A GREAT PICTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 69

A GREAT PICTURE.

Referring to the great living picture reproduction of the Burns-Squires contest, which will be shorai at the- Princess Theatre on Thursday evening- n«xt, the Auckland Star says: "The Opera House was filled to overflowing when Messrs Mac-■Ma-hon and, Carroll presented for the first 'time a. marvellous series of animated pic•tnres illustrating the great %ht betwe<-ai Tommy Burns and gill Squires for th-a (pugilistic championship of the world, in i addition to a frighjy interesting- set of films showing various incidents and competitions at the Franco-British Exhibition. •Long before the advertised timi? for openlngsa .great crowd had gathered round the entrance, and a rush for seats followed ai «oon as the dcors were open. At 7.30 the authorities stepped in, and refused to allow *ne-=al© of any mere tickets, and consequently a very large number had reluctantly to be d«<nied admission. The enthusiasm of the audience throughout fche entertainment was intense, especially 6 o during the Burns-Squires pictures when many of ♦lie audience completely ± forgot - thafc they 2T C 5 c I J£ fc * c{ua l'y witnessing the great iight. The programme began with scenes an the Stadium at tbo Franco-British Exhibition; the parade before H.R.H. Primcess of Wales, the start at Windsor for the iffreat Marathon Race, incidents en route and the finwb. The entertainment is one cnat no lover of athletics can afford to torn. The pictures throughout were won<ierfully dear, and the absence of flioberang—so great a feature of modern cinematography—is a pleasing feature of the production.- All the pictures of the athletic *porfe, as *I«o that of the great battle, •«r«re out-of-door photographs, and consequentiy much superior to animated pictures or ngfats which have hitherto been shown "