FULLERS’ PICTURES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 69

FULLERS’ PICTURES.

The pictures presented at the Princess Theatre on Saturday afternoon and evening attracted large and interested audiences, which shewed their appreciation of the various films in frequent outbursts of applause. On New Year’s Day a special matinee was held in the afternoon, when a complete change of programme was presented. The same pictures were shown again to a packed and most appreciative house in the evening. The series includes a proportion of topical and instructive matter, as well as the usual stirring dramas and ludicrous comics. Tho first picture gives fine illustrations of some of the great Chinese cities to which the cables have boon referring so frequently of iato. The spectator is hurried along the crowded streets of Hankow, by tho busy waters of the Yhng-tso-kiang, on the electric tramcars of Tientsin, and from one to another of the famous cities of Peking. Views taken at a Caledonian sports gathering in Scotland proved of considerable interest, though the dance and pipe music pictures wore somewhat prolonged. There were tugs-of-war, tossing the caber, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, pole vaulting, and plenty of dancing to the music of tho pipes, which were appropriately introduced for tho time being instead of the orchestra. Among the dramatic films, tho star is undoubtedly a Pathe coloured film illustrating the historic story of the siege of Calais. This is staged on a very elaborate scale, and in some of the battle and siege scenes there must have been many hundreds of actors taking part. “ The Moonstone ” is a very effective dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’s well-known novel of that name. “ How Betty Won the School ” is a half humorous tale of a boarding school girl, who i$ first thought by her companions to be of a cowardly disposition,.,but she completely establishes her reputation by neatly lassooing a burglar and tieing him up with rope. “The Pal’s Oath ” and “ Rob Roy ” are two good dramas, the latter being based on the story of the famous Scottish outlaw. “Jimmy’s” achievements in practical hypnotism proved extremely amusing, leading as they did to a series of quaint msunderstandngs, recriminations, and explanations.