THE OPERA HOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1021, 30 September 1909, Page 16

THE OPERA HOUSE.

FULLER’S WIDE-WORLD PICTURES.

The change of programme at the Opera House has brought another very fine set of pictures before the public, arid, as a result, this popular place of entertainment is more than holding its own as one of the very best of the picture shows seen m Auckland. Good crowds continue to

assemble nightly, and the applause with which the pictures are greeted testifies to the public appreciation of the programme submitted. The finest series shown th s week is a beautiful art film, .illustrating a railway run thrbugh Ceylon. Coloured with exquisite skill, it appeals to the eye by its evident fidel ty to Nature, and the railway track running through court try of magnificent scenic attractions, the interest is sustained right through. The Gale scenes at Barr’tz form the subject for another very fine serie.', i which are depicted the sublime effec.s of the mountainous waves as they dash upon the rocks and against the sea-wall. In the scenic line, though melodramatic also in the story it tells, is the film entitled “ The Vendetta,” in which a Corsican, who has quarrelled with and killed his rival, is pursued by mounted police across a savage country and along by the sea shore, the grandeur of the rugged coast through which the track lies appealing forcibly to the eye. Another admirable set of pictures bring certain

’J. i. phases of industrial life in British Columbia'; under notice, from the great lumper industry, wisF the raising of the river To the sawmill, and the working of coal and copper mines, to th,e gentler art salmon, in shich Indian girls are seen at work. The International Balloon Contest of 1909 supplies Another interesting film, the exhibition of which calls forth considerable applause. In the melodramatic line are the pictures entitled “ The Burglar and the Child,” “ A Son’s Atonement,” “ A Tragic Night,” “ The Widow,” and “ What Women Suffer.” while the more humorous side of -things is well represented. Pictures in this line include “ A Capital Joke,” “ A Life Annuity,” “An Extraordinary Journey” (the effects in this being extraordinary to a degree), “ Mistaken Identity,” “ Professor Puddenhead’s Patents,” “ The Electric Enlarger,” “ Blessington’s Bonnie Babies,” and i“ Salome Mad.” The latter is particularly funny, and worked out extremely well. There will be the usual change of programme and matinee on Saturday.