ENTERTAINMENTS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2648, 2 November 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

PATHE PICTURES

Probably the most enthusiastic audience that has yet greeted any performance of the Pathe Pictures assembled in His Majesty’s Theatre last night, when after a week’s interruption the show was resumed. The new cinematograph was in use, and despite an unfortunate acicdeiit to the dynamo in the early part of the evening, the excellent programme of .pictures was shown without a hitch. The piece do resistance of the evening was naturally the film with the stirring title “Boy Scouts to the Rescue.” In this period of wars and rumors of warm and in view of the recent establishment of Boy Scouts patrols in Gisborne, the picture was most; appropriate, and was received with great enthusiasm by the audience, which contained a contingent of the Gisborne Scouts, who had assembled and marched to the theatre prior to the performance. The film, which is a remarkably clear one, depicts a number of boy scouts camped on a farmer’s land. The irate owner appears on the scene and drives them off, but shortly afterwards the boys learn that the farmer’s child lias been stolen by gypsies, and determine to rescue it. They follow the trail of the gypsies, and coming on to their camp, send back information to .the farmer, who follows with his men. In the meantime the gypsies move on, and one of the scouts tracks them, leaving marks by which his comrades coming after may know the route. The reinforcements arrive, and after a fierce encounte" with the gypsis, the stolen baby is recovered and the boys receive the' gratitude of the farmer, and the last scene depicts them partaking of tea at his residence. As illustrative of the possibilities of what is now a world-wide movement, the film is indeed a most striking one. TJie other pictures shown are of a very high order of merit. A fine dramatic study entitled “The Hand of the Victim” is a powerful film, and the popular “travel” pictures are represented byfilms entitled “Scenes in India,” “Frost-bound Nature,” “A Day in Washington,” and “Turtle-catching in Sourabaya.” “Magic in the Far East” is a superbly colored film, and the humorous element is well maintained, the pictures of this class being “A Pretty Housemaid,” “Calino Objects to Work,” “Stung- by a Bee,” “Catching the Berlin Jack tlie Ripper.”. The remaining pictures are of the dramatic order. One of them shows several fine views of the Tower of London, and depicts realistic scenes in the tragic life of Lady Jane Grey. The programme; which is cr.e of-tne best yet presented, will be repeated tonight.