AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 15120, 14 August 1913, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

' FULLERS' PICTURES. Timaru picture people will welcome • the news that Fullers have leased the Theatro Royal for a term of five years, and that from now onwards it' is "their intention of presenting the finest and biggest film attractions that are imported into tiio Dominion, including ••Quo Vadis," at this popular house. Number one will be tor to-night and Saturday only, and is of exceptional merit. It is topped by a 3530 ft. Nordisk feature entitled ''Spanish Blood," one of s>he strongest and most dramatic dramas of love and liate- that has been seen for j some time. The five principal charae- i ters are brilliantly sustained, but that I taken by Miss Asia Nielsen, who represents Quanito,, is exceptionally well act- j cd. The camera woim is good and tho J story is produced with a completeness I not frequently mot with. The not pas- ; sionate nature ascribed to tho duellers in J sunny Spain forms the keynote. During the course of the drama a fine depiction ( of a bull fight is witnessed, and there are | several very telling situations.' "Tho j latest Gaumont Graphic," includes the sensational interference of the King's horse in the Derby, in which the suffragette, Miss Davison, was killed. The incident is clearly shown. Mr Maurice CosteUo is associated with Miss Clara Kimball Young in "A Way Out," a Vitagraph comedy which is"' described jis these two artists' finest impersonations, i A helpful moral is shown in ""Master'and ; Man," an Edison drama, in which a elis- j sipated clubman makes a comnact with a ! burglar that ha will stop drinking if tho ! latter will reform, both make goad and I the burglar shows his gratitude by \ a. magnificent sacrifice. "Northern Games" shows Norwegians enjoying ', themselves on the ice. "The Portrait," ! is a charming society drama by a new '. company, and "Mabid's Lovers," causes the reappearance of the pleasing Miss ! Muriel Forteseue in one of her romping characters. Fullers' Lyric: Orchestra have earned commendation for their splendid musical numbers and their carefully selected items enhance the picture programme. HAYWARD'S PICTURES. The "Retreat from Moscow" is the special picture at iiayWard's Lyceum to-night, and should bo a great attraction, it is an ambitious attempt , (with really remarkable results) to ! reconstruct tho disasters that over- I took Napoleon in Russia, on his woeful 1 retreat from Moscow in flames. This' film represents "cinematographic enter- ; prise at high-water mark. The grim ! tragedy is powerfully suggested in | such places as the conflagration, tba ' beginning of the retreat, the bed rag-; teled lines of, snow-weary, starved men.; winding across the wastes, the clouds j of Cossacks hovering about them to cut off failing and isolated companies, and the terror of the wolves. This last scene, with the real beasts rip- ; ping about, anel quarrelling over tho j fallen. is photographically speaking thrillingly realistic. Perhaps the pic- ] turn's chief asset is its insidious sup- j gestion of a disaster predestined and j enormous, which was to come to the ', Groat Cirsican and his mighty army. ] Thousands of principals and supernumeraries, drives of splendid horses and "pron-rties" innumerable have been called in to assist nt the mining cf this picture, which is over 2000 feet in length. This film is supported bv tho latest scenic, dramatic, comic, and topical subjects. THE ELLWOOD'S TO-MORROW. The Ellwond trio, Harry Elhvood, violinist. Polly Ellwood, pianist and Gcorgo K!l wood, 'cellist, in conjunction with Mr •John Prouse. barittine, will give a concert in the Theatre Royal 10-morrow nljilit, and from rh-. j glowing reporte they have rwfiveel of their previous concerts no doubt we have a musical treat in su>r>» for as. A geed number will rem<.mhi»y their last concert here, r.onie threc' year-i ago, and are naturally looking forward to renew their acqusin ta:ie?. The box plan i.s open at tho Dresden.