ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2711, 15 January 1910, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

POLLARD’S MERRY MIDGET CO

There was a good attendance at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening, when Pollard’s Merry Midget Company gave tlioir third performance. The first part of the programme was occupied with vaudeville items, but these were exceptionally good, and every one was encored. The ballet - “Tho ’Pierrots," by the company, first item on the programme, made an exceedingly pretty scene Miss. Lily Grimshaw repeated her success as a comedienne, all hexsongs and dances meeting, with vociferous applause, especially tho one entitled “Let me, Sleep,” in which she was •assisted by Miss Mollie King and the Midgets. The coon song and Schottisch e clog “My Indiana Queen” was an acceptable item by Miss Nellie Brady, as was Miss Mollie King’s illustrated comic song, “Don’t take me home." Tiie action song “Splashing in the Briny,” by the company, in which, with the assistance of the Wonder-graph, a realistic scene was shown, was one of the best items of the evening. A number of other items, given during the previous performances, were repeated with great success. Several comic cinematograph films were also shown, the best being “The Electric Hotel” and “Elastic Extensions.” The latter por-tion-of the programme was again occupied with the production of the nautical scena, “Nelson, or the Battle of Trafalgar.” This afternoon a, matinee will take place commencing at 2.30, and the final performance of the company will be this evening, when a complete change of programme is to be given.

PATHE PICTURES. For presentation on Monday evening next at His Majesty’s Theatre the Pathe Picture Company have a new programme comprising all the latest iilm s obtainable. This series, covering a large variety of subjects, should prove one of the most popular yet shown by the company. Heading the list is another set of “Nick Carter” pictures, depicting the detective in come of the most sensational situations of his wild career. Another excellent dramatic film is entitled “The Hotel Thief.” This piece is based upon the sudden deviation into wrong-doing of an otherwise perfectly upright man. Ho js in love with an heiress, hut owing to his lack of worldly wealth, is met with a brusque refusal by the father, to whom lie presents himself as a possible suitor for his daughter’s hand. The young man, rendered hitter and somewhat-reckless by his dismissal, seeks forgetfulness in gaiety and pleasure, and makes the acquaintance of an unscrupulous woman, who promises, him fortune if he will assist her in her nefarious plans. Two industrial subjects of note are “The Hemp Industry” and “The Honey Industry.” The latter is a pictorial treat, the artistic surroundings chosen by the operator being most delightful beauty spots. Owing to the success of the film depicting the “Aviation Week at Rheims,” shown some weeks ago, the management have secured another aerial subject, showing Latham’s second flight across the Channel. The journey was ultimately a failure, and ended in disaster, this fact making tho picture all the more interesting and exciting. Other good films to be shown are “The Foundling” and “The Diamond Maker,” views of Calcutta in natural colors, and the comics “The Magnetic Squirt,” “An Ingenious Revenge,” “Impossible to Lunch,” and “Foolshead navs his Debts.”

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