ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1476, 23 November 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

FULLER’S PICTURES,

The star feature of the current programme at b'uller’s Is a thrilling, majestic war drama entitled, “A Question of Courage.” A soldier's widow and her three sons comprise a happy family. War is declared, and the mother bravely decides to give her three sous to her country. On the tirst'list she sees the names ot her two eldest sons as having died in action. Her grief takes possession of her. She seeks out her youngest sou, and tells him if he continues any further she will shoot herself. At last she prevails upon him to desert. He is arrested and tried for cowardice. He refuses to give the reason for his desertion. At this point in the trial his mother breaks in and tells her story, but the law of the country allows no excuses. He is ordered to be shot. The General who is present at the trial, feeling that the man is a brave man, interests himself on the lad’s behalf, and he is given a chance to prove his valour. How he does it is most realistic and beautitul. Supporting pictures consist of scenic, comic, dramatic and topical Items, WEDNESDAY. The Keystone Company provide a special feature for Wednesday in “Gnssle Rivals Jonah,” leaturlng Syd. Chaplin. Gussle and his exacting wife take a water trip, during the course ot which some remarkable acrobatic feats are performed. “The Box Car Trap,” Is a thrilling railway drama by the Kalem Co. There Is also a good selection of supporting items.