ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 3 May 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. '. \ There 1 was a big attendance at the - Opera House last night, when "A.Girl's Temptation-" was repeated. . Tho piece will bo'ipjayed again to-night, and.for Saturday night a change is announced. ; The.,.new piece is to be "Tho Luck of Roaring Camp." It. is,' of course, a dramatisation of Bret Harte's novel. The story is full of.:incident, and -the play should becomo popular." TfI.BATRKTJOrAT,. • O'Dell. and Hart continue to amuse largo crowds, at the. Theatre Royal. They ..presehta decidedly novel act, which in-, dudes singing, dancing, and acrobatics. Athos, the master rinker, continues his wonderful skating feats. Frank Yorko and Bella I'ermnn are receiving great encouragement. The whole entertainment is distinctly bright and good. ~ FULLERS'. PICTURES. To thoso who admire the wild but extremely bSautifiil and impressive scenery of out-back Canada, tho picture, "Destiny is .Changeless," shown at, the Ingest.ro Street Skating Rink should be of special interest. The river, the woods, the ever--i lasting, mountains are in this fleeting picture reflected in all their • primitivo grandeur, untouched, unstained bv man's •marauding hand. The "argument" of tho story is quito secondary to ' the jjlorious glimpses'the übiquitous camera discloses. It is a fino setting for a forest romance, 'and-that is .what ', the author offers up, perhaps not in an over-convincing style— ;still it,'serves. : .'lt is of the love of two trappers for a maiden.. Rivals tlieso jiii love, and rivals when hunting down their quarry for tho rich soft furs for which tho trader hungers. Tho coy girl does not know her own mind, so decides that ho who shall iirst bring her tho fur coat of a silver fox shall gain her for wife. So'each full of deadly purpose sets out on"th« back-trail, by forest and river, ,_to v the haunt of. the rarest of tho fox tribe. One is chased by Indians, and looks .liko meeting liis'end, when,his rival at great "risk rescucs'-him. .Such magnanimity fate.', cannot overlook,, and tho first silver--fox falls to his rifle. Then tho successful hunter chances to get caught in a liear-trap. This is his rival's' chance. Ho seizes the fateful fur, and leaves his friend >to perish. But conscience soon gets a grip on him, and he returns and releases his rival, who gains the heart' and hand if the girl. ; "What Fate Ordained" is..n dream, picture which might be called "dollars versus love." A young fellow, finding himself ruined, gives his fiancee her freedom, and on reaching home i dreams that ho has married a wealthy widow who gives him a dreadful time. Tho charming;young lady dreams, too— that she has married a wealthy old man with an extensive purse and diaphragm, who drives her crazy with his jealousy, '['ho experiences of both aro extremely humorous, and the awakening an intense relief. ' For the sporting public tho National! Hunt Steeplechase, run at Cheltenham, England, oil March 13, is packed' with interest. There is a great field, and tho number of falls at tho jumps puncture tho picture with thrills. Rejected IV won. the race by a street. ' "The Loafer" is a good picturo of its class, and is capitally acted. Other pictures of note are: "The Prosecutiug Counsel," "Hedgehog," "Daisy and tho Cowboys," "A Cure for Jealousy," and "l'lithe's Australian Gazette." . ( ~... On Monday'inext a sensatioiia'l;-jiloturfe,. entitled "Zigomar versus .Nick Carter," will bo screened. There will be a matinee to-morrow afternoon.

" KING'S THEATRE. At the King's Theatre last evening tho Wednesday Cricket Association was accorded a-benefit, tho money realised to be; devoted to the. improvements which are to be made to the Basin Reserve this winter: Several new and interesting pictures wero included, in tho programme in honour of the. occasion. One of these is "The Prosecuting Attorney." Nina Brooks.nnd her associate Joe Brooks are caught at the"badger game," convicted and imprisononed. On her release Nina is taken in hand by Mary Moore, of. the mission for the reclamation of unfortunate women. Slio becomes an ardent worker in the cause, and whilst so engaged meets Henry Lewis, the prosecuting attorney who was responsible for hei conviction. Interest iii tho woman soon turns to love, and love to, marriage. Then comes the shadow. Brooks, having escaped from prison, seeks to blackmail 'Nina, who, driven to desperation, shoots him. Lewis assumes tho responsibility for the crime, and so proves liis abiding love for the woman. Another good picture new to picture-lovers is "The Tenderfoot Foreman," It is tho story of a young girl who is left a ranch, and finding things going wrong, advertises for a manager, and secures a - young man who dresses in the. height of fashion. Ho has grit, however, and soon shows the "boys" that lie means business. In return for his prompt'methods a plot is hatched, and tlie young manager is forced to shoot the leader of the gang. The "boys" are about to lynch him, when the fair owner of tlie ranch arrives on the scene with the slierilf, and prevents tho worst, and afterwards marries him. Other pictures of widely diverse interest are "The Swimming Party," "Tho Royal Park at Caserta," "Tho Manchester Ship Canal," and "A Victim of the Mormons." Tlie principal exclusive picture for Monday's change of programme will Tie the military picture story /Drummed Out." THE NEW THEATRE. Ci'owded sessions wore tho order at the continuous picture, show at tho New Theatre yesterday, where the special attraction was an adaption -of Henrik Ibsen's powerful story, "A Doll's House." This is undoubtedly one of the best photoplays that Messrs. MacMalion and Donnelly liavo yet presented to local patrons, and big business at the theatro is sure to bo tho result, while tho picture holds its place on (lie programme. Tho story is that of a. callous husband and his loving, faithful, and devoted wife. In order to save her husband's life, tho wife risks imprisonment for forgery, and it, is only by tho : self-sacriiice of a bank clork that sfiio" avoids punishment, for the offence. Notwithstanding all - she has done, tho wife is eventually driven to a realisation of the fact that she is esteemed as naught in her own house, and she bids her husband farewell, never to return. The piece is superbly staged, artistically enacted, and ranks very, high in the field of pictorial drama. In addition to "A Doll's House," tho following new items will bo included in to-day's programme:—"How Bella Was Won," an Edison drama; "Redman's Peualtv," a Bison production; "Cecilia, tho Martyr," a Cincs spectacular drama; "The Doctor's Document," by the Kelianco Company; "Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster," a powerful nature study; and "A Pair of Shoes," an amusing comedy. MISS CARRIE MOORE. Monday evening next at the Theatro Royal will see the first appearanco in New Zealand of the well-known musical comedy actress, Miss Carrie Moore. It may 1«j remembered that this nota.blo actress had a striking season under the JVC. Williamson management in Australia, 1 and there was' much regret when Miss Moore bade farewell to those sunny shores to take up other important engagements in England. However, it may not be very Ion" before she will be back there when tho public will be able to witness this artist m- the music-halls. Great interest appears to centre upon the initial bow of Miss ;Moore .before, a-New Zealand audience. The box plan is now open at the Dresden, "wh»re" seats may be reserved. Popular prices are being charged, in spite ot the expense incurred. SCHOOL CONCERT. Tlie children of the Brooklyn State School gave Die first of llieir annual contorts in Fullfovd's Hall la-t evening, in aid of tho school funds. Tlie progiiininic w.i« made up of choruses, fancy ibnce:-, nnil marches. Another entertainment will be given this evening.