AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 15433, 5 March 1914, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

QUEENS THEATRE—AN EXCELLENT

PROGRAMME.

This week's second change of pictures ought to draw big crowds to the Queen's Theatre, for the new programme contains quite a number qt novel features. The star drama, 'The Buried Past,' is the etory of Jim Gross, a drunkard, and his wif'j Myrtle. On© night he comes home intoxicated, and strikes his wife. She depart* for Alaska with her baby, and there she is engaged in a restaurant. There she falls in love with and marries Tom Winter, and they live very happily togefber till her former husband hears where she is and that r-he is married. He seeks her out, ard threaten.? exposure if she does net at once depart with him. She consents, but her lover arrives on the scene and shoots her husband, thus eliminating the unpleasant factor in their joint lives. The Lubin drama 'Ths Love of Beauty' pictures the story of one Nellie Williams, who, though i-ot possessing good looks, has a beautiful character. She is in love with a blind man, Jim Ambrose, who imagines her Terr bcautslul. An eye specialist performs an operation, and his sight is restored to him. lie is at once disillusioned as to her beauty, and he. at first loses his affection for her. However, after a few experiences

with' prettier girl? he conies to the wise conclusion that, after all, beauty in some people io only skin deep. 'The Penalties ■of Reputation' is a Vita.graph comedy which .shows that as a general rule flirtation is merely a mild preliminary to a wife, and seven children. ' Apple-growing in the United States' is a Path* color filnr. taken in a Washington apple orchard. The

' Warwick Chronicle' again earns its reputation of being the window to the world. A distinctive feature of the programme is the film taken on Saturday last by the Queen's Pictures photographer of the Caledonian school sports. The picture shows Miss Downie Stewart (the Mayoress) addressing the cirk. and also local celebrities, including the president of the Caledonian

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FROM MANGER TO CROSS,

Bright sunshine and the varied attraction-, of the Citizens Garden Fete did not affect the attendance at the Plaza Pictures, where the two notable films ' From Manger to Cross ' and ' The Rosary' are presented daily. Interest in tin 1 great religious picture has been gathering daily, and yesterday the business was bigger than ever. _For the second evening session a queue 550 feet long was formed. The usual three sessions are being held in the day time. This evening "the Orpheus' quartet will again sing ' The Rosary ' at both sessions, and the choir, "whose subdued music has wonderfully supplemented the religious subject will again sing. At the first evening session ' From Manger to Cross' is screened at 7 o'clock. THE KING'S THEATRE. There are no less than three " star" acts included in the current week's programme at the King's Theatre. These are provided by the Rondas Trio, the II Trovntore Trio, and the Guzmani Trio. The entertainment is an attractive one. lIAYWARD'S PICTURES. The big picture at the Octagon this week is a Vitagraph production ' Under the Daisies.' Among other interesting pictures are ' New Zealand Dairying Industry,' 'A Day in a Sailor's Life" and the ' Gaumont Graphic' FULLERS' PICTURES. A splendid programme' is provided at the Princess Theatre this week. ' The Plot of India's Hillmen * is an exciting drama in which the treachery of a Russian count paves the way for, a stubborn fight between the hillmen and a British "frontier company. In the comedy line nothing more amusing could be desired than the adventures of the inimitable Wiffles among the Hottentot*. ANTONIA DOLORES. Mile Dolores will give her second song recital in His .Majesty's Theatre this evening. Th" programme, as advertised elrewhere, contains many items already popular the people. The favorite air 'Sombre Fcret,' from Rossini's opera 'William Toll,' allows the- artist ample scope for her admirable technique and execution. Three choice items representative of the old Er.gUsh school are ' The Lass With the Delicate Air' (Arue), 'l've Been Roaming' (Horn), and 'Away to the Mountain's Brow' (Lee). The waltz song from Gounod's 'Roneo and Juliet' is another vr-Tv fine item, while a welcome conclusion in the selection is 'Who Is Sylvia?' Sebuhort's well-known song. ' Haydn is represented by 'My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair,' a num)>er which never fails to captivate an audience. The remaining item* are all excellent examples of the Ftencb, Italian and German schools, and serve to complete a. very comprehensive series. Miss Iris de Cairos-Rego will play the various accompaniments ■ for Mile Dolores, and also contributes a bracket of piano solo*. Judging by the excellent reception which greeted the appearance of Milo Dolores at her recital, combined with her high, artistic attainments, a largo audience will doubtless assemble this evening. The box plan is at the Dresden, and dws tales are at Jacobs's-