AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 6 October 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

This week’s second programme was screened at His Majesty’s Theatre last night before an appreciative audience. : ' '■

Among the dramatic pictures, “Rachel” was undoubtedly the best;: Rachel and her father live on the estate of a Russian Prince. The father interviews the Prince, and makes it request, but his request is refused, and he is beaten by the Prince. During the father’s absence, .Nicholas, son of the Prince, meets Rachel, and is accepted as her lover. Soon after his return from his visit to the Prince Rachel’s father is evicted, and he at once lays his case before tiio committee of a revolutionary eociety. Rachel is chcs-n ‘kill the Prince. At first 5..0 object;:, Lvt finall” she consents. n-*d suer.;;- s' to gain admission to' the Prince’s'house as a mas oi uaanq,. j.jie'l'.'jucv, after all his guests .... .e out on a balcony in the moonlight. Rachel enters the room be.s. L him, armed with a revolver, ana just as she is taking aim, Nicholas arrives and stops her. .Nicholas and Rachel iiide until the Prince re-enters, and leaves the vicinity. Then Nicholas lias an angry scene with Rachel, bidding her begone. She returns to the committee room and commits suicide on the doorstep, chalking up on the door tiio simplq statement “I have failed.” “Opportunity and the Man” dealt vividly with the sudden ups and downs of life, and “Billy’s Bible” was a thrilling story of African warfare. To procure something novel in the way of a “thrill” tiio chief actors in “A Test of Friendship” are workmen engaged in building a skyscraper, and the pictures showing different parts of the huge building are highly interesting. Tne climax consists of the hero being suspended in mid-air from a derrick, the engine working which has been put out of gear. His rescue by ins friofid and rival in love is thrilling in the last degree. “Winter Traffic, Stockholm,” shows a number' of pretty snow scenes in the northern capital. A very interesting film was that dealing with the power of the magnet. As usual the Pathe Gazette dealt with numerous topical events, the Crown Prince of Germany being shown reviewing English troops. “Monocyclo Display” shows some clever work on a single wheel. The comic pictures—‘ ‘lmpudence Punished,” “The Power of a Policeman’s Helmet,” and “The Bridegroom’s Dilemma—were well up to standard. The last-named was a highly diverting variation of tiie joke which consists of a man being called upon to move about among people without adequate covering. The programme will bo repeated tonight and to-morrow night and tomorrow afternoon. WEST’S PICTURES. In another column the programme of pictures to he screened in tiie Town Tall to-night is advertised. The programme is varied and is quite .as good, if not hotter, than any yet shown here. The scenics are of the best, “Clearing a Mountain Track” is worth the price of admission in itself, the snow plough at work is educational. “Ambulance Dogs” shows what dogs can lie 'trained to, all lovers of - animals should see this picture. The dramas are out on their vown this week, nothing yet shown can touch them, while those wanting _ a good healthy laught should not miss “Bertie’s Elopement,” “American Count,” and other comics.