THE THEATRES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 217, 17 October 1914, Page 13

THE THEATRES.

GLOBE THEATRE. The stirring female detective drama, "One Hour Before Dawn," has attracted large audiences at the various sessions. It is a splendi- 7 production and is strongly supported by "The Battle of Louvain,'' war special; '' Zuza, the Bandmaster," -Keystone farce; and *'Gaumont Graphic," special war news. A new programme will be presented on Monday. SYDENHAM PICTURES. Sydenham picture goers are taking great interest in "As You Sow," the atar attraction of the current programme. "The Battle of Louvain," war special; find "Taming a Stepfather," comedy, are the most popular of a splendid supporting series. A new programme will be presented on Monday. XiEBOY, TALMA, AND BOSCO. New Zealand has had the pleasure of seeing some remarkable "magicians,"

but it surely has never seen any who were on a plane as high as that of Leroy, Talma, and Bosco, whose season in Christchurch, at the Theatre Royal, will end this evening. They are unique—grand masters of illusion, whose magic arts jar e generally so mystifying, so incomprehensible, that the pen fails to describe them. In these days of boasted civilisation, no one will admit a belief in magic. One cannot conceive of anything more truly magical than the way in which" Leroy causes a big and healthy lion to disappear in a flash, or to make human beings dissolve into" air or reappear at his will. But sUcK things form only a small portion of the magic which is cast upon the audience. The entertainment is a revelation of mystification, and no one who has not seen it should miss the last opportunity of being more thoroughly mystified than he or she has ever been before. It should be added that although the magicians hold the stage for the greater part of the evening, there are other turns-well worthy of attention. COLOSSEUM. | "As You Sow," Nordisk feature

drama, and "The Battle of Louvain," war special, are the main attractions of the current programme at the Colosseum. The supporting pictures comprise "Pathe * Gazette," topical; "Taming a'. Stepfather," comedy; "The White Feather," drama; "The Yosemite Valley," scenic; and "Rube, the Interloper," comedy. A complete new programme will be presented as usual on Monday evening. HIS MAJESTY'S. "Mabel at the Wheel," Keystone farce, has proved a great attraction at His Majesty's Theatre this week, and as a comedy it must rank as one of the foremost. "The Battle of Louvain" is another star attraction, while there is the usual full supporting series. Monday night's feature at His Majesty's Theatre will be a picture reproducing in film form the life :of General Villa, of Mexico fame, 5800 in length, which, it is stated by the management, was executed by the well-known Majestic [ Company by arrangement with General 1 Villa, who personally figures as the most I prominent personage in the story. The actual battle of Torreon and others in which Villa took part were, it is said,

photographed under fire. The subjects to be screened in support are "The Gaumont Graphic,'' with the* latest war news from Europe, "A Halt in the Jungle," and ' l ßack to Simple Life." Seats for any night may be booked at the Dresden.