FULLERS' PICTURES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 69

FULLERS' PICTURES.

The pictures presented at the Princess Theatre on the 21st must have eeen preceded by their reputation, for a very large number cif people awaited their production. Tha programme is judiciously varied and comprises films of unusual interest and beauty. The dramatic and humorous depictions are of a much higher standard than those previously shown, and in all cases the Tehearsing has been beyond reproach. Not the least interesting are a series of pictures in colour (Pathe Freres) showing wild birds in their haunts, the obtaining of which must have been- attended with much difficulty. One sees the wild grebe returniag to her nest amid the rushes, and removing the covering of dry sedge, sitting on bar eggs; and, when being seared, carefully re-covering the eggs before taking again to the water. Wild ducklings are seen hatching, and skirmishing a fortnight later in search of provender. There are a number of other pictures of birds feeding their young. This spool winds up with an owl of alarming dimensions. The spool entitled " Faust" is a condensed, but very passable, representation of Goethe's immortal tragedy. The parts of Faust, Marguerite, and Mephisifcopheles are excellently acted,

and the scenic appurtenances better set than is usual in animated picture plays. " Darjeeling " shows the little town up near the Tibetan frontier, where residents of Calcutta go to get cool. It is also of interest as being (since the handing of Tibet back to China) the new key to India, and the point where a Mongolian army drilled on * European lines may one day attempt to march en route for Bengal. One of the prettiest spools in the programme is descriptive of Jersey. One sees the steamers landing at St. Heliers, King street, the old chateau, the garrison on church parade, the oaves, and the famous lighthouse, all in the colours in which they appear on a bright summer's day. A glimpse of Singapore and its outlying cocoanut plantations appear in another film, which gives a vivid impression of the ways of the native in the little island at the top of the Malay Peninsula. " Dutch Types and Headdresses" form a series of the people who reside by the Zuyder Zee. There are windmills, nether garments of astounding dimensions, wooden shoes, old fishermyi, fuirious tobacco smoking, and intricate and astonishing headgear. Herring fishing off the Boulogne is another beautiful succession of colour pictures, embracing bits of the French coast, the Channel, and the smacks sailing home with the catch. " The Terrible Ordeal" is of the up-to-date sCTio-comic American order. " Nick Carter as an Acrobat" appeals to 1 Ki.ny, ©specially the irrepressible elementin the Olympian quarter. Mr Grossmith and Mr Payne in a series of absurdities at the Gaiety Theatre (London) form quite an entertainment in themselves. Other amusing items are " The Ruse that Failed" and Foolshead's manner of promoting temperance. In this programme nearly all tastes have been carefuily catered for