ENTERTAINMENTS.

Mataura Ensign, 24 July 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PRINCESS THEATRE. The "star" picture in ;the cltmnge of programme at the Princess Theatre last evening was an .exciting detective drama. entitled "Nick Winter and the Kid'napperi." The story dealt wifi->; tlroi diskinhe.ritanee of an only son whoniarr.iedi bcniMi.th his station in life asidwa-s driven fronv his ancestral liome. Laifccr 0111 hij died, leaving a widow and one child. His father was induced l to relent, aad advertised for the widtow and' child. Tlie widfcw confided in a neighbor, seeking (!fa> loan of w, suitable eo.v' turn© in order to fittingly visit the marquis, and was beguiled into 'banding over Iter marriage certificate and other papers. The.'woman audi toer child! were detained, and the people she had trust* ed passed themselves off as tho dead son's widow, and .friends. The margnisr missed! property and subsequently sought tho assistance of tVie dtet-eetive. IMa-ny thrilling episodes occurred dining lids invostigaitiions, with the result that the inmost-cm were arrested and the real i.i'ughTe.r-in-la.w -restored. Other interesting pictures were "The Fiancee and the Fairy," "How Ooke.is' : Manufactured," "A Muddy Itoitnauee" and l the visit of the King of Spain to France.

THEATRE ROYAL. Many cinematograph pictures fail to impress, leaving hut a fleeting impression on tho memory, but an exoeption is an A.B. drama which was presented at tho Theatre Royal last evening, Which unfolded maiiy unhappy chapters ■in the Jil'e of -a .woman who was saved from making a. fatal mistake but which meant the breaking up of a. home and a child bereft of its mother. "Love of Beauty," which told a protty little story, showed that beauty in looks does not necessarily mean beauty of character. The programme, contained several good laughter-makers, while an excellent insight was given*'into the wine industry in Marsala. Owing to the theatre being engaged this evening the prog ramme Will be repeated on Saturday afternoon'and'evening only. 1 ' - '

"THE ROSARY" TO-NICHT. .' The long-lookedrfor and .long-expect-ed "lio-eary" will eveivUrate to-night in the Theatre lioyal .for one nasrhi, only. Hundreds have been talking ,-of it lor weeks and ! wondering whe'/ii it was going to he brought to Gore, .and now at last their curiosity will l be satislied. A great number of people* have thought 'it is a. religious play, but it is not. ]t certainly is a play with a moral l .and appeals to aJI in the same way that "A Message from* Mai's" giypped its audience and will continue ■to do -so whenever it -i» played. "The Rosary" is norf- known as the "East Lynne" of America and is looked'foi nil' over _ the Sta>te& for weeks before the public knew the date it was coming. It i« » play with a purpose and a play that makes' the ordinary .mortal ■tlr.i'iik after lie has seen .it. 'There is only the one verdict from, everybody—"a good play and one. that all should patronise."

i It will be staged tlhe saline as. Was done in the larger citii.es- aiid all the appointments will be brought -with the company, including scenery, now drfS"es, properties and other mechanical contrivances used iiv the. prcduciion. The notable featuro in jfo c 3 < J s the Tftcrtn&R .'of •Mr Harr-nirion' RouH.-.'ds, II- e dietinguivill&tJT Atiu-1-i"an ; , e w'r'. M. Reynolds 'has bc.ldl a. foi c-mos: position in' America for years ami al«) in< Filmland, and his jovial tare. < .p! -.1 witli ■his'physical appeara.iM'c, p| u!iarh hiira i'or charaoccrisatioa* »< the' tvpin which he appears in "Tjie RoWv'." He. ha® played Father Kell.v for years and 1 - in. fact created ti'je character, therefore there is no ws wrier ttliat it fits Jiim like a glove. As r ,o. i ; ,: od' n ; tih him in the caste ai M Te is ie Arnold, who plays a. must d-illi.-ul-t .part lit the: piece, that- of uho ivin MsfiVs, and go remarkably doe?> .4,' maintain the tiVo -characters iTK/st-'pccvile t'-wnk -that there is .soareoi!,' else, playing the ot'her part. The ,_■:!>(«.■ members of the original company who will appear ar<? Messrs' Albert \V alter Feivner, George Nolan: LearyjPaul' Byron and. M'isses Grace Reading and: Ktbel Elder.. To-night's- attendiance should- be a- record' one. at Goro. For the comfort of pa'troiis tho theatre, ivilli bo ste-am-'heated. Seats may be hooted' at. Sloans', wlijcre day saty tickets are obtainable.