PICTURE SHOWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1511, 6 August 1912, Page 5

PICTURE SHOWS.

FULLERS' PICTURES. An excellent change of programme was screened last evening at the Skating Rink in Vivian Street. Lovers of dogs—and there aro many of them in Wellingtonwill find "Our Pet Bogs" n film of great interest, as it shows various first-class types. "The Marquis and Dancer" is a finely coloured film depicting a pretty little romantic drama of a century or two ago when silks and satins were the vogue and height of fashion. "Making a Soldier" fouiuL favour with the spectators who, since the advent of our own defence system, look upon military pictures with a critical eye and are quick to praise or condemn if the soldiers depicted do not meet with their idea of what a militaire should be. "The Stolen Invention" is one of the best dramatic iilms on the programme. An elderly man with a pictty daughter, has. after years of patent toil, completed the plans of an invention which he has offered to a big business firm.' The hero of Hie film'is in love with the daughter, but his proposal is not accepted and he determines to go away. A villain, is in quest of the plans and as he sees no chance of an easy theft, while the inmates of the houso are at home lie' decoys them front the house by setting fire to an outbuilding. While they are trying to save it he steals the plans. lie is seen, however, by the departing lover as he is getting out of a window. The lover, with the belli of a policeman, effects the recovery of the papers, and earns the gratitude of the father, and afterwards of the daughter also; who accepts him and all ends'happily. "When the Fire Bells Ring" is a most amusing comic sketch. A stage manager in need of supers for a play which he is producing engages the fire brigade men for a matinee entertainment. 11l the middle of the play the fire-bell rings and the firemen leave the stage in haste, and in their fanciful dress, for Hie station. It turns out to lie a false alarm and they come back and the play proceeds. Once more the bell rings. But thinking it to be another false alarm, they lake no notice and only discover afterwards that it was a real fire. Other items are: "Bob and His Pal Rowdy," "A Trip to Tahiti,? > "The Leading-.Mail,"' and many others: This'programme will be repeated to-night. NEW THEATRE. The new dramatic film. "The Brand of Shame' (as already described) was screened at tlio New Theatre vest eve! ay with success. Tin) little theatre was packed to the doors throughout the evening ses ' sions yesterday. The new pictures to be shown to-duy will include "Ilis Lesson," "Scenes in Holland," "Tommy's Geography," aiid "Tlio Painter's Ruse." ADELPHI. The Adelphi Picture Theatre in Willis Street was very well patronised last night, when a capital change of programmo was presented. The star picture is a capital dramatic study entitled "The Brcad-car--I'ier of Paris." This picture occupies the wholo of the second half of the programme, it being over 3000 ft. in length. The opening sceno shows M. Laboure (owner of a largo manufacturing business) and Jacques (iaraud (manager of the business) viewing the plans of an invention of the former's. ITie persistent attentions of Jacques to- Jeanne Fortier— a, resident on tlio business premises— reach a climax when Joanne strikes Jacques across the face, Jeanne decides to leave, so shn makes preparations to go with her little daughter. A note is slipped under her door by Jacques, who declares that he. is going to steal the invention of his master, and asks Jeanno to fly with him. She crumples Uio note up and throws it on the floor, but the child picks it up and places it inside of a little, toy-liorse. Jacques is next seen robbing the safe of his master, but lie is disturbed, and during a fight kills his master, then takes the plans, and also money from the safe. Ho then sets fire to the building, and then, to further safeguard hiniself, he takes an active hand in the'salving operations. Meanwhile Jeanne Fortier and her daughter orrivo at the restaurant of Louise Dumonl. Jacques arrives at the restaurant in time to see tlio arrest of Jeauno by the gendarmes on the charge of murder and incendiarism. Fifteen years elapse, and the escape of Jeanne from prisou is depicted. Her daughter has since grown up to e. prettv girl, and the little son of M. Laboure has grown to manhood. Jacques litis grown older, and his accomplice, llvidc is a most amusing character. One day Robert Laboure meets (as he thinks) tlio daughter of Louise Dumont, but really the daughter of Jeanne Fortier. The plot gradually thickens, and the dramatic moment arrives when tho note of Jacques to Jeanne regarding tho intended robbery is aceidontallv found in the old toy horse. Following upon this, Jacques and Ovido are arrested; Jeanne Fortier meets her long-lost daughter, whom Robert Laboure marries. "The Mine on the Yukon" is a photo-play adapted from the novel by Hex Beach. John Bunny figures prominently in a vitagraph comedy, entitled "Ilis Mother-in-Law." A number of other capital pictures are included in the programme, which will bo repeated this evening. THE DANDIES. "The Dandies" oontinue to provide musical cheer for the. many at the Concort Chamber, which is nightly well filled with lovers of genteel vaudeville. l>e new prc.gra.mme presented last oVcning was well up to the standard set by the New Dandies. Mr. 1 George Horton, the light comedian of the company, beorcd in tho comic-refrain. "I Feel so Lonely. !,nd was successful in the -catchy lilt, ''Babv Mine." Mr. Herbert Walton, whose Stvle is broader- and more vieornis, stirred up laughter in his song, 'V. lsdom, and fired o'T e. lot of highly amusing patter in his military sketch, "When the Bugle r,115." The two were abp officiated in He comedy duet, "Alice." The refined n,id dainty little soubrette, Miss Florence H ndersSn. Up "O'Brien" and "A Hint" 1,1-KMlv. Miss Dorothy Manning revived. ,in "FiSpnnila," a son* of long ago, and its tunefulness and gay spirit induced a onooiT. She also vSium a dainty "Villanelln" attractively M.ss TeMsi Bvrne, mezzo, sang The Nightingale" (with a pretty chorus). The ban- • Lino of the companv, Mr. Renn Miller, selected "The Bedouin Love Song," which iwr.'.vcd artistic treatment, and Mr. Tnsfloh Brennan was fully appreciated in hie mciinlogne, "The Bells.' Tno concertod numbers were :-"By the Sea, My Rabbits." and th» tmMty Jris t costume pong, "The Roclty Read to Dublin.