ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2747, 28 February 1910, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PATHE PICTURES

The Pathe Picture entertainment has now secured a firm hold on the public of Gisborne, and oaeli new programme draws a large attendance to the theatre. On Saturday night the attendance was quite up to expectations, and the programme of pictures presented would be hard to excel. All classes of subjects were shown, and not one picture lacked m interest. Scenic studies were well represented in •‘Picturesque Tifiis” and “El Kautara, Algeria.” In the former a fi»e panoramic view was given of the city, followed by a view or the entrance to the baths ; then was seen a patient undergoing Oriental massage. Other good scenes about the city were shown,, the picture ending with a picturesque Caucasian dance. Another film presented the ancient city, in Algeria, and clearly showed the habits of the inhabitants. The dramatic series were good, more particularly one entitled “His Lost Love.” “Mexican Sweethearts” was a picture deserving of praise, not for the story, but for the very fine acting of the two principal characters. The love-making of the pair was realistic in the extreme. A dramatic story, “Onewauda,” showing the devotion of an Indian, was full of exciting incidents. Two other dramatic films dealt with historical subjects, being “The Little Princes of’the Tower” and “Aapoleon and the Princess Hatsield ” The “Fly Post” was a wonderful series, taken under the microscope. The manner of breetfing of the flies, their habits and methods of life, brought before the audience the great danger to health that these pests are. As usual the comics were of a laughable nature, especially one of the Foolsliead series, “Air. Pokencse," which aroused shrieks of laughter. These pictures will bo repeated again to-night.

“DANDY DICK.”

The box plan for the second production of Sir A. AV. Pinero’s farce-comedv “Dandy Dick,” on Thursday night opens to-day at Air. AA 7 . Aliller’s, at 10 a.m. As has already been stated, the proceeds of the. performance will be devoted to the contest fund of the Gis. borne City Band, and it is .anticipated that the booking will be heavy, many business people having expressed their disappointment at being unable to see the first performance owing to its having been held on a Saturday night.