FULLERS' PICTURES.
.'■■' iiotili performaiic^os of .Fullors' Picturps on.Saturday'wdre very well patroitisod, ■'■and :tlie, new programme, especially, .tho «tar iteray proved itee.l in every way woftliy -of .thel '(booming tJiat Fuller^'had/caused .tt> precede it. :"lli e d-roai Circus "■ Catastrophe," as the '■star' attractioh : :is namod, held tlio 'largo • adult audience in tho .evening spcU-bound. ■ One "incident follows anotlier in such rapid•'succession that it Is difficult for oiiei iso (fcalre. tho eyes h'um;tht> screen. ,In the first half one 'of the main incidents embodies one of tiio finest 'fire .scenes; ever projected by tiio kinematograph, which culminates in a- woman's' leap i'or life from high teiophoue wires. The socontl part,' among other exciting scenes, depicts in a circus how a.horse and rider 'arei'eusponded- in a cradle in mid-air.: Then long fuses connected with fireworks on the cradle are lighted in tho arena,,and with little puff,s of smoke the flamo ereo.j>s higher. Suddenly all four .sides 'of the cradle drop away, and as the light reaches tlwrn tJie'firoworks'ignite in clouds of «park«'and smoke. Tho horse grows rostivb.and ■'then-gets' completely^out of control. Tlae terrified animal 'bounds forward into'-space-,' carrying its rider ■with it. For a'moment they seem to stay motionless in tho/-air, but then, like a.plummet they drop to the earth. In addition to' the star attraction many other first class' items are included in this very attractive series,,which will he shown again, for positively the. last time, ..this evening. There will be no show to-morrow (lAiesday) night.. i
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13645, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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245FULLERS' PICTURES. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13645, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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