ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Oliver Twist" continues to attract at His Majesty's Theatre. The interest is largely increased by Mr. A. Boothmaii, who gives a running cdmmciitai-r oh the picture,. as it is bwnj. screened. Mr. John Fuller, sen.'s .rendering of "Sally in Our. Alley" and '"Tho. Pilgrim of Love, '• was warmly fipplalidod. Tho remainder of the pictures were good, making in all a very enjoyable programme. -THEATRE ROYAL. An attractive pt'ogramino was highly appreciated by . the audience- which assembled in" the Theatre lioyal last night Hearty applause greeted every item, and tho whole performance passed off. most successfully, . '" THE KING'S THEATRE. Thb principal picture in tho programme now being screened at the King's Theatreis an adaptation of Geo.' P. 'Dilleiibank's .Auisncun novel "The Mills ,of the Gods. Inis photo-play is acted by a strong east, and is well mounted. Among tne supporting items, "Tim" stands' predominant. Tho usual change'will take place on Monday. : THE NEW THEATRE. ' Complete change, was the order of the day at the New Theatre yesterday. The star item was an adaptation of Alexandre Duma's- novel, "Monte Cristo." This -pho.o-play; produced. ;by the Ambrosia Company) deals with the adventures of Ldmuud Dantcs, a ■ young sailor. He is arrested by tho French Government for' deigning the cscapo of. Napoleon- from Hba, ami is. cast into prison. From an abbe, who is. imprisoned in the next e*U, he hears, the secret of the hidden treasure oh Monte Cristo Island. ' Ho .makes-his escape,' finds the treasure, and rails him«.:f the Count of Monte Cristo: He wins the love of one Havdee, and tho plot ends with the confusion of his former tetrayer.s. The best of the supporting ™t UI, ??-'s.;uH!oubtcdly *"« Kalem drama" rTlie.-FcTils of the Cliffs.". The plot briefly told, is :as follows —Rhcda is wandering alon,* the cliff.?, when *he' misses her foothold and falls'. into the lake below., .She: is rescued, by Dr. B--s----moll, and they, teeome. fast • friontls, -. One ■ day,-while rambling' in search of wild flowers for* Rhoda,-the doctor falls from the side of, the cliffs. While she s'tcks assistance a-party of "hoboes" .capture and rob him. Later in the same day one of' these "holjoes" offers o. locket for sale .to 1 Rhodn. She recognises it as Dr. Boswell's; and the film' ends with the capture- of the,"hoboes" and the reunion of Rhoda and the doctor. On the humorous Side, the Lnbin Company provido an excellent comedy »in. "The Substitute Heiress.!'' Other, gocd pictures included in the'programme arc:—"Bloomer's Boxing Match", and, "Twieedledum's. Love Exploits" . (comics), - : and "Oyannaf'o and' the Bienna Valley," a beautiful scenic.

■■..; ;,.; EMPRESS.THEATRE... :';■" ■ An excellent change of prtgrainmo was \screeued at. the Empress - 'ineatre 'last: .'eyemnfe.',, .'."The iVew iork Hat" is duo. ,of tno "nest hems. -. A .youiig .village 'minister, was not. quite as discreet' as he might have been',lll; fulfilling a strange trust left by a,dying mother, but. it< certainly worked out lor the common'good; By the 'request the hiotner desired that her daughter possess - some'of- the finery previously, denied iieiv, : As a result tho ■minister uhd Mary,,-were, linked in a scandal, with the church board in, judgment. .'-'Gossip -received the laugh]' However, as it generally does, while, the minister •assiuufcd'a, trust quite unexpected.' '.'Jinx's Birthday Party.''! is likewise ,a 'good item. House-clcnuing iuterieres,;as, :iibuse-cleahing. is'won't to do, with Jinx's birthday party.. His wife, writes a number of letters, postponing' the affair, but 'Jinx-, true'to the tradition Of man, fails >to.Thail thciu. The.gliosis begin to arrive that afternoon, and Jinx is,seized With the hajipy- thought of pretending illness in bf'der to evade.them. His hoax /is, discovered,. and, .well—Jinx .ha 5,,,.!, !,Of > the'-'otheV'\ HtenVs," v"Juair and Jliiinita" is , easily tho best. \on Monday th'e Selig reproduction of tho "Count oi Monte Cristo" will ba screened. v,; ; . ■• ■,-.. .A '..;. . .:;;."- .-, ,v

