ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4899, 19 June 1918, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES

An unfortunate 'mishap with the machinery at His Majesty’s--Theatre last evening necessitated the abandonment of the performance and the management to apologise to disappointed patrons and to assure them that the introduction of a new generating set • to-day will make a repetition of the trouble -impossible. A complete change of programme ' is announced for this evening, when a bright new series of the popular Fox films will be screened, headed by the great dramatic actor, William Farnum, in a powerful dramatic production entitled “The -Fires of Conscience.” George Baxter, in an insane fit of jealousy murders a blackguard whom he finds with liis wife. He escapes to the West, but the fires of conscience overtake liim and. he ultimately comes to justice a bigger and cleaner man and is acquitted by a jury which brings in an “unwritten law” verdict. The story is full of tense situations and gripping incidents and Farnum sustains the character in a truly wonderful manner. Another attraction -is a gripping Western drama under the title of “The Mediator,” which features the new picture idol, George Walsh, in the name part. He plays the part of Lisli Henley, an man with a great knack of,-finding trouble of his own and a confirmed “mediator” by means of his fists, in other peqple’s troubles. He fights somestirringbattles and the picture is full of “ginger.” The balance of the - programme is up to the high standard already set by the company. Vita Brob.’ orchestra will submit a new musical • programme. EVERYBODY’S. The queer title of the latest Triangle drama “Chicken Casey,” introduced at-Everybody’s to-day, gives no idea of .the delightfully original nature of the plot. Dorothy Dalton is the heroine, and the quick changes of her impersonation are baffling. She portrays an actress who is anxious to take the part of “Rags a "irl of the slums. The author, knowing her for a girl of wealth and luxury, will not hear of it, and so Dorothy goes into the . Bowery putb ud a remarkable “stunt- as Chicken Casey, a tough and altogether • undesirable young person. Through an ingenious trick, she. gets the author into a most compromising position, and the love story that develops is full of emotional, strength. The storv is of a genuinely new tj pe and it affords Dorothy Dalton greater scope for her versatility than anj thing she has done- As supports t following will be subniitted; Gaum^t Graphic, two comec le s Waldo” Dov” and “Brave Little VVaicio, and’another series of those splendid “Bairnsfather’s Cartoons.

PALACE PICTURES. “THE BATTLE OF ARRAS.” It would be impossible to exaggerate the significance of such a com pilation of great events assembled m the mightiest of all war films, me Battll of Arras,” which commences a season of three days and Rights at the Palace to-day. llie whole of th five huge reels contain as much ure history in the making" as any that have been taken since the beginning of the war. The . eager student of current history will be particular y grateful to the .intrepid cameraman whose daring is responsible for Se ’information "the,, film- contains. There are thrills without number, but these are of secondary importance compared to the grasp it gives the observer of tremendous events as they have occurred. It is impossible to enumerate in this space all of the important scenes of this remarkable -film. No effort has been made to soften the stark realism of war. and men are shown in the trenches, at close quarters with the enemv, many of them falling iinder fire. Unique views of those mighty monsters “The Tanks” are scieened, these giants of' . destruction being shown in actua] action. The scenes showing the Huns shelling a recaptured village is extraordinary nothin o- approaching this ever having been seen before. The shells seem to be bursting right under the lens of the camera, and the marvel is how the operator escaped. Great parks of artillery, thousands upon thousand's of cavalry, hordes of infantry. all are. shown playing thenparts in the great struggle. An. awe-inspiring spectacle is that m which we see our brave boys advancing in thousands, rising, falling, and advancing again, with our Ibarrago seemingly just in front, pouring forth its relentless hail. Patrons are note that parts of the proceeds are to be handed to the Government to swell the Sick, Wounded, and Convalescent Soldiers Fund. Another feature of this husre programme is Episode eight of “The Neglected Wife,” entitled ‘A Relentless Eote,” in which the villain Doyle kidnaps Kennedy, and after holding him for a while is .forced to give tm liis captive to Margaret and Norwood. Excitement reigns supreme in this splendid chapter of Pa file's finest serial. A great run has' set in at the London Music Shop, where seats can be reserved at no extra charge, and: patrons are advised to make early application.