FULLERS' PICTURES.
But few seats were left unoccupied art the 3rd at the Princess Theatre on the occasion of the weekly change being made in the pictures. No one present could) witness the six or eight depictions of seal and walrus hunting in the Polar regions without being deeply interested. The pictures of the manufacture of sherrjr give a capital idea of the manner in which the industry is carried on, but the depiction of the trarmoinsr of the grape by a numben of swarthy individuals, lightly clad, might well make lovers of the wine pause and consider whether they should not abandon their favourite beverage. The reviewing of troops by Lord. Minto was an imposing military spectacle. Probably, however, tha finest series of pictures shown was those used to briefly outline Dunsas's story of " The Lady of the Camelias." Those taking part in the mimic drama conveyed to the spectators in a very admirable manner the passage in the history of the lives of Marguerite and Ormond, unoh which the novel is founded, and the films themselves were unusually good. A very beautiful 6et oS pictures was ulaced on the screen entitled the Water Sprite, which was well worth seeing. Most of the other pictures were humorous, and some of them were intenselv amusing. " Foolshead's Christmas Tree" and the motor cyclists misadventures werg among the best, but all were highly divert ing.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 69
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233FULLERS' PICTURES. Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 69
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