AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16787, 31 August 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

o_ PRINCESS THEATRE The combination of turns at the Thi'.itio this wu'k inakut> up an (wmng'b (■litciUiiinuMii ol a \<ui((l and jiil«'ifsting iialuio 'Die re aro several excelluni, <ic'ts— in particular, those of lkillitigcT and Reynolds, Lebanon and Hill, Olark ,ind Wallace, and Xing and Thornton. TliP hatne artiblh will .lppe-ar to-night.

lIAYWARD'S PICTURES. The picture of "The All-Ked Route" was sulhcienlly attiaHiic to crowd out the OUngon Theatio again last night. Tho testimony of all who ha\o seen Uie picture is unanimous as to its complete piesentation ol the inteiest and wonders of the jouiney. and it k> quite unnecessary to say more legarding it than has been said. A spe< ial matinee is being given this afternoon at 3 o'< lock for echoot childien Tho management is instituting a competition for monetaiy prizes for tho best essays handed in bv school children on the picture. The conditions will be announced to day. Another big attraction ia promised patrons on Monday, in the form of the play "The Rosary," which will bo shown for tho fust time in this city. In its comment on this pic tuie when recently <,hown in Auckland the iStiir savs: "Consistently good though they have been, all previous programmes at the Lvno Theatre weie excelled on Saturday night, when the initial presentation of 'The Rosarj' drew a crowd that filled the theatre to overflowing The picture is adapted from the play by K. E Rose, and bids fair to rulriv.il it in popularity. The photo-pl.iv is exceptionally clear v bile the setting and manner of production are important factors in the puecess of tho picture. Miss Kathlyn Williams does excellent work in the part of Vera Wallace, while Mr Frank Clary vith convictions ability the life of Father Brian Kelly. It is a story of intense feeling and power and of gripping interest throughout The kineinatograph offers wider =copo than the stage for Ihe production of such a play, and it is therefore presented in more complete* form, with appropriate and beautiful settings." The box r>lan for the season is now on view at the Bristol Piano Company's premises.

QUEEN'S THEYTRE. "Scaled Lips," a five-act world's film attraciion, will Lo presented at tho Queen's Theatre for tlio first time to-day. It is said to be one % ot tho iinost productions of its class screened in this theatre, and is ciowded with big emotional scenes. Tlio interest of the play turns on Henry Evcrard, who has been convicted of a eiimej committed by Ins friend, a young minister. Henry is ongaped to tho mini=te?i's sister, and as tho yeais go bv she st'll soirows for the man she loves, whom she believes to bo innocent. Tlio minister maines Everard's sister, and she, too, i« filled with pity for her brother. The cau.so of the ciime is a village beauty, who roallv knows that Everard is innocent, and the mnn who committed the crime, is her son's fdthei Tlio minister rises to orrrin°nce, but his burden is too hard to bear, and ho confesses his guilt, and the innocent aro once more made hnppy. The supportinsr proerramm ,l contains a good comedv. featuring George Ovey, and the "Topical Budget."

PLAZA THEATRE. "Life's Whirlpool" and supporting films attracted a largo attendance to the Plaza Theatre Jast evening. To-day "Lola," a big World's Film, will bo the attraction. Apart from tho superb photography and the many fine dramatic situations which this star contains, the beautiful and feoulful Clara Kemiball Young is a suffieiftrit guarantee that the production is of excellent merit. There aro fine film supports. The theatre opens at 1 p.m.

KINO EDWARD THEATRE. Tho management of tho King Edward Theatre will continue to screen till Saturday evening tlio excellent educational lilm depicting the "All Red Route" in conjunction with a new supporting programme headed by tho tenth episode of the Australian bushranging serial, entitled " Stinparee." In the fresh •nstalmont, ' 'Ihe Villain Worshipper," Stingarec taken m lwnd a, young man who has set Stingarce up as his idol, and seeks to emulate his feats. Tho bushranger sueeoeds m his eftorts to cure the nrnguided youth, but at tho cost of a great sacrifice on Ins own part. There is a surprise in store 'for Stingarco 'ol'ou'prs in the closing =o"no ot thia episode. The usual matineo will be neld on Saturday, and it should afford a .splendid opportunity loi the voting folk to view the "All Red Route."

