AMUSEMENTS

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13178, 6 October 1914, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

MHHw; ; jis.3nid;|Hatthoy| : tij'Q , .musical!nijtl;|ifM:wi|j ; rriosftnf^tiibtfs]; of■: '■ co ; operatin|) siicli; niaiinor'«s'to sioii effect ghinc't]" is spontaneous.'.' ■ Tiiorem Jies niucli of tlioir, SUQCPB3. In enteftajn| ' 'jitfjij;■ *$$ '.\(jfcfc ■iPiiridiess tliei'o is'notliing:bearing tUo leant shii'(low: of 'suggestion 'or yulgnrjty>^Thf>S fun ;is wli'blosomb .and cleaii;-Thatjjjiay; be taken ns. ahotlicr reason; for■ tlio ; be- ■ sto\\;ai of ;tho Imll-mark'df poplilarity• of 'tiio company. During' his acquaintance witlr New Zefllaud Mr Branscombo' has presented sovoraiploasiii,T attracbut it is claimed'for..tliq .'company wliicii appears to-movrony/'thftt; t.liey will odipso the liigh stnntlartl snt by tlioir predecessors.' They created quite a. fnroro in ■ Wellington, where tliey bocnine very popidar. '•'i'lio JDanV dies" will present all tho latest productions during their local season, I'i'ho 1 plan is at tho Dresden.

■■' "DAVID COPPEP.FIELD." A packed honso grootod tho screening of the Hopworth masterpiece, "David Copperfleld," last evening, mid it is safe to say that not one patron wont away' disappointed.' Other much-heralded films linvo como :nwi' gone without fulfilling tho claims.; put forth for thorn,'but <( David Copper.-, "field" cannotbo classed among theso. Even tho most exacting must wax en- . thiisinstic. ovor : , tlieVsplendid character roproscn tn;tiqii. jOui' olfl friend Mlcaw-herewith-nllhis conscious • grandiloquo'iieo; Uriah"'lleep "with his. unctuous oiliuess, Aunt Betsy, Mr Dick, and the host of familiar faces woro there,, just as the master-mind of Dickens created them. From his early life-with his faithful Pcggotty;to tho arrival of thety. rant Murdstoiie;- from his eventful schooldays; through tho varying vicissitudes of his early life to his employment with Mr Wiekfiold, and finally to his second marriage, ono sees the real Diekens' David Copperflold, Tho contrast between the light, sweet, butterfly nature of Dorn, and tho grave, sweet nobility of Agnes, is most delicately, produced and ono feels, as Dickens intended, that Agnea is David's ideal wife and not Dora. Tho tragic "branch":story of Steerforth and little Emily is most realistically presented, and the selfsacrificing death.of Ilam to save the life of his bitter enemy is poignantly pictured; On the whole the film accomplishes a great work-the effective' dramatisation of Dickens in- tabloid" form. Of course many of the.incidents of the novel have been of necessity omitted, but,the producers of tins'film have done their work with loving and judicious} care, and tho picture iosjs none of the effect of the classic story, JKMI'Wt flf£Oamami'jjilcesftbst fdlks|< desire to obtaift good measure'for tMr ! money, and they may certainly accomplish this when thoy witness "David Copperfleld." It i s splendid measura and the quality lenves a keen desire for more. Those who have read the book will feel tho characters eveh more supremely alive, and those who have not read it should certainly take tho first opportunity. "David Copperfleld" will be screened for two more nights only,