AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 15600, 17 September 1914, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

QUEEN'S THEATRE. Those, who visit the Queen's during the next day or two will find a new programme of unusual merit. Chief of a number of attractive films is that entitled ' Her Wedding Gown,' a drama which will appeal dv its simple domestic strength. The central character is May, » young and charming country maid, who becomes the fiancee of a neighboring farmer. During a visit to town, however, the social whirl causes her to forget her country lover, and she becomes engaged to a wealthy society wastrel. Her discarded lover refuses to believe that he has been forsaken, and his constancy is rewarded, for, at the sight of her wedding gown, sent by the old mother from the country, ihe girl realises the mistake she is about to make, and steals hack to the old home and to real happiness. % The plot is not a complicated one; it is a story, indeed, of which moat oE us could foretell the end, but perhaps because of that very fact there is a compelling interest in it that cannot fail to attract. The supports Include ' Little Raven's Sweetheart,' an A.K. Indian drama; 'Winter in the Vosges Mountains,' a scenic which should be of particular interest just now; ' A Day in the Steel Works,' an interesting and instructive picture; and ' Firing Big Guns on a Dreadnought.' In addition there are laughter provokers in ' Bloomer's Duel' and another ' Wiffles' adventure, in which the inimitable M. Prince, the famous Parisian comedian, figures. Taking it all in all, there is a wealth of good healthy entertainment in this latest change at the original continuous picture palace in Princes street. PLAZA PICTURES. The new programme screened at the Plaza Pictures to-day was headed by "The Rock of Death/ a picture which portrays how a pretty and vivacious girl from the city plays havoc with the heart of a simple fisher lad and is the cause of his death and of the broken heart of his old mother. The story opens with the lonely widow and her son mending nets outside their cottage. They live happily together until the city girl arrives and captures the heart of the youth by her deceitful charm. He neglects his home while he follows his lady love. She flirts with him for a time, «nd then run 3 away. Faithful still, however, the poor simple-minded fellow continues to look for her, only \c see her going away in a coach with someone else, t-he is suddenly taken ill, and stops for a glass of water at the cottage, where she is recognised by the mother as the disturber of the peacefulness of the happy home. The young man has meanwhile tlimbed to the top of a big rock to see the last of the coach, and from there sees his mother and the young lady having an jltercation. He hurries in the direction :>? hia home, but misses his footing, and falls down the cliff. Here the picture fades away, while his broken-hearted mother mourns his loss and the callous girl returns to the city. Other pictures »re 'A Flirt's Repentance,' "Going Some.' 1 Bill Bailey's Repentance,' and the ' Warwick Chronicle,' which contains pictures if a ladies' swimming carnival, and of the Boxing match between Carpentier and.GunMat Smith. The same programme will be shown for the rest of the week. FULLERS' PICTURES. The current programme" now being screened at the King's Hall is quite up to the average in the matter of quality. The star picture is ' The Deputy Sheriff's Star,' an exciting drama, of Western life. Society photo-plays, dramas, and comics, together with the ' Pathe English Gazette," make up an attractive series of films. HAYWARDS* PICTURES. The star picture being screened at the Octagon Theatre is ' Lost in Mid-ocean '— a vivid tragedy of the sea. ' The Cockchafer' is one of the finest of the educational aeries of pictures that has ever been shown here. ' All for Science' is a jnagniflcent feature drama. The ' Gaulnont Graphic' depicting current events is also a superior Benes of pictures. SKATING. Reduced prices at the Brydouo HaR attract an increasing number of skating devotees, and the session which extends from to 1Q p.m. is well patronised. Concession tickets are available for ladies. FAIR AT ST. CLAIR. The Congregational Oiroreh silver jubilee fair was ccnturaed at th« Pavilion yesterday, with a large attendance and f»My t»!fc bnainefls. In the evening the yemng people, provided the entertainment part of ih* BrOgramme, when the Misses Rene Ailin,, * Molly Burt, an 4 Vera White, and Masters James Thomas and Dougla3 and Sydney Swift rendered appropriate and much-appreciated items. This evening is to he the final night. The St. Kild* Band Trill be in attendance, n«(l patriotic air* ttnll he nlayed.