ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 108, 27 October 1911, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

SAUNDERS' PICTURES. There was a good attendance at Whiteley Hall last evening. The feature of the bill is a dramatic study entitled "Fighting Blood." The effect of instilling the martial spirit in children is tlie motif of this biograph study, which for spectacular thrill has never' been excelled as far as this hall is' concerned. An old soldier on the frontier, a staunch patriot himself and the father of about .a dozen children, brings! these children up under a rigid military' training. He conducts his household as a garrison, with strict discipline, drills, etc. On the evening of the day on which the picture is supposed to begin, the oldest boy wishes to go out to make a call on his fiancee, but the old soldier commands him to stay at home. The lad disobeys, and is then told he can "go for good." When he returns the door is barred against him. Next morning he views from the distance a tribe of Indians on the warpath. He rides off to secure help, and is fortunate enough to meet a troop of patrolling soldiers, who rescue the boy's family just in time. The military training imbued by the old soldier apparently stood in good stead, as it was the means of holding the Indians at bay until help arrived. "Zululand" is another stirring drama of extraordinary character. Pathe Gazette's latest number is a fine sample of the animated paper, as is also the Warwick Chronicle. "Under the 'Union Jack," or "Sailor Boy of the King," is an excellent picture of life and exercise on the great British training ships. The full pro- ' gramme will bo screened for the last time to-night. To-morrow night the management have a surprise in store for patrons, with one of the greatest star pictures that has so far been produced. ; /