FAREWELL TO “STINGAREE”

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5472, 5 April 1917, Page 2

FAREWELL TO “STINGAREE”

THEATRE ROYAL, FRIDAY AND " SATURDAY

It is Stingaree’s “ darkest hour," before the dawn. How is he going to end it ? We saw him last behindprison bars, and likely to stay there. Does he ? Friday and Saturday at the Theatre Royal, E. K. Hornung’sfamous Australian outlaw will appear for the last time in the culminatingepisode to his interesting career, “TheDarkest Hour.” It is the final touch to what has been described as the 1 moßt popular photo-play, ever filmed. „

Stingaree escapes from prisons once again by the assistance of Howie who shaves off his beard to secure' tt post as a keeper. Passing as the valet of Ethel’s fiancee (Kent), he succeeds in getting on board a boat for England. En route he learns that he has been cleared of the charge of murder, and his happiness is topped by the magnanimity of Kent, who renounces his claim to Ethel when he realises that* she has always loved “the l .other fellow. ” The leading feature is f supported by a vitagraph smile provoker, entitled “ Losing Weight.” It is the old, old story of the fat man’s efforts to rid himself of his burden of tissue and return to the slim lines of active youth, but in this case the fat man is the fattest that ever was—be can’t get through doors, gets stuck in taxi-cabs and elevator lifts, and so on. He goes about the business of getting them in the most comically serious way—and fails. After a strenuous spell of physical exercises, be finds that he is fatter than ever. How he at last does get thin we shall leave the public to find oat., The supporting items include a beautiful coloured Pathe nature film “ Fowls and Game Birds,” “ Scenes from the Front,” “ A Trip to Waiheke Islands ” (Auckland Haibour)) and other interesting topics.