AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14659, 29 January 1912, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

FULLERS' PICTCJIIS3. "With characteristic enterprise Kuliers have obua,neu the so.o lights J<,r a score: of the uueaL. fcxaiupius oi tiio kinoinaic-grapiwc art. Ooiiiiuwabio hau to be made to secure cueoe productions for liuulj and Uiympiuiw wid he regaiud weeitly with the tinest and most to-dato iiiius. To-niguc they a Aiiioricaji j.\>h-ViU' "Tne Battle,'' a lecture live rroin cia-p-vra-p and tomiuoiipLi-jc. Ihe jn»ro is Uucouv-uuiunal enough to bo out or his wits when lie, a raw hears the roar of cannon and sees comrades falling by hU side. He incontinently takes to his heels, as many brave soidier has done before him at. the first sight of the horrors of war. . However, his subsequent actions, when his side is in danger, stamp him as being an exceptionally daring soldier. The film is described as the greatest soldier drama ever produced. A picture from the he-art of Scotland is the ''Oban and Dunoon Highland Games." Th« scene depicted is a real Scotch gathering, and good displays aro given of all the sports. The film concludes with a group of lassies dancing the Highland Fling. R. £. Blackmore'.* charming st-ory, "Lorna Doone," is well known, and great car© has been taken to faithfully represent- scenesand chief incidents in the love story of John "Ridd for l.orna Rocna, "the niost lovable heroine in fictirrn." A feature of the early stages of the production is the clever acting of a little child, wlm instils into her work a, realism that will be admired l>y who see it. There.ire other fine dm mas. including a splendid Selig production, ''Her Hero," and ft Yitagraph comedy, said to be one of the finest of this populars company's series. Other comedies and sconics find a placo in a programme thnt comprises eleven subjects and total* over 8000 ft of film. Fullere' orchestra hrs anor.her uvliselected repertoire of music, suitable, to the various pictures.

HAY WARD'S IUCTTJUES. Enthusiasm marked tie reception of the pictorial-musical -fntertainment given at the Lyceum on Saturday evening. There was a vory large audience, and Signor Martineugo, <*o.']:st unci vocalist, was given a great reception. In h:s pretty soeiia, he. cfepecially successful.* In "The Urchen Melody-'' and "Home Sweet Home 15 ho almost made his fine tor.cd 'cello .•peak. As a vocalist, h * made a oaipablo hit in "I fear no Foe," hf s singing being full of povvr and feel ng, while his illustrated songs were catchy. He will be at the Lyceum until Thursday, and each evening ,v:ll play any composition pc9.llei.ted by members of tho aud'ence. Saturd-Jy's matinee wa* a huge suc:ess. Rosie 33aird won a g? Id broor-h for the best sinning of "ilip-T-Yaddy-T-Ay." with Vevrile" Mooiv .second. To-night's programme covers a wide range of subjects, ?nd includes couple of specially sterling numbers Oik? of these 13 "Tho of the Earth." Its three priucioal characters are a husband, Irs wife, and their little child. Thrcmgh disagreement in the family circle, the husband seeks trfsh woods and pastures nev. in Alaska, but the love of so near iud dear to him 'is nut forgo:t Q n. 'Hie husband while cut on an exploring expedition has the misfortune to sustain a severe fall and a broken leg. Meanwhile the wife determines ho follow him "to the ends of L he earth," and the camera takes til© iv.dience with her to tho far north. £he finds her injured husband, and the customary happy ending follows. Tn this picture the snowy slope* and deep ravines of. the Alaskan country ;re beautifully ponrtrayod, while quito a feature of the film is that portion which depicts the heroine crossing the snow in her sleigh drawn by a team of dogs. Other excellent pictures in fc o-nicht's programme are "Grecian 'Jamas" (col"Five of Hearts," and ''On the Oowmvard Path" dramatic), and "Tn and Around Tunis 5 The mirth-makers cannot fail to make even the morose merry.