ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1922, 16 May 1913, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

FIRST NIGHT AT FULLER'S.

A distinct triumph was added to Messrs Fuller's already extensire laurels by the new programme staged last night. The greatest picture is a perfect masterpiece of diama. It is entitled The Secret of the Safe." It scintillates with the jingle of priceless jewellery, the glamour treasure trove, the mystery of secret chambers and subterranean vaults; and through it all the gentle love longing- of a pair of young-hearted people. In the beginning there lives a certain Baron who in his miserly way has hoarded up much gold and precious jewels. These he hides in a safe below floors, reached only through secret panels and passages. A servant, moved by the universal greed for gold, succeeds by peeping through a hole bored in the miser's study door, in learning the secrets' of the way to the safe. Discovered prying, he is shot at but missed by the Baron, and then a hand to hand struggle ends in the Baron's death. The servant is sent to prison for life. He escapes later, burgles the residence, operates the panels and reaches the safe. Here he proves that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing," for when he begins to' break the safe he releases two automatic steel arms which grip him to his death, "i Meanwhile a gaol mate, Peter, to whom he had confided the secret, is released for good conduct and heroism. Peter hastens to the late baron's residence, tells what he knows to the baron's niece and heiress (who is on the point of losing her home for debt) and shows them their way to millions. Exceptionally thrilling things happen, however, before that stage is reached, including a delightfully unhappy experience for the mortgagee. In the other subjects "His Western Way," and "At the Foot of the Scaffold," are particularly good dramas. The comedies, scenics, and | the news budgets are well up to the standard.