THE OPERA HOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1068, 25 August 1910, Page 16

THE OPERA HOUSE.

FULLER’S WORLD-WIDE PICTURES.

The popularity of Fuller’s Worldwide Pictures is attested by the

crowds that nightly flock to the Opera House. Not only are the pictures good, but a perfectly-appointed orchestra, under Mr. E- J. Burke, adds greatly to the enjoyment of the entertainment, wtiich is of the most interesting and varied description. The current week’s programme includes some very fine scenic pictures, notably “A Trip Through the Andes,” showing how goods and passengers are carried across the great range of mountains that divides the Argentine from Chili by means of mules and camels, and “The Swedish Alps,” the latter introducing the audiences to the Lapps, with their reindeer herds, and showing how quickly the herdsmen get over the snowclad uplands in their snow-shoes and sledges, the latter drawn by powerful dogs. The series illustrating the Seal Hunting industry on the Tasmanian coast is also splendidly portrayed, and the dramatic story. “Princess and Peasant,” deal-

ing with the love of a Princess for one of her father’s lowly born subjects, is also set in very picturesque surroundings affording views of both mountain and sea, and developing some very thrilling situations. It is a story that ends happily for the Princess and her lowly-born' lover, and in this respect-is in vivid contrast to another series. “Over Silent Paths,” depicting the tragic fate of a prospector whose cruel murder is avenged by his daughter, who vows by her father’s grave that his murderer shall not go unpunished, and, having fill-, filled her vow, returns to her father’s solitary resting place in the desert to assure him that she has been true to her promise. Another dramatic series is that entitled “From Shadow to Sunshine,” and embodying a story of theatrical life, that is very cleverly conceived and capitally worked out, the ‘ struggling woman artiste, who is helped by a great actor, being able as the subsequent leading lady and famous actress to repay her benefactor, when he falls upon evil times and sad reverses. Very stirring also is the series (probably inspired by the recollection of the disastrous fire that occurred some years ago at a Charity Bazaar in Paris), entitled “The Hea-ven-Guided Heroine,” in which a little girl’s escape from a burning building in which a bazaar is being held, and her subsequent capture by desperadoes are vividly set forth. In lighter vein are “Love and Marriage in Posterland,” a quaint and charming conceit in which the printed pictures of a Girl and a Youth posted life-size on a city hoarding, are endowed with life, and stepping down from the hoarding are arrested by a policeman (American, of course), who catching them kissing one another, takes them before the Magistrate who promptly marries them- Then they take a house and furnish it from other pictures on the. city hoardings, and ■finally produce the inevitable baby from a great roll of posters. “Betty and the Fireworks,” “Mr. Tubby’s Triumph,” and “Water on Every Floor,” are films in the comic line that promote any amount of mirth. They are cleverly conceived and worked out with an attention to every detail that is simply irresistible. Another excellent series is comprised in the “Exhibitions of Wrestling” taken at the Continental School of Physical Culture in Paris, and showing some of the most famous of the world’s athletes at work in the ring. Taking it all in all the new pro- : gramme is as good as anything yet submitted by Messrs- Fuller, and Sons, and that is saying a good deal.