' sat:His'Majesty's-Theatre.last..everiing. .'EvKiy available, inch of space was taken up, eveu en : "the '4tagb'lb_ehin'd|tne .screen,;."aud : nnmberifij' ; 'ad to; be given "a pass for some other evening, ,'or had their money returned to them. The new programme is well up to,the.standard set by the enterprising management of His'Majes'y's, and was very well received: Of vthe films displayed, the palin /for general excellence must be awarded. to the , three ; conspicuously fine films—"Manoeuvring , a :Lifeboat,". "j he Snowman/' and "The Tea Industry." The first of these is. a remarkably fine representation.of a lifeboat .'crew- at work. The transport: of the-lifeboat 1 across country to the beach .near the . wreck, the launch, the battle' with the heavy seas, and the final' rescue of a shipwrecked crew, 'are graphically depicted. "Vhe Snowman" is o ; _ dramatic .study of distfi:ct originality, admirably, conceived,-and carried butMntensein'.'its. situations, and, thrilling in its climax. A very fine specimen of coloured kinematqgraphy. is the Pathe film • Bhowing ihe various interesting phases of the'tea iridustxy. ,Of the humorous pictures, the best' are fl>e. comic films., <.;3ob s.!,Hovbnge'.' and "Sp'on- ■ .taneous. Generation," although "An' !E , c , Ta Turn" is not far behind as a mirth-provoker. Other good, films are'the pathetio "Odyssey .of a Super," '"Bleriot Week, in Paris." Ihe Novel Strike" (a", screaming ,■;■ farce), "The Crimp," "The , .Curse.' of ' Money," and "The Marriage' of Yvonne!" "Catching Fish' ty Dynamite" is a'picturesque rbprcsentatib'i of Solomon Islanders in' their native environment. • "•,';; '~' : - ,;''•'■•:' THEATRE.ROYAL. • •''.'. The fine programme of living pictures'being shown by, the Messrs..Fuller at the Theatre Royal this week is headedby "Sister Angela," one of the most'unusual'of romantic, studies. The film is-beautifully, acted and. the subjectbased on an old'miracle play—is ; decidedly. . interesting., The- arrival' of the,' Tsar in England via. also "a very, fine representation of'a current, histbricalfeverit.. The" programme is. one that will', be. appreciated by all who'see it. i A; BACHELOR'S HONEYMOON. : Mr. Hugh Ward, and his brilliant company of comedians, arc, still' playing 'to crowded houses ~in .Christchurch, in fact,! disappointed late comers-arc being, turned away every evening. Speaking ,of. ,the.Dunedin:-'season, ,the , "Star"' says: "Again last evening 'they hacr to turn people'away long before eight o'clock, and even then, when the performance began, niany. of the eudienco had-: to be content: with standing room., ;'A Bachelor's Honeymoon'-'is without douDt one: of the, most successful comedies .that : '. has .been;, produced here for many years, arid it is'.therefore not surprising that Mr.' >i ard and his-capable company.'are meotug with,,such, support from the thcatreBoing, public of thi3 city.' Mr. Ward, as the artful Benjamin,.; again ..kept the audience in roars, of laughter,: and with Miss Palotta (who •wears beautiful .frocks). Miss Rose Musgrove, and Miss Celia Ghiloni, was' accorded quite an ovation at the close of the second act." The songs and dane'es ■•' aro special ■ features of' this popular production, both having evoked most favourable comment and enthusiastic appro-' K?™. - „ Bo f:P, lanii for the first sixnights of tho Wellington: season are now open at the Dresden, and'the. booking augurs that the Wellington season is .going to be as great a success as tnqse in the southern.centres.,' .

' : BENGOTJGH .ENTERTAINMENT. ; ; '■'' ; Bengough,' tie cartoonist will makehis farewell appearances' in Wellington on October V 5, and 6 at the Town Hall. Ho will ls «f, bT , Borneo Gardiner, the whistler,' Claude Allan,, baritone, : : and ; Dora Carroll S«S S ™.-' Bo J neo S" diner . has been winning great, praise ,from:,the press everywhere ho ha? appeared ,suico. his initial public appearance with Bengough • during his recent VVcllington "Were BengpughA brilliant talker anTSimit: able .cartoomst, not there, one would feel that the star of- : the t combination was Borneo Gardiner, 'a whistler. Not for. years has there been heard., locally-a siffleur'so absolutely I master of his art, His, rendering of tho Hll& ing Bird' was a-revelation of wFat the commbn troublesome whistler may aspire to." Th o SaS Dresto. Be vr g^Sea3on " nw ,°P^ P the

;..:;;, : musical, helpers. ~.;.; •A concert nnder-the. auspices", of tho Musical Helpers was.pyen. in the Wesley. SchoXSm last, evening,-.inlaid of. the Taranaki "street circuit funds, The programme included several glees, givon.by, the Helpers, also various duets and quartets,, in which Messrs. Howe, Bonnett Nees, Cooper' (2)„ Stokes, and JncobsoTtook' part.. Songs were given by.. Messrs. ,W E Howo, A. ,P. Wing, .and 0. F. Jacohmn Messrs. H.. B/CoW aid E..G. f Peek3 buted-recitations, the former also.'rivinir a musical monologue. Mr. E. W. Burd gave an illustrated reading. A series of .lantern viows were given.during the evening. The Helpers were under the conductorship of' Mr \ p Wing. :. . •■. ; ■• ," ';.■,• |