KING'S THEATRE.

NZ Truth, Issue 253, 30 April 1910, Page 6

KING'S THEATRE.

West's Pictnres.

"The Last Deal" is one of those American sketches with the dubious moral that delights all and sundry. The young clerk gambles away his last sixpence and his wife's jewels m an attempt to meet his defalcations, then his brother-in-law arrives from the wild west and wins a small fortune at poker, wherewith the matter is fixed up as the desperate clerk is placing a revolver at his own head. It was unpardonably wicked for the clerk to poker away his substance, but the winning back of the cash by the brother-in-law was a virtuous act because the end justified the means. It is probable that the brother-in-law would have been applauded vociferously even if he carried an ace up his sleeve most of the time— which he probably did. The current week's programme was unusually entertaining, instructive and amusing. Testing armor piate with big guns was an inspiring scene, whilst the comic sketches convulsed the crowd. A visit to Che German National Zoo aroused particular enthusiasm, and films of the boy lout extravagance were received with juvenile cheers. In the United States the Biograph crowd seem to be able to press the American army into service whenever required. "In the' nick of- Time" was staged with the help of a coinpanv of engineers, who built a pontoon bridge to enable a girl m a motor car to pass oo c r and save pa ? s bank with borrowed gold