AMUSEMENTS.
b -HIS MAJI2STY-S THEATRE.' ‘. r- other counter-attrac-. ? ! i! tion%/ there was a' fair attendarieo at night" s' change of" ■ programme” Pi^ ; f|^tSui-CB>fciiVu^i.*.nitWo; - a fine lot, and "the n&gvac:u;o w; f s ; v. lengthy hwp.r.l-he-.- : p{’ineij)jl , !)’)>ctiur j ofjiho evening was •liVerniigi/Oii Day. by Day,” gud a,nyone:,whL»' w sASL Jelling-' tbii, -oW wishes'to sec JJag.d.,, Jhould •not miss?this'opportunityas the picture shtnts'a great Empire Gity, including :aii -iuo ioacLng tup Government Buildings (which is -tho largest wooden building >n the ifbfld); 'thO'ilPublic ••. library;' •Government Printing.Dtfi Cos, Post Office, GotpnatiOii ■Buildings, Fire Brigade’StatiqnjOUnioh Steam Ship Company!s Office;• - Vidrorfiy -" College, "Kelburhe,. 2 fjS^ddoiv.s Memorial, the cifcyhs iih&y v Wharves, Kolburne tramway, the boat harbour, Kent 'Terrace, Orient ;,! Bqj, 'vßdtariichl‘Gardens, and the C briiithic leaving the wharf far the ,Coronation. ‘‘Tire Spirit of the "West” " vas also fe interesting film, and was ■ •'wiitoned-keenly throughout. ‘ Captain ■Burnao.ta’s .Courtship” was really; aj firsDolhss •’conlie; ■ and ■ caused much; laughter. “The American Filibuetei s” ■ " •«ono •bf'-the;' be.it:,cu-amas yfet; screenod>'showing- the transportJM of ammunition bo' the. front, the hclfigr cut dff the-train, the tran-
p.orihg bt'.-samO; 'how' the secret Service failed; - the arrival of the ammunition Ont the, " Mexican border. “Jack, and aim” (comic) was a clever exhibition of acrobatics, and caused a great .deal of laughter. .“Affectionate Pets (& dags) . was’ an excellent comedy. , Mak tallsf'in love with an American 1 millionairess, but all his efforts ■-to./malco.lovo to her arc frustrated by tliV , dOgs,'' ;, ft’ho irhfeays keep a;‘keen eye on ihe lady; andowill-not allow Max tacarry on Ins courtship, 'the animals ■ ; attacked> Max; .Hnd ■ lie set off, enterj ■ log some extremely Jiuiny places for , safety, still; pursued by the enraged dogs'. • He entered a ; room for safety ii as’ito- thoughb aud got up the chimney, •expecting- to be safe-, "but the dogs ~,fpflp\ved,-chasing him through; to the ; tbp and on to the roof, where he sat down exhausted; Finally, to Avoid any .more torture; from the vicious “brutes, hejwrote-, a note to the -.lady^iyhich- ■ reads*‘‘That he nvould proffer-to give ■hhr-.nji father than bo-devoured by lifer , dogs’.” ' The ■ remaining '.pictures, “A ’Joffjnoy - Through" ) Vcater bottom” (scenic), ‘•‘A Brother’s, Redemption” ; rnfama); and “The Exploits of Nat. Plflkerton”* (drama) were all" up-to-tHb -Standard, the 1 last-named interesting .film, ■depicting-robbers at work at an hotel, v .iJloir„ escape, the detective on the ttgbky and the clever’capture of all. programme - will ;die - repeated • tjiik' evening and Saturday evening, adilfalso' at Saturday afternoon’s ma- ■ tihee.. , <-
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 26, 15 September 1911, Page 6
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