OPERA HOUSE

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 1000, 6 May 1909, Page 17

OPERA HOUSE

CINEPHONE AND PICTO REg The usual weekly change'll f gramme was made at the Oper|| u ’ on Saturday evening, when thsi the usual good attendance. filmg shown are much varied, and X nrove highly interesting from beginnre , end. A splendid film is “ A Romance,” showing two loveijL con versing, and a villainous suitor® Wfltph _ ing the pair. The villain wsJ Rg hi s chance and presses his suit, if! lover comes upon the scene andg nrdp „ the villain off. The latter then |Lm a j ns the aid of a tribe of India™ g abducts the girl, but, as usuSj’ the lover comes to the rescue, ands pv prv _ thing ends well. “Satan’s Sil shows where Satan approachffl . smith and offers, for the manfl to change every nail to golcfe an J eventually the smith is led d(M’ wn t lower regions, but the daugh® rives and frees her father. Jr 1( The Canals of Copenhagen” is a s ®,i en( ii d film, and proves interesting. Honour’s Sake ” depicts whei jlj ~ e daughter of a naval officer, J|L the latter’s absence, is made love , man, who must be challenge's, fought before the father’s honoE be satisfied. Some beautiful Wj pditer . ranean scenes are shown in thiX g ._ ture. Perhaps the most inte: ’X. est j n ofilm is that showmg the manu factu £ ing of a Dreadnought gun. A pi lthetic story is told on the screen in „ Ra^e Between the Races.” A half-cast } c hii d is ill-treated by a planter, an d th father of the child vows , g and at once procures a gun and wa ./ or the planter. However, inste ad of shooting the planter, the latter .. receives the bullet. The murd< >rei , . g captured and hanged before th ; g of his sorrowing wife and child ' p ur ing the evening the cinephone rj2 , “If the Man in the Moon re a Coon” and a sneezing song, the|| latter especially being highly a PP re fL a t e( i The humorous element is provißfc ’ “ Hunting Extraordinary,” “ Aiß Eo , 0 . Race,” “An Awkward Return,® “ A Lover’s Obstinacy,” the i a tter being extremely funny. The p|£ esen t programme will be shown till day, when the usual change Wu oemade. H El