ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

;■ ■ ";'THEATRE. ROYAL., ;-■ .. V V ■■.-;.: With a capital vaudeville programme,' : the Theatre' Royal this week provides ex-' ' ,: cellent- ..entertainment.:. The- juggling..,; balancing, and acrobatic, feats of.■: two -'V. ■ distinct star combinations—the Levartos. . ' and the Duckworths—an amazing tnrn by ;•■ Lerona,: the clever trick" cyclist, 'farce ;.■ comedy by, Tom Armstrong and Priscilla !■. Verne, an irresistible turn by , the'Sootts,-: ..■.-'.'■' patter comedians,, are star performances, 'J.and, with the entertainment ■'. ably . pro ' '- yided by the rest of the company, thew is not a dull moment-from the rise to '":.'■ the fall of-ttho curtain. ,: i ;:':;:, = .;; THEEOYAL.nCTTTEES.; : "; |p'"r .To-dayis the second anniversary of tlit .- ' establishment' at His: HajestjV Thoatije-■.'."■-■ of the Royal Pictures, and, judging bj •''., the. crowd that failed W find seats: la|it--.: :: evening, the pictures aro a'firmer attia> / -. tion'than ever.. ■ The-.reason is; not itif.'. ■: ficult' to assign. The ,- management '.has ■■ ■: always .giv-en a. firstolass ehow, tores ■ are well selected and up-to-date, ; ' : :i and the mechanist in charge of the pro-. ■■"<..' jector exercises that , judgment: and skill '■■'•: that ensures the : bestVwsnlts. : The-anni-. r versary programme is a capital one. It -.-'-'■, eeemsbnt yesterday since-one- , read in the , cables of,' Lord Kitchener , inspecting •' the New South Wales:troops in~camp at.'. , -"'.. ■Liverpool, yet last evening • saw an* exact " . presentment; of. the manoeuvres . flashed ■ ' . on. the-screen at His , ; Majesty's. , ■ The ; troops , 'must.have made.a- gallant.eicow— -: horse, foot/ and artillery—and'here-and: ; there glimpses/iwere causjht''of' the.tall, , '■'.'.:'■ soldierly' form "of. Lord- Kitchener. .:.Ai ."■ fine portrait pi the hero of KSsrtonm is' , ' •caught ras; he , ; leisurely, 'swings into- the : .' ; saddle,':cigar between-his. , teeth, , prepara- ''■ ■!■'.. tory.to the' inspection of the., camp:; l-.The ,: . ■ ;"- strongest of the 'dramatic 'pictures -tips ':■ ■■':' week- is a sketch, entitled. The Diver's ;'; ■Remorse." It is theetoryof the love of . ■'--■: two. divers for, the' one woman—the wife: -'. : of one ;.of ..them , . : : A fight: .ocenre,-' : : in . which . the would-be.. lover ! , gets'the :•;. worst. ': of . ■ it,: ■'■' and.;iv subsequentlri ;' both are engaged; on the same -job 1 , and •":.-. they meet' at the bottom of the sea (as. , ■'.'■ is .the ■case in the .drama -?The"White '-"■: Heather").--Whilst;;at" -his'".^woa&iv/the;.}.:;:: lover'cuts the 'air.pipe of .theiother, said'..:/ leaves him;to-drown;- But'theincident je:v'"-,-i observed"from'.a Bubniarine,' which sue-" : . ceeds'in rescuing the -drowning man. .The' '■■.'. other man:is"hannted by the 1 shadow , of :;. his victim, and in : his frenzied remorse ;' :•". 'seeks.out'the wqman,V'and 'confesses, hif ' ■' .'• crime,-at which instant the husband ag-u:,. peius/ The picture is capitally acted,' and'/. holds', the ''■■ interest of. the:-", audience : : .-'. - throughout.-' ."The: Gibson Goddess" is of,';.;. the humorbua order. , The', young lady, -it-.. N -'■'. so pestered with{admirers', that she.;«saa-:V.;'v trives. events: in such; a .'way. that her fol-:; ; ; lowers 'desert her in , :disappointed.- dis-' ~: gnst-77a11: but "a faithful ; sailor-man,. who': 1 . :■';.'' is rewarded', by bearing .off' the y prize. '■ .- V "Logging.' , in jNorwayJ' is.a; realistic- pio-_:'■■'■■ ; tnre,ehowing?,the lumber,industry, of .the'" country..; No'architect; or." anyone inter-'' c ested; in architecture should fail to see '. ' i the picture '"In , lOld '-■ Eouen;". "What a ..-':' 'wonderful old.place;it is,, wittJitsfelabor-S. v ' ate'':." epires; ' magnificentlT -. deoorative : '■': churches, and conyonts',.'which''bespeak .'t''.'■.,'-; quaint and, striking .old 'Nonnan' art.vr; Other, good, picture's. PrisonerV ; : ; Strategy/' '; 'The ■ :: Old ■" Maid-Servant,".: :.. "Mugginsj'iV.C.j".."Sooty.Sketches,":.and'" • "The :White' Farm';at Crickefc"..',-'•■■'. : i.J • v>-.'-Jv:

