AMUSEMENTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11510, 5 October 1915, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

QUEEN'S THEATRE. The. programme at the Queen's Theatre yesterday consisted of dramatic and humorous pieces, a scejQ.ic item, and the " Gazette," in which the war was prominent. The principal drama was entitled "The Little Home in the WeSiti." The title ivas taken from the name of si home in which a young couple lived in the Wild West. They were happy enough until a strange set of circumstances entered into their lives and brought boundless turmoil where previously there had been nothing but love, and peace. The principal feature of the plot was the use of the war as a means of introducing exc ting 'incidonts. The husband left his home under an unfortunate misapprehension, joined the .British forces, was wounded and invalided, and finally returned to hi.> home, where he found his wife, and where explanations soon cleared up the misunderstandings and ushered in a reign of happiness once more. The usual moving-picture villain came into the plots, am! there were revolver phots, a murder, a. wrongful surest, and a fire, in which the villain was burned to death. The two humorous pieces were entitled "Home-breaking Hounds" and "Through Edith's .Looking-glass, 1 ' and the scenic piece represented the great beauties of Sweden in the winter. 'fiie programme will be repeated today. GRAND THE AT! a:. Though announced a* a Chaplin lilin, "His Regeneration'' in the new programme at the Grand Theatre yesterday really contained little of the tautcms film comedian. He flitted across one scene and vanished from viev.. The film dealt with the reformation of a house-breaker by (he kindness of a wonia.u. She saw the crook shot in a dance ha!! and went, to his assistance, when his friends bad deserted him. Later when burgling a house, the criminal discovered thai it vaowned by his benefactress. lie immediately endeavoured to persuaHo !>;, comprmic.it to leave, but he rvi'vu d. and in the subsequent struggle the burglar killed hi.-- mate. Then the woman got the man out of the nan?! and informed the police that >b- had killed the burglar. The hons •-breaker went cot. after leaving a. stole to tie* woman tear lie so tended to " male' £'*kl.' ; The instalment of "The Plater ii"' ' r •■nt<i:iiurd the advejjmres or tiio le.r<> and heroine in San Francisco, <vhen bein:,, pursued he the villain and hi.-, accomplice; to vrci're possrosbm oi the deeds of the Ma^tv.r Key mine. An interesting tVuuiv or the instnhnem vns the vi<-w given nt some ol tho popular r ,: -e: nr xhe Exhibition eitv. " John Bull's Sketch Book.'' " Bloomer and Sherlock Holmes."' "A Bunch of .Matebet'' and the " Eclair Journal e'-.mp'ci -d Ihe programme, which, .vill be repcatc<i toA o v