ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3710, 20 December 1912, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE OPERA HOUSE

This evening the final screening of “A Rogue of the Turf” will take place at the Opera House. This picture has proved a great draw during the time it has been screened in Gisborne, and this evening will be the last opportunity of witnessing it. The story told is an exceedingly clever one, and tells an exciting story of how a Western adventurer and gambler attempts to secure a big haul of wealth by means of a racecourse gamble. He causes a crack jockey to pull the favorite in a race, causing it to be beaten on the post. The gambler wins a large amount of money from tile Duke of Darley, owner of the horse. The nobleman finds difficulty in meeting bis liability, having plunged deeper than lie had intended, and the gambler attempts to make this a lever towards securing the hand in marriage of the Duke’s daughter. His plot is frustrated by the lady’s lover coming on the scene and denouncing the adventurer, whom he has met out West, and the story ends happily. “The Girl Reporter’s Big Scoop” is a splendid newspaper story, which tells how onerous are the duties nowadays of the alert news-hunter. “Hippopotamus Hunting on the Nile,” though a short film, being barely 100 ft in’ length, is one of the finest pictures of its 'kind yet screened, and shows the exciting adventures entailed, in attempting to bag this king of Egyptian swamps. “The. Squaw Man,” a 1000 ft drama, is a pictorial representation of the play of that title. The comics are a very line so' tion. and number some genuine lang ter-raisers. “Hop It” is one of the funniest films yet shown, and the same may be said of “Jenkins Invulnerable,” “The Warwick Chronicle” is a great collection of topical subjects, every one of which is an education in itself. “The Railroad Engineer” is an exciting drama of the permanent way, and full of interesting den mements. Other pictures include I in,the programme are “Sammy Pit tises Physical Culture” and “The I : ie at Hogan’s.” The management announce an entire change of pictures for to-morrow. There will, as usual on Saturday, be two performances. The matinee will again be made a. Christinas treat for the children, and every youngster will receive a gift of an ice-cream. The programme selected for the children is also a splendid one, and includes “In the Aisles of the Wild,” an exciting A.B. drama, for which the Opera House management have the exclusive rights. Other pictures in Saturday’s series are:—“The Butterfly Net,” “The Bishop’s Bath,” “Ancient Port of Jaffa,” and a number of others. There will he no alteration in prices for either performance. RATHE PICTURES. The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” film was again screened last evening, and provided a splendid illustration of American patriotism. “The Battle Hymn”, will be exhibited for the last time to-night, when the supporting pictures will be a good way ahead of the ordinary. “The Squaw Man’s Revenge” is a powerful drama, which tells how a white child is stolen from its parents by Indians. “The Fire of Life” is an engrossing story which hinges on the discovery by a scientist of a wonderful concoction which will ward off death. The new programme will he found to be above the usual, and will be voted a first-fiighter in every respect. “The Trail of Gold” is a clever Kalem subject, which deals with the experiences of a young doctor in the Wild West. The new programme will be found to be well ahead of the average, and should provide a first-class evening’s entertainment. An entire change of programme will be submitted to-morrow night.

BELLE CROME CO. From a musical as well as a popular point of view the performances given by the Belle Crome Co. are high-class ones, pleasing alike to young or old. Each member of the company is a finished performer in his or her special line. Miss Belle Crome is brightness personified. She takes part in amusing sketches, plays numerous musical instruments most charmingly, and leads the hand! hell, selections, duets, and concerted pieces. Mr Bert Ralph, the popular English comedian, provides merriment and fun galore with his numerous clever and catchy comic refrains. Miss Ethel Richards possesses a good soprano voice perfectly under control, and Mr. Norman Churton’s bass is of considerable power. Miss Richards and Mr. Churton also appear in duets. Mr. Crome ami Mr. Harry Fane, both musicians of considerable ability, appear in numerous instrumental numbers. The two English gala the Creighton Brothers, produce an act brimful of novelty, and startling and bewildering sensations; what they cannot do with tennis racquets, Indian clubs, and a host of other innumerable articles, it is hard to say, as they throw everything around in most fantastic fashion, and at the same time combine acrobatic novelties with their act. Prices are popular; children, Is 6d and Is ;no sixpenny tickets. They appear here on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 26, 27, and 28, in three different programmes.