- Messrs! TLinley and ■' the ■ pro-: ■ ; . prietors'of tte Royal.PtehiresV.: celebrate;:'; .the.second, year.: of. -their-! enter-,; tairment, in. Wellington to-night;: during , :.:.';, which , 'period .they have given seven;hun-.,;; dred : and ;Sfty■ ;#meecntrTO,. peffonnarteee,■ t '..'.'. which-have been- attended'by threwruar- . ters.of ift million people,; and fiye mulion;. ;'arid ; :a>; half- feet "of,: bio'gr'aph'io', ; \ pictures •; have^beenput.throughiaPathe;biograph • ', niaohino. > : During ~the same: period Messrs..; , LirJey.'and, Donovan •have. also., had long ;■-■ leases ?bf'rtheatresi'in; Chrktchurch, , Dun- ■'.: edin, and. -Auckland, : in iwhich. the Eoyal \ 'Pictures ~have; been shown.-; While.-.. in -•;■■ Wellington, it: was-: fonnd ' that. on"-, holi- .. day nights.His Majesty's'Theatre.was;.tod. : : : small .to ;accoramodate.-the-crowd of-pot-' roris : admission, .a^d l (the ; -. .Town Hall was leased.for holiday nighie, ■•-. ■with ' the : result /that-." both places were / ipicked on those .Messrs. Lit ~ ■fey and: Donpvaa have .been, so successful:,. ; 'as biogfaph- amusement.caterers .that: theyJ. ■ are ; building..'a King's^-riow-.;.. . ■Rearing compleUoni.iwhifjh. will seat-1590., ; . people.- TJm^th'ey^win.opeiiviii,th.emiddle;.,,, of March-fiis .a permanent 'biograph' house'.;' .6i< ■ amusemerit., -,The. .'initiation ,of ■ ,'the,, above scheme, 'shows ..considerable' enter-.:. prise "and:.faith in-the.futurefof., the bio- ■ i.graph:entertainment in' Wellington.. . -~:

'': v ; !'-: : ;^^STAE''.PICTTTEBS; V:;,!. : j= ■ i'Yisitors-to 'the 'star.. Pictures -v Thomas'B Hall. thisV.,week...are;, rewarded: : "by ;a capital programme, in';which;era--gedy v and; humour., are ■ blended.'in. a man'., ner I which, gives an-'effect, of Jgeneral ogh.",: pie teness,that.cannpt.fail to -please.,. ! Th e: ■ :present -jirogramme; 'will run until .tne; ; end i of the ..week, of films .being ;i arranged: for,: Monday^.^night.;;..„;-;.■■■ ;.,'.-:

v :V ; :; TOWNrHALL^ICTITEES;;;.: - ; h .' Tie 'pictnres.'.'to - be. delayed ■Town ■ Hall- on Saturday;; evening..- next, ■ Anniversary. Day,' by ; ,,the:Eoyal ,Pictnre.; Syndicate,' .have-,b«n''.. specially,%6Blecte<L , Special features ' to/be-,presented-.consist: of an attra'cHve series.lof eluding ■■''The MendedrXnte;.; aa-.-JJiduui..; story:of thrilling- interest.'. The incidents :; :of the-story.are laid.in- the <. neighbour-,; hood. 6f. Spixit ; 'Lake, ,lowa, .previous to,, the outbreak:of: .theflndian:Afars^^UM,. -first-of-which- occurred Ul.-..1854.;; Otters, forspecial mention : are "Episodes, in thev: Life 61 Schubert,": fJ'The,,Audaeions; Bs-,, cape," ,"Th6• .->Eeyiev.'v^γ : -A i, Tram EideiThrough ..Gothenberg.-Tnese, jwith other -humorous i;.pictures; . should; please alKtastes..;;;Accompaniments -and.,: choice selections ..will., ».; full orchestra.. Popular;:prices ..mil ;,\b»;_ charged.;;: .";■;.•; -.■ '•:.■■ r'/'- ;■.-.. '■..-

i: . X BILLVJATvDArS ; BAT.: : y ■':• performed.by pupUs, of-MivLeo. D, CbaSf School of: 1 Acting" afpay-s Baron Saturday.^and-: Monday has' already. Been given very, successfully by the school at.Greytown.-Blenheimiand other places. .',-,.;. ■ ; y:.;X;': r .r:;: : . 1 . .'-.The 1 Anderson - Dramatio-:' Comipaay, which.'has,' just.-, completed .a.suocessM: •■tour-tt. the \Vest;Coast,- ; arrived;.m/Wel- ■ lington yesterday;;morning,-_and;- left for ;th? souffi' by. last.evening. ■ ..