.PEOPLE'S PICTURE PILAC~ ■, • '"The Pirate's Daughter 1 ' is the, leading' item oil' the hew : ' programme which' was screened at the' People's Picture I'aiaeo last .evening. The iilni is by the'wellhn6wn Setig; Company. " The story contains all the exciting incidents: connected .Vrij:h "buried treasure,"' arid a dissatisfied and drunken crew forever' quarrelling among themselves like the crew in Stevonson's "Treasure IslantT." "The Polypus'? : is a Very remarkable educational 1 film, showing'the polypus,;or-what' is;popularly known as the octopus..' We watch a fisheniiaii capturing the octopus in a net, ; and then wo inspect the loathsome '.'creature, at close '.quarters; -It has ho head, properly, speaking but merely a' kind of beak, "surrounded'by long tentacles armed, with ; innumerable suckers. It is astonishing to Watch the speed With: which ,':f he reptile moves through -the water,bver smooth surfaces. Its 'breath-' iug, apparatus' ami the 'str'ueturo of the 'suckers are illustrated. ' Then wo watch the creature feeding. 'Throwing out its long suckers, it- captures its'prey,, drags it i ri, .envelopes it,, arid then ejects the, r'etnairis,'.' It i 9 a 'Wonderful piece of photography,,: ai. hiarvolloUsly-instructive film, and one sure to ineet With ft hearty appreciation. ; .In "Juan and . Juanitn, another good item is shown. . Both the Pathe. Gazette and.'the Gaumoiit Gazetto are also 'included iri, this programme.!

V^ ; ; \ k SHOETTU THEATRE. ■ Messrs. Shortt screened a refreshing change' of .programme .at their. Willis Streeti theatre last evening. .It is varied of well-contrasted classes, and, above all, the items are without exception of high grade. Such films as ''The Strangers and the Taxicab," "The Wtctker." and "The Adventures,of an Italian Model", allow ample scope.for criticism, and no doubt will get all.and more, than the required amount of criticism, from some.

: Respecting his recent tour of the Rotorua'Taupo district; the' : Prime Minister said to, an Auckland "Herald' J reporter on Monday that ho had been much gratified with the results of the journey, which had been 'highly successful. It had been interesting at all points, and ho had met a great many people arid„acquired A great deal of /useful information. During his trip Mr. Massey predicted that within a, few years'the pumice lands in tho district' \r6uld present a vastly different appearance from their present vacancy, and'ho was asked whether any. steps were to lrt taken soon to open Up any of the lands for settlement. He said that two blocks in the neighbourhood of Rotorua were to bo opened almost immediately upon tho usual tenures of lands- for settlement. They were now under tho restrictions of the Thermal Springs Act, but their condition did not rcnuiro the Act to be opcra : ' tive there,.and they would 1» freed from it immediately.

Entries for the' Caledonian Sports, to lje hold on February ID, at Napier, closo on Wednesday, February 5. Particulars may bo had'from tho km. secretary, Mr. 1. Parker, Messrs. E. Johnson and Co., Wellington, hnvo' received instructions from the occupier of No, 121 Thorndon Quay, to'scll tlio contents of the house, including a grand piano, by public auction, to-day (Friday) atn a.m. . '■ Messrs. 11. F. M'Neill and Co., Featherston Street, Wellington," announce .elsewhere in this issuo "• full particulars regarding tho eulo of a 100-ucre" dairy farm in tho Wellington district. ■ No tenant is entitled to put an end to his tenancy without proper notice because oE smolty chimneys, however'exasperating. Judge Lumlcy Smith ruled at tho City of London Court, t

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