ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. An excellent vaudeville programme id nt present being submitted at the Theatre Royal, and patronage consequently ie large. Miss Maud Fanning and the- Elliott Sisters, Miss Lucy Laviuia, Jliss Briglitio Carlisle, Miss Essio Jennings, and Messrs. Jim Gaft'ney and Arthur Elliott nil come in for their full shnro- of applause. The entertainment will be repen ted this evening, aud on Monday there ■ will bo a change of programme. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Several films could be selected out of the present programme nt His Majesty's iheatro as being of exceptional rjorit. Uiuner-time at the Zoo" is a fine study of animal life; "Across the Plains" is a stirring "representation .of the old days 01 , pioneering in America; "Crazy Gulch" is• im alriusjlig>;eottied?i~a]so of-'western"^; l wllllo'incidents nt the Inst Ascot raco meeting-' in Eugland are also depicted, Ihis programme will bo repeated to-day. THE- KING'S THEATRE; At tho King's Thcatro "The Courier of Lyons has been finding, great .favour nmoug a collection of excellent films, lhero is also shown a film of local inter* osr, namely, "Tho Wellington. Steeplechase, 1911," taken nt Trcntham by the company s kincmatographcr inst AVodncsi y 'j ' U -,, tho Pwformanoe to-night Dr. lzard will present the whips given by Messrs. Duncan and M'lntosh, of Man- s ners btroot, and tho watches given by Mr. Herb Price, ot Willis Street, to the most succcsslul jockeys during the past vacirja IJP3 SOU i THE NEW THEATRE. Numbers of people had to be turned back from tho New TJieatro between 8 ami 9 o'clock last evening, tho new programme of moving pictures proving a (front attraction. Tho dramatic and comio lfems in the series are rc.illj- exeellent, and (hero is also included .in iutere.*hng industrial film, "The Grnpa Harvest, which traces tho wine industry li-oin tho vine to tho vat. "A Girl of the Plains" (Bison exclusive Western drama) is a picture crowded ivilh exciting incidents. Tho story commences with the dismissal of n cowboy for drunkness, and tho latlor, bout on revenge organises a gang of ruffians and waylnvs tho ranch-owner's dnguhter aud her "intended Husband, who are riding homo to the ranch wiih tho mail. A desperate encounter onsuos, but the girl steals awav, and brings assistance from the ranch, and [ho rulhans are vanquished before they nave done, any serious harm. Inter alia 't mny bo mentioned that th'e ruffians lire yory bad pistol shots, and waste rounds 'and rounds of ammunition without efrcct. A very touching drama bv (he {yalPiu Company is that entitled ""The wtHe Mother," in which the heroine is a beautiful New York girl, who has had to lilt tho position of mother to her young sister and brother. Tho story concerns her love affair during a visit to the conutry. Through the duplicity and treachcry of another girl, the little mother's future happiness looks like bciug shattered, but matters become righted, her lover follows her bock to Now York, and tho pair are happily united. Another very fine dramatic subject is "Silver Cloud's Sacrifice." The principals of tho picco are two Indian sisters and a. Canadian trapper. The latter falls in lovo with one of die girl?, but her father throws difficulties in the way of the marriage. Such is tho devotion of the other sister, Hint sho assists the young couple in an elopement, knowing full well that she will incur her father's displeasure. For her part in tho elopement, she is banished" from home, and finally dies from exposure, _ friendless and alone. "Baseball, Thai's All," is nn American skit, showing how many people are apt to become a most nnhiiißcd mentally from a too closo interest in sport, while in the position of "barracker" only. Baseball is the. subject ehojen, and, although the positions in which the "barracker" occasionally finds himself aTo ludicrous in the extreme, few sporting folk would caro to.' fay that Ihoso positions have been. ovw•Jrawn. "Tommy Wants to Lead tho. Cotillion" is a very fine Continental ' comedy portraying tho experiences of a young man, who indulged in too much wino before the ball was over. The same programme will be shown to-day. "A TICKET IN" TATTS." At the Opera House this evening the Australian picture drama, "A Ticket in Tnth," will bo presented for the first timo in New Zealand. The film is an Australian production, and the plot is enacted by Australian actors ami actresses. A line Kir,)pkmentury selection of kinomalographic gems will bp shown in addition to "A Ticket iu TalK" The box plan is »t Ihc Dresden. No booking fo,"> is charged. BAND PERFORMANCE. To-morrow afternoon nt (he Ncwtown Park the Wellington Tramways Band will give a performance. The proceeds of tho performance are to bo devcted to tin; Hepplc Fund. ROYAL MARIONETTES. Tliesa little people perform in theii , little theatre at 35 Manners Strecit every afternoon and evening. They are L'S inches high, and laugh, talk, dance, and sing. A special matiixvi will be held to day at 2.30 (or school children.