ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2128, 29 February 1908, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MacMAHON’S LIVING PICTURES. Referring to this delightful and altogether unique Living Picture exhibition, which will be given for the first- time in Gisborne at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night, a contemporary says: “Rolfe Boldrewood’s story, ‘Robbery Under Arms,’ is, beyond question, the best bushranging story ever written. It has been wide-, ly read in both the Old World and the New, and among playgoers, its presentation as a melodrama has always attracted a- crowded house. Both the book and the play contain tlio true atmosphere of Australian bush life, before modern inventions, such as the train, tlie telegraph, and the telephone, made bushranging impossible. The boldness, warmth, and typical colonial life that are so well told in tlie book and have been so well pourtrayed upon tlie stage, are reproduced in a stronger, and more realistic form by Messrs MacMahon’s picture drama, which shows the reality of the bushranger’s life. The stolen cattle of the Marstons, the approach of the police, the rides and drives through the bush, are as vivid and as real as if one stood oil the spot in broad daylight and saw the original gang at work. The trees move, and the coach iis seen approaching in the distance, the huge rocks and gullies that shelter the fugitives are there before the eyes, and it is difficult at times to forget that they aro merely moving pictures upon a screen. The whole story is told from start to finish; from the cattle duffing of old Marston and the acquaintance of Starlight-, to the bushranger’s last stand, when he is sliotby the police ” In addition to the “star” subject, an altogether new and charming series of the latest and most- up-to-date Parisian picture stories will bo given for the first time, including “Lost in the Alps,” and the irresistibly humorous tragedy comedies, “Her first, bi'ko ride,” “The electric belt,” “Tlio inexperienced -chaffeur,” -and “Tlie chafed policeman.” An elaborate electrical plant will bp brought into requisition, the Messrs AlacAlahon promising theatregoers a- revelation in animated photography. The Railway Department, announce that- the train for To Karaka will be delayed this evening until after the performance.