THE KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1914, Page 3

THE KING'S THEATRE.

Those responsible for producing the film "London by Day and Night," which "features" the new programme at the King's Theatre^ have shown commend-, able enterprise in what might be termed new ground in moving picturesubjects. Up to the present fil^s depicting what, for want of a better word, have been termed travel subjects, have been plentiful; but they have been brief studies of selected parts of a city —generally favourable—and they have naturally conveyed only fleeting impressions. In the film under review, however, something "bigger" has been attemptedsomething which will convey to New Zealanders an idea of the yastness of the world's greatest metropolis—and the views screened last night are entirely worthy of the great city they depict. The sceneß vary from a fashionable "church parade" in the West End to a Sunday morning in Petticoat-lane; and there are the great hotels and theatres, the Houses of Parliament, the many places of historic interest, the railway stations, and—the wonder of all visitors —London's enormous traffic. A scene showing the New Zealand offices,, with the. High Commissioner and other wellknown New Zealanders, evoked hearty applause; indeed, the whole screening created a great deal of enthusiasm among a packed audience. The undoubted success of this picture suggests that the series could be extended in a similar manner to other great cities, such as Paris, Berlin, and New York, for these have a real educational value. Another exceptionally fine film depicts Sunloch's great victory in the Liverpool Grand National. The details of the race are shown from start to finish, and the picture is one of the finest racing- scenes shown in Wellington for a long time. Other pictures include "The Gaumonfc Graphic," "Thieves" (a sterling Vitagraph drama), "Making a Living" (Keystone comedy), and " One-round O'Brien comes into tho Ring Again.*' Tho programme will be repeated to-night.