AMUSEMENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 15035, 18 November 1912, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

■ ■■» THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. The new series of pictures screened at the Queen's Theatre this morning constituted capital entertainment, tho tastes of all classes being catered for. Tho continuous picture show looms large in public favor, big audiences being customary at all times of the day. The pictures are of a high standard, and axe projected in. a first-class manner. In tho current bill there are three dramatic pictures fit to star anv programme. Maurice Costello makes full use of his opportunities in a pathetic drama, 'Conscience,' '.vhich depicts the trials imposed on a young wifo deserted by her husband after a few months of married life. ' A Bear Hunt Romance' provides pleawiiiter matter. A young tourist meets with an accident while on a hunting expedition, and tho almost inevitable Indian giri heroine of. the Western pict-uTo drama nurses him batck to life. Tho ranch life and courtship made agreeable ingredients for a jjubir. dra-iua... ' Chased by Bloodhounds' jntroducf.s the ever-popular John Bunny, whose latest exploit gives full play to one's risibilities. 'The Cousins'- and 'The Hat Trunk' ere also splendid comedies. An edition of the 'Bathe Gazette,' a scenic film, and some scenes from the 1912 Melbourne Cup complete an admirable programme.

THIS KING'S THEATRE. i The King's Theatre was well patronised ] on Saturday night. Tho prime attraction ' in. to-night's new programme is Mi 63 Lalio \ Brooke, billed as the " Old-fashioned Girl." ! in her specialty net entitled Teminins | Fads and Fancies from 1820.' Miss Brooke ' sings popukr songs, and no doubt her ro- j putation for delighting her audiences from j the commencement to the finish of her j 15-minate entertainment wiU be upheld at ! the King's. In addition to MLsa Brooke, | the performers who so thoroughly i pleased patrons during the list week will j appear in new roks, In e.ll respects the j I new biii promises to be oi first-ckiEs I I quality. i - FULLERS' PICTURES. j j. Tbi! pictures to be screened ab tho ! ! Princess Theatre this evening promise an I excellent evening's entertainment. Tho dm- | matic section contains three subjects by j leading manufacturers, but- each has an interest all its own. In the head-line attrac- ! tion, 'Nellie, tho Lion Tamer,' the group of lions familiar to Ambrosion studies play an important part, and the picture is said to be most realistic. ' Tho Lake of Dreams ' is of a quieter and somewhat pathetic type, being a depiction of shattered ambition, and the other picture, 'The Missing Finger,' tells of a mysterious safe robbery. The comic and econic sections are well supplied, while the sporting patrons will welcome views of tho Melbourne Cup. WILD WEST PICTURES. A big audience occupied tho Garrison Hall on Saturday night, when a change of programme was instituted. Conspicuous on the new bill is a magnificent production entitled ' Custer's Last Stand,' in which as many as 2,000 soldiers take part. 'A Queen for a Day' shows John Bimny as a blushing sample of the weaker sex. 'Percy the Cowboy,' as the name indicates, depicts the experiences of a "swell" in the Wild West, where he is being made a man of at the rate of a mile "a minute. 'The Cattle I'ustlors End' is a tragedy of merit. The remainder of the programme reaches a high standard. ASCHE-BRAYTON SEASON. 'There are etili available for the four re-' piesentations of 'Kismet' a number of seats in central positions in the stalls, and these can be selected at the Dresden. The demand has not been so great for Wednesday night as for the remainder of the. week. The whole of the action of 'Ki,-met' takes pfcico in tho single day in Bagdad. It is tho story of the beggar Hajj. who passes from tho very extreme of poverty to sudden affluence. The cringing humility of the beggar is changed to an arrogant, revengeful cruelty. His attempt to"kill the Caliph in his own palace, and his killing of the eon of an ancient enemy'by drowning him in tiie large harem swimming hath, are situations which, it is stated, give Mr Asche exery opportunity to di-splav°his undoubted genius. He is, it is said", in turn servile, arrogant, cruel, but, though the end of his ''day of days" sees the poetical j justice of his return to the degradation of | the streets, Hajj is a whimsical rascal, and j the audience tind for him sympathy and i forgiveness.

The company appear to-night in ' Othello " at Timaru, and a record house is assured, the whole of the circle a.nd stalls accommodation having been taken up in less than three hours on the morning the box plan opened. The same Shakespearean production will be presented at Oamaru tomorrow evening, and on Wednesdav the company wiii_ bo conveyed to Duned'in by a special train, arriving hero at 11 a.m. Mr and Mrs Aeche (Mies Lily Brayton) are coming down in their English mo'tor car.