ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3420, 11 January 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PATHE PICTURES. Jt is seldom that such a large audience lias assembled in H.is Majesty s Theatre as was present last evening witness the initial presentation of the pictorial drama entitled “The Circus Girl.” Being of considerable length the film took upwards of an hour to run through, and the plot, which it elucidates, is complicated to a vast degree. The first scone is arranged so that the audience looks out through the approach to a circus ring, where the beautiful actress Mile Asta Nielson is performing graceful feats on a snow white charger. A moment later the chargor-trots through the opening aim, as site dismounts, the actress is met by two admirers, one a young count amt the other a Parisian jeweller. , Taking an instinctive dislike to the latter she dismisses him with a curt nod. hut remains in conversation with, the Count for a moment or two. A further rebuff greets the jeweller a little later, when he forces his way into the lady’s rooms without invitation. His rival, however, is more favored, and becomes affianced after a brief courtship. 'The men meet at a. supper a few days after this last event, and the jeweller makes himself so objectionable that it becomes apparent to the Count that they must decide hv some contest which shall withdraw from the siege of the lady's heart. They engage in a gamble at cards in which the Count is a heavy loser, pledging himself to pay over a sum much exceeding his resources. In order to free her despairing lover from liis obligation . Mile Asta consents to receive a necklace from the jeweller, and while selecting this she is tempted to steal a cluyn of pearls, the sale of which would., ensure the perfect freedom of her lover. The theft is observed, and places her at the mercy of the intriguing jeweller. The concluding scene relates how the Count and Mile. Asta free themselves of the debt and .dishonor attached thereto, and the story ends satisfactorily. The programme also includes a sterling pourtrayal of the sad but hopeful story of <£ Rorv O’More.” who is«ahvay.s associated with the finer logon dry of the Irish Rebellion. 'Hie remaining items are of high quality. The series will be screened again' this evening.