ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 158, 20 June 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PRINCESS THEATRE, HASTINGS

The pictures to-night include a very fine story of th'? opium smugglers, entitled “ The Venom of the Poppy.”

There is a very fine scene of a rescue from shipwrer-k. “ Stage-struck Charlie,” “Lea the Telephone Girl,” and “ Gontran's Friends ” are all good comics. A very exciting drama is “ What the Indians Did,’ ’and another good subject is “A Rough Diamond. ’ KING S THEATRE, HASTINGS. Last night dozens of people were turn"! away from the King’s Theatre, i The pictures submitted were indeed an excellent lot. and well worth seeing. “ Modern Fire Fighters ” is an educational subject, and shows the methods adopted in New A ork for fighting fires that occur in skyscrapers. The motor engines and motor boats, the long ladders, and other appliances are plainly and distinctly shown. “A Lion’s Reveng? ” is a wonderfully good coloured picture. The colouring is superb, and th l acting and staging are remarkable. Three full-grown lions are seen on the stage at one time, and one, a savage one, is seen to tear a man to pieces. ■ ‘Umbrellas to Mend ” is a good comedy that caused much merriment. John Bunny, the fat comedian, is seen to great advantage in this film. “Behind the Flag ” is a novelty film of sleight-of-hand work, and it is exceptionally good, receiving more applause than any other picture last evening. “The Handicap ” is a Mexican drama of a racecourse scene. A brother and sister are about to be turned out of their home. They have a good horse, which they enter for a 10,000 dollar race. To stop them winning, the brother, who is to act as jockey, is drugged. His sister finds this out at the last moment, and resolves to ride the horse herself. .She is successful in winning the race, thereby protecting the family's honour and saving them from being turned out of their home. “ Freezing Auntie,” a comedy picture, did not come to hand in time for last night’s performance. It has now arrived, and will be shown to-night. “ Romance of Cliff Dwellers” is a good drama of people in the early days. A girl and her lover are condemned to death. The tribe decide to give them a chance of life by sending them over a large waterfall. This they do, and both land in the deep water and swim to land unhurt. The scene of the waterfalls in this picture is beautiful. “ One Way to Win ” is a good comedy picture. Pathe's Gazette contains absolutely the best pictures from a photographic point of view that have been shown for a long time. “A String of Pearls ” is a good drama showing the difference between the sick poor and the sick and pampered rich. “An Unruly Charge ” is a good comedy picture of a dog. The best picture of the evening was undoubtedly “ She,” which is beyond description. The picture follows the main features of the book, and gives a good idea of the whole story. To night the same selection wiil be screened.

OLYMPIA RINK, HASTINGS. Last evening a fair crowd of skaters attended at the Rink and enjoyed the healthy pastime of skating. The Rink Band was in attendance, and played many selections of music during the evening, much to the enjoyment of the skaters. A noticeable feature is the number of learners who attend each night. In the learners’ session from 6 to 7 only learners are allowed on the floor. The “ collar night ” which was to have taken place last night, has been postponed to Wednesday next, when a prize will be given for the largest gent’s collar and the smallest, and the largest and smallest girla' collars.

GEORGE MARLOW’S DRAMATIC

COMPANY

With the hall-mark of a big metropolitan success upon it, George Marlon’s Company will make its appearance in the Princess Theatre. Hastings, on Monday. June 2'rth, in the latest and one of the biggest dramatic successes that the Australian stage has seen for some considerable time, entitled, “ A Girl’s Temptation.” The authoress, Mrs. Morton Powell, claims to expose some of the temptations which beset most young girls who go out into the world to earn an honest living. Mr. Marlow is sending to this town an organisation second to no other dramatic combination in Australia. In reviewing “A Girl’s Temptation,” a prominent critic said:—“ It is a daring and most skilful handling of decidedly Zola-esque materials, cleverly sugarcoated with farcical comedy, and rounded off v. ith numerous thrilling situations.” Big business has been done everywhere this drama has been staged. The full metropolitan company and complete scenery and effects as used in Melbourne wiil be used in the presentation of the drama here. The box plan is at Hall and Son’s, while early door tickets for the back stalls and gallery are obtainable at Cohen’s. The second production of the season, on Tuesday, June 25th, will be a dramatic version of Bret Harte’s famous novel, “ The Luck of Roaring Camp,” an intensely interesting drama vividly describing mining life in the Western States of America.