ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 75, 12 March 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

RICKARDS’ TIVOLI COMPANY . Mr- Hugh f). Mclntosh, who rum controls the entire Rickards thearie interests. which he has floated into a <o:npanv of £250,000 fully paid-up shaies, intends to fully maintain the best tra- ’ ditions of the late Ilai.y Riekaids, in the Dominions, for .with the compant of artists to appear at the I’nncess Theatie. Hastings, to-moirov. (Fhuisrlay) evening, will be found an exceptionally fine array of imported talent. Tni<’. each artist is a sti angei to th"‘e parts, but in the case of Arnold de There and his deter entertainments of 1 magic working, and Miss Nella Webb, the celebrated dansense. their r< sportive reputations have already reached here. Those artists have had record successes in Australia recentlv. T.v. loi and Arnold, lagtime mono’ogmsts, provide a turn of great originality and brightness. Alberto Marini, late leading tenor of the Quinlan. Opera Company, is another big feature in an “ allstar ” programme; while Chinko, the celebrated boy .juggler, and Minnie Kauflinan provide distinctive attractiveness to 'the new Rickards organisation. The plan for reserved seats is at Hall’s PRINCESS THEATRE, HASTINGS The change to-night includes the great feature drama, 2500 feet long. “ Restitution.” Duchesney, the lawyer, receives a visit from a rich friend, and during the night he enters the room, turns on the gas. and in the morning the friend is dead. Duchesnev then helps himself to his friend’s wealth. The death of Marval is surrounded in mystery, many people not believing m the suicide theory. Marval’s friends dress up one of their number to look precisely like Marval, and one evening secretly introduce him into Duchesncy’s house while they hide to

watch the result. Duchesnev thinks n is Marval’s ghost, and confesses his crime. There are other good films on the programme, notably ihe A.B. drama, “ Pirate Gold,” and the A.B. comedy, “ Cost of Reduction.'" KING’S THEATRE, HASTINGS. To-night, at the King’s Theatre, the management will screen a programme comprising selections from all the leading film makers. A Vitagrapli subject is included, in which all the favourite artists of that famous company take part ; there is also a beautiful Pathc coloured film representing oil paintings. A Gaumont Graphic will give the audi'ence a glimpse of some of the recent happenings in England. The Norilsk Company is represented by a 2500 ft drama,, entitled “ Shanghied.” Tins picture deals with the life of a young officer who is kidnapped in a foreign port, and alter many wild adventures is rescued by his lady-love and her father. A beautiful Pathc coloured film entitled “ Woman’s Ambition ” is also to be shown. A couple in poor circumstance visit a wealthy relative, where, excit'd by the wealth displayed, the wife elopes with one of the guests, a reputed wealthy man. He is arrested, and Juliet i.. left strand'd. Through the kind office, of a policeman she gets employment in a laundry. Her husband has lost his reason, and a traveller friend arrang---an interview between husband and wife, and the shock restores his reason. He pardons his wife, and she finds out that a woman’s ambition in lite is to lo.e and ba loved. Pathe films are alwa;- s good, but in this picture the makers have excelled themselves, the settim, and the photography being absolutely superb. The Vitagrapli subject is entitled ‘‘Captain Barnacle's Legacy.’ This story opens in England, and takes the audience, to South Africa, where ii is ended after many laughable and interesting antics. The remainder of the programme includes ” The Sul"-tiini ■ Model" <a Se'ig dramat and sfwt'.n comic and scenic Sims.