BRITISH PICTURES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 22, 26 January 1911, Page 5

BRITISH PICTURES.

This week's programme of the British Picture Company is well up to the high standard ..set by the proprietary.' The Town Hall was well filled last night, showing that the Blenheim people still appreciate the programmes submitted by Messrs Adams Bros. -The siar picture this week is Shakspere's famous tragedy "King Lear." Briefly, the story is as follows:—Goneril and Regan, daughters oi King Lear, accuse their sister Cordelia of false love for the king, and he banishes Cordelia from him. Edmund, the king's natural son, induces Goneril and Regan to depose their father and ■drive him out of the kingdom. ! THe king goes mad, and when he recoveres his reason, he finds himself in the arms of his banished daughter Cordelia. The breach between the two is healed; and Edmund is so enraged at the reconciliation that he orders Cordelia to be strangled. /Edward of Gloucester avenges Lear by putting Edmund to death. The picture ends with the death of Lear, who falls dead over the. body of Cordelia. ' A film of great beauty was a series of pictures taken round Lake Lugano, arid the State quarries of Diriormie, North Wales, brought home to the audience the danger and toil entailed in the production of slates. "Ma's new Dog,"' and "Playing Truant," provided much mirth, and "The Child of the Ghetto" was a pretty story well told, with a happy ending. "The Little Doctor of the Foothills" was also an amusing number, with a taint of boy and the wolf fable irterwoven. The Queen's Own Hussars were shown indulging in one of the tournaments which are held to maintain the efficiency of the British Army, and the feats of horsemanship witnessed are to be marvelled at. The pictures will be shown again at Blenheim on Friday and Saturday nights, and on Saturday afternoon, and as the programme is full of interest a visit to the Town Hall is recommended.