AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 12 September 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

JUS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

Aed al Ilfs' last night, embracing some of the kinematographitfts’ most striking v.oj-ks. i«v girammo commenced with- the King arid Queen on tiieir way to a thanksgiving service at St. raid’s, attondcdV, by all that gorgeous-military display- so essential to , the progress of Royalty ‘ pUrSuch occasions, together with the thousands of cheering people lifting the route; followed by “The Grit! of, the West,” a stirring drama. ‘‘■The Carrot Caterpillar” is a fine coldi&bd Rathe - nature study,: showing the various stages of growth from the grub to the, butterfly, and as the picture was Taken through a magnifier, iC’Shows everything , very clearly . Ino lecture,- represomang the opera was a. good one, enabling the yixidousVihciddnts to bo followed ciosely'J ‘ ' • ‘The Secret of .the Still’' was anotnen.finehdrama. • ; ■„dlhe--eiiief-,! picture of the evening, liditevar, was .“Back’ to the Primitive.” 'A-, brother living _in (West Africa telegraphed ■to Ids sister to come to; him, under escort of a friend of bi&i -dOhrtho way out an American engineer joins the ship, and becomes friendly .with the young lady. On the w;ny dbwn the African coast their stUunfor is wrecked, and the lady, her escort, and the engineer get to land cm,a raft. They build an enclosure in ' tho bush, and arrange an improvised flag on tho beach to serve as a signal fiar. passing ships, and a fire is kept lighted on the beach also at night for the same purpose. One evening while the engineer, is away fixing up the beacon lire for the night, and while tho lady is inside the enclosure, her escort: is killed by lions. The engineer and tho lady continue in tnoir usual, course for two years, at the end of -which time they are reduced to skins-of; animals for clothing. About this time the brother sees in a newspaper a report of a distress signal having been seen up tho coast, and he at once 1 fits out an expedition to investigate the matter. Inis expedition . roaches tho wrecked ones distress signal one evening, and the men at' once strike into the bush. About tho same- time the engineer’ and the lady -leave tiieir enclosure for tiro- purpose of- lighting the lire on the beach. On their way a lion begins - to track tKoin, and trie man ineffectually fires qftrqws- at it; -Just as they are/giving .Vhopo and the lion, is closing on tiioni, piuudf the men of theV cxpeditn arrives on .the scene and shoots Interest and excitement are at high tfcnsion throughout, and tfio operatioiis of the lions, Which are good ahd ftrbper . beasts without the least sdnipiahee of being imitations lions or tamo lions,hare- ami worth watching: Sports of Old London shdfi'bd a second instalment of views otjFf- places in London which have Instorifti associations. The comics were well up to standard,)' includitig “‘Swank Buys a Motor Bikhi ,r “A-Mix Up” and “That Horse Bid lluh.’ 1 /. , ; *4-The programme will be repaved this dVeriing' 'when an oil painting valued rttl££l ids will be presented to the occupier: of the : lucky scat. ;--;iIOYAL AND BIOGRAPH PIC- ; ; 5 1 ';• TORES. ‘ ’ This popular combination again occupy. the Town Hall to-night. Iho prdg’rammp to bo screened is a- fine variety of scenic, industrial, dramatic topical; and comedy subjects. The fine sdries of Wanganui views will be particularly .interesting to all local resid'erits.': All-tho beauty spots,.of the city! ‘properrare clearly reproduced, ahd tlie beailtiful stretches of the famous river are so realistic as to convW tho idea the audience /arffi ifoally making the trip. Another pioturavoF more ; than ordinary interjjstHto Now-Zealanders is a gorgeously coloured production by Patho f‘The Coasts .of New Zealand. Eorghcer radiant-beauty this picture willgiVe the purest pleasure to speutatnu, aiibwing. some of the most levcly f.of.Ncw Zealand’s . beauty spots,- places. Where; .the merit,ld grerfi. a i? a glory and a delight,, aria wltere the- giant ferns thrive in all their beauty. l- '.’There are the mountains sitll thbjr ;gtcat glaciers showing their exquisite-.colours,, and there are also fliltipSes' of tho • beautiful, sparkling lue sea. ' Other items of more than Ordinary ir.tcrest arc. “The Path a Gazgtfe.reproducing all recent- riotdbje.’oVeirfsrits tney appear Wacii day 111 the cables of L..c dai.y press. Another bouriuf nil, *crdoriV:-d Tlpiical’ siibJocft. entitled “Moses Saved f">m the iWjltevs,v. is one of the 1 picture productions that has made Pathe Freres fa-hfous-in the work’, .of IXioinxtO-iraphy. The remaining portions of -the progrimhie will be arranged from a fullVariety of the- latest subjects. To enhhlei Stratfiird •n*sidents- cc view a pio- ! famine of the very latest pictures at iriiil#’prices, the 'management have iWorod the price of admission to — ibSß> circle Is, and the whole body of lirijl to 6dl ( iW't'i ‘.WEST’S PICTURES. . ” , Lhijv ; - i; ' ,;i ; ; ;.v - • li’Tyj-ihorrdw at the Town Hall West’s will submit their weekly Change of prograimr.?. . . £ Sflift ifibibi. fiJm to be shown is the MBiyestithre of the Prince of Wales at GftPttkrvdrihCastle, in Wales,” which dapicts .an .exceedingly interesting cuirmiibuy: most faithfully. The Royal pirt.y is'shown arriving at Carnarvonj and- afterwards making its entry in high procession into th,e .grey old but-Vjni.-utod castle which Js held in such reverence by all Welshmen. The ceremony itself takes place beneath a pavilion iriithe .courtyard,- and there the King is shown robing his kneeling son, and afterwards escorting him to a high balcony for presentation to the cheering crowds below.. _The quality of the .picture photographically is splendid. '-..The. dramas to be presented include ‘-‘The Majesty of tbo Law,” “The Ranker’s Daughters,” “The Count s Crime,” and “The Broken Doll. Scenic splendours in ancient Egypt are shown in another film, and passing .events are represented by pictures at The Camorra trial and the'launching of H.M.S. Now Zealand. The comic films- are a-good lot, and include “Tho Taming of Wild Bill,” .“James Eats Garlic,” “A Happy Event in the Poofluck Family,” arid “Willie Goes Cycling.’ 'V ■■ '