American Thsatrescope.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10453, 31 October 1904, Page 4

American Thsatrescope.

I : A: new attraction is promised for Wednesday nig'hfc at the Miners' Union Hall when the grout. American Theatrcscope will give thair unique and) .b'rillianti exhibition of living pic■tures. The company, with Mr. C. Spencer as proprietor, have a iihn measuring; 2-1,000 feet in length, by means of which the most up-to-dato pictures are thrown 1 on; the suireen, one of . thoso pictures represents the pantomime of Blue Beard, reproduced aa it was played at the Drury Lane Theatre, London- The film alone is 1400 feet in lengthi, and the 1 representation lasting 35 minutes. Another picture is that of a, Mexican bull fight, which took place before President Diaz, of Mexico, some little time ago in which, the whole of the proceedings, from the -entry of the matadors, picadors, etc., into tho j areiwi to tho carrying off of the slaughtered bull by a imvlei team will be shown by a film 1000 ft in length. The 1 battle of Chelmpho' Bay also shows how the Japanese can handle a quick firing: gun at seal, and the ] sinkimgi of a Russian man-of-war. . The eruptionl -of Mont Pelee* in Ma.r- ! tinque is shown to .perfection, as is ! also" the yacht, race for the America Cup between Shamrock 111- and Reliance. Tho company have just finished! most successful soasonsi at the Princess Theatre, 'Dune'din, the Theatre Royal, Christclmrcli, and the Opera House, Wellington, and according 1 to exchanges they speak very highljr of tho entertainmentThere; are many other interesting, sentimental and humourous pictures, to particularise, ■which wauld occupy too niu.oh- spaco. ' (