GRAND THEATR.E. Tho change ot piogianimo at tho Grand Theatre to-day will include three star films, one, entitled "Living London," showing all tho main placets ot interest in the great metropolis; another. "A Daughter of Britain," a modem three-act dramj. kinematographed in and around London; and "And by These Deeds," a. strong human drama in two acts, by the American Biograph Company. Two fine comedy films will also bo diown, and there will be another change of programmo on Saturday.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Marguerite Clarke, the popular screen actress, will play the leading part in an elaborate picturisation of Mark Iwain's -naster work "Tho Prince and the Pauper" at Everybody's Theatre today, rho meiriment and clever humour of the story, with its dashes of dramatic thrills, contains, it is said, all the elements of a great artistic triumph. The chief role is interpreted by a star of unusual ability. Tho story refers to tho time of Henry VHI, and shows two youth's placed in different positions in life, who come together and tiianga places for a time. One of tho boys is Tom Cacty, tho son of a drunken bully, who makes the child 6% life a continual miscy. The other boy is tho Prince of Wales, who, although surrounded by every luxury ycaras for a life that is beyond tho palace walio 'iom poops into the palace at Whitehall, and is being ,i oughly handled by the soldiers when the Princo" intcr\enes, ajid take-3 him to his own apartments Noticing tho stiiking reseinbl inro between them, he changes clothes with the little paupa , , and goes out in search of adventure, leaving the delighted Tom Canty to ape the manners of .i prinoe. The sequel is very interesting, tho climax being pl<?asing. Good drama and comedy films are mclucic-d in the programme.

EMPIRE THEATRE. "Jimmy," a drama, by the well known authoress, John Strange Winter, is the leading picture .it tho Emp-ro Iheitro The piece is oi a most interesting character, and is capably acted and nicely staged. Marta of the Jungle*' is another excellent picture, and tho suppoiting films aro tlso judiciously selected.

KING'S THEATRE. A fair-sized audience was again present at the King's Theatre last night to see the Lre Dnroy-Bave Smith tight picture, 'ihe film, which gives a good ldra. of fhe contest, is supported by a irmnber of films that make up a pleasing piogramme.

SUBMARINE PICTURES. At the King's Theatre on Tuesday u ill bo prefcentod by Messrs W. and F. Williams what may be described as probably the most remarkable moving picturo ever taken—the Williamson Bros.' submarine pictures, which by means of actual moving photography taken from the bed ot the ocean, reveals all that scientists have endeavoured to solve, and fiction writers have attempted to describe. The records of the photographcro' sojourn beneath the ocoan is vividly depicted in these pictures, which are the first and only ever taken at the bottom of the sea. There is a fascination and interest about this picture which is indescribable and far beyond iho dreams of even the most imaginative novelist. It is said that tho audience is spellbound while being con ducted through the eubmaiino tropical gardens which aro the undersea surroundings of the Bahama Islands, and the fish in their native haunts provide a most interesting study. The natives diving for coin?, and the scramble under vator for their posMSSion is highly amusing, while a fight under water between a man and shark is one of tho most thrilling incidents ever depicted in motion photography. A journoy of just 100 miles under water betweer Nassau and 'San Salvador 01 Wattling's Island, where Columbus first sot foot on the new world, gives aniplo peope for this wonderful picture, \ihieh almost beggars desciiption. Never have such pictures born Foon before, and neither from an odura tional, scientific, or errfnrtaining point of view could they bo equalled. Time will allow of only a very brief tour of flic dominion with the pictures, and tho season in Dnnedin is limited to five nights. The box plan cf reserved seats will bo open at the Bristol Piano Company'e premises tomorrow morning.

"Poo- o' Mv Heart" will ooino to Now Zealand on the oom-liision of its prosont .sr.i.son at the Kind's Tho.itm, Melbourne. T!io tour will open at Wellington, and will I'liilincc AurLland, Dimodin, Clin'sfe hurrh, Napier. (Ji»U>rnp, Wungamii, ami sover.il otlxr ritirs ami town'). The Dunedin Sanson will open in November The- many ]>"«pli % who lm\o ro.ie] "The Sentimental Bioko," bv C. J. Dennis, will be interested to learn that LaHitwo C'anipbr>ll, the brilliant Australian elocutionist, has cirrcincrccl to givo recitals of seloc-tions from the book in Sydney, Melbourne, and A'eiv Zealand.