PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 15928, 7 October 1915, Page 10

PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

PLAZA. A four-reel pictorial adaptation of Shakespeare’s historical drama ‘Richard the Third,’ under the film title of 'The Princes in the Tower,’ furnishes the chief attraction among a splendid series of new releases at the Plaza. Curiously enough, the cinema version of the well-known historical incident has been left to a French playwright to devise, and though certain historical inaccuracies hav© been perpetuated, an undeniibly attractive production dealing with a stormy period in England’s history has been secured. The tragedy which involved the lives of Ed war’d, Prince of Wake, and the Duke of York has been poignantly brought home to all by the great English dramatist, and as it is airiest entirely with tins phase of the drama that the picture version deals, a much more attractive result has been achieved than perhaps had other sources been tapped for the purpose of presenting history on the cinema screen. It must he admitted that the film scores heavily by reason of the settings, dresses, and comportment of all the characters, they being true to the period in which the tragedy occurred. The supporting films include the latest edition of the ‘ Warwick Chronicle ’ and ‘ Snakeville’s Beauty Parlor’ (a splendid comedy). KING EDWARD. The management of South Dunedin’s pretty and comfortable picture playhouse havo Scared for their new programme—screened for the first time this afternoon—two leading subjects, each of which jostles file other for pride of place. One is a Keystone comedy, ‘ He Wouldn’t Stay Down,’ in which the fine comedian Ford Sterling is “ starred.” This is undoubtedly one of the most amusing “ feature” farces ever projected by the machine. The other attraction is the “crook” drama ‘The Fx-ame Up,’ a Kalem subject, in which two master thieves fall out over a woman, the result being a feud that is enacted in the most sensational circumstances. Other impressive subjects are ‘Pure Gold,’ the story of a miner and a girl, ‘The Wily Widow’ (comedy), the latest ‘ Topical Gazette,’ and ‘ Pimple’e Peril,’ with the old film favorite Pimple in the lead. The theatre is open, from 1.30 p.m. daily, and the new hill can be cordially recommended. NEW QUEEN’S. At noon to-day the second of the two picture programmes of the week was presented at the New Queen’s Theatre. It was a most engaging one, headed by a stirring drama ‘ the Ruse.’ In this War® introduced to something of a character one “Bat” Peters, a reformed gun-fighter with a mine to sell. He has just received a letter from a Chicago firm stating that they will have no difficulty in disposing of the mine if he will como to Chicago, bringing samples of the ore. Peters proceeds to the meat-paddng city and interviews John Folsom, the president of the company. H© »ilso meets the stenographer, May Dawson, and rents a. room in her mother's house. Folsom and his confederates deem Peters an easy “mark,” and plan to fleece him. May, returning to the office one evening for her handbag, overhears their plot, but is surprised hv Folsom and locked in an attic till the deed is. dwie, Peters that night “does

the town ” with one of the gang, and is inveigled, into a game of poker in the same house where the girl is kept prisoner. Tne gang attempt to put up a crooked game, which lead® to a “showdown,” in which the ex-gunman holds them up at the muzzle of his Colt, and locks them in the room. At the same time lie discovers May, rescues her, and brings the police upon the scene. ‘The Worthier Man’ is another good drama, with a sound moral for those contemplating matrimony. The comedies include the Keystone ‘ Hash-house Frauds ’ and ‘ Rough hut Romantic.’ In addition, there is a graphic representation of winter sports in the Italian Alps and the latest ‘ Rathe Gazette,’ showing such interesting subjects as the sinking of a Turkish cruiser in the Black Sea fight and the blowing up of an obsolete American battleship in ’Frisco hav.

At the Octagon Theatre the sterling Drury Lane drama ‘ Alone in London ’ is drawing big business nightly. ‘The Unwelcome Mrs Hatch’ is proving an unprecedented draw at the Grand Picture Palace.