AMUSEMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CIV, Issue 15904, 7 March 1916, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS

THE GRAND. Tho excellent current programme at the- Grand proved a magnet to picturegoers .yesterduy as there was a full house in the evening and a good number attended in the afternoon. The chief attraction was a great historical story "Tlio Princes in the Tower. :; It was a magnificent story superbly acted and the setting was lavish. The public are conversant with this pathetic pago of English history. It is story that should interest both adults and juveniles- Tho cast is a. star one including famous artists from loading French theatres. It may bo said that the film version does not strictly adhere to historical accounts but this does not rob the picture of any of its interest. "The Master Key" serial story has now reached the tenth episode and with the showing of each story more followers are added to tho now numerous ones interested in it. The picture is unsurpassed for a splendid plot and thrilling incidents. Each artist in tlia caste is popular, hut none are so popular with tho audience- as John Do re and Pi nth Gallon Last evening tlia showing of the tenth episode was eagerly followed. Wilkerson and his con- , iederates being defeated in their attack on the mine, determine to get tho plans of tho now lode and em- , bark 011 an expedition to the South Sea Islands where Gallon's boat was i wrecked. They find the spot and obtain the plans. John Dore'is also on the same quest .and subsequent developments made a line story. The , "Ivineto War Cartoons'' is oasi.'y the be.it and cleverest cartoon comedy yet presented in Tim am. One item, "The first battleship to pass through the Panama Canal' elicited roars of laughter from tho delighted audience. The Misses Donnelly wero responsible tor bright and entertaining music, the overtures being very acceptable. "IN LOVES OWN WAY."' 1' tillers' programme! lor Theatre Hoyal patrons tnis and to-morrow evening includes somo picture gems of glittering interest. 'J'lie leading film is a 3-act drama "In Love's Own Way"* which tempts one to discourse at largo upon every move arid incident of the story. J-oon Clarke, a Senator of a rural district, i s in love w.tli Mary, th e naughter ol : a farmer. Yvhen he rises in tho political word], however, he marries a M.ss Jane Guy ton. Mary is forgotten. John Clarke's wife be'omes a gamij.er. She borrows money from another Senator to pay lier cam debts, and promises him to use her influence ! to 111 ake her husband vote lor an irrigation JsiiL he is engineering. -Mary nalises if the Bill is passed that it w.il mill her lather's farm lands. Shj coine-s to town to plead with the Senator. How she meets Mrs John Clarke and saves her good name, cures her mania lor gambiiiig and makes the liotne ol the O-arke's happy, and becomes engaged to a brilliant man. is sweetly told. The Yitagraph Coy., also contribute "No Greater Love/' a strange and woudei'lul play, in which Dorothy Xeiiy, James Morrison and Mary -Maurice (Airs Maunco Costeiio) are featured. One of the cleverest and most interesting films is 'Bed Cross Dogs. ' How these doi;s are trained to go 011 the battlefield and to search for the wounded will surprise most people. ''The Australian Gazette ' .contains some fine incidents including \ ictoria's record wheat harvest, Army Service Corps at Work, and a b:g lire. Amongst the comedies uili be found 'Air Jan'.s Troubles,'' | "He I'ell 111 the Park." and "Pimples'' Scrap ol Paper.' Sehts may he reservetl without extra charge through she Theatre. Phono 570. Till:! LYCEUM. "How We Beat tho Emden" headed the bill at the Lyceum kist night, and all "who saw the pirtnro agreed that it is a highly crcditnhlo Australian production. it is; au inspiring, patriotic film of Historical ;uilu< Vcmcnt, 0110 calculated to produco prido and pleasure wherever it is shown ontsido of Germa.ny on the countries of her Allies. A.s a preface to the m'.tunl light, in which the German j\aider was destroyed tho Australian Nuvy is showiij tmd till j

the work which has to bo gone through in training the. men who man the ships. Then follows a stirring ?-epresentation of the events -\v)ucli occurred when the Sydney set ont in pursuit of the Emden. Tlicre are some thrilling Bcenos when the commerce raider is run down, when she is -under the fire of the Sydney and when slie is finally left a, battered, shapeless nia.ss of scrap iron on tho reefs of Cocos Island. As the shots strike tho Emden threat mnses of steel are seen to crumple like paper, and tlio battered fiumels. the riddled dcc-k, and scenes of frightful havoc on every side complete the picture witji great realism of the terrifying nature of modern naval yuu fire. The film was secured by special permission of tho Commonwealth Ministers for Defence and Navy and with the co-operation of tho Australian Fleet. It :s well worth to see. The supporting films were, all Kood. The Topical Budget includes some remarkably line war scenes, and in "AVindherk," a South African picture, is s;een a. scenic of an altogether deiightful _ nature. Lovers of the beautiful in Xature sfliould make a point of seeing this depiction. A Broadway picture of 2000 foet was unreeled in a fascinating drama entitled "In tho Dayg of Famine,' being a Hudson Bay romance, and into this toe, is introduced some clia.rming scenery. The _ programme closed with a funny series of* incidents in the life of Hiram Bloggs—a. Lubiji film which created great merriment.