ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3722, 7 January 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

RATHE PICTURES. * The part change of programme billed by Path© Pictures attracted a good house to His Majesty’s Theatre last night, and the appetising'fare supplied was thoroughly relished by everyone. Of the new dramas, “The Detective’s Conscience,” a powerful Lubin production, stood out prominently. This depls with the interference of the revenue officers with a moonshiner and his sister, who are running an illicit still in the mountains. The detective who is sent out to aid the sheriff in raiding the place falls in love with the pretty outlaw. Her brother discovers the fact, and compels the stranger to marry the girl. The office] - , however, carries out his duty. He abandons his wife, closes up the still, and sends the moonshiner to gaol. Some years afterwards, remorse overtakes the detective, and he returns to his wife. By this time the brother-in-law’s term had expired, and a tragedy is only averted by the young wife successfully proffering her baby as a peacemaker. The story is convincingly told, and contains many strong situations. “The Marquis and The Dancer” gave the Gaumont players an opportunity for some most effective acting. The story tells how a Yicomte, who is engaged to a beautiful patrician, neglects his fiancee for a ballet girl. The spirited girl soon brings the nobleman to his senses bysetting up a desperate flirtation. The play is cleverly constructed, and its effectiveness is heightened by a beautiful setting- “The Moonlight Trail” tells how two young girls pluckily foil a couple of tramps, who make a desperate attempt to secure a large sum of money. “The Cohege Girl” is a prettily-told story, which -shows how an orphan girl by her goodness of heart wins a husband and a home.

“The Laugh on Dad” is about as clever a comedy as has yet been invented. The story- shows how dad objected to his daughter marrying a cowboy, and in order to humiliate the latter dresses up in his daughter’s clothes. The cowboy has the laugh, however, as he spirits the girl away, and dad is thunderstruck when lie finds that the young couple have outwitted him. The fun is fast and furious, and its fare humor had the whole house laughing heartily last night. “The Coast of Armour, Brittany” gave some delightful glimpses of the picturesque shore of France, while the new Gaumont Graphic contained many lyippenings of note in the Old Country. “A Cure for Jealousy,” “Reconciled b.v Brugbirs,” and “Neighbors” were subjects that were all keenly enjoyed. This attractive series will he screened for the last time to-night, as it has to make way for the customary mid-week change to-morrow evening.

THE OPERA HOUSE. This evening at S o'clock the management of tiie Opera House will screen for the last time the great American railway drama, “Their Lives for Gold.” This picture lia.s proved a great draw during the time it has been shown in Gisborne, and last night it was screened to a full house. The plot, which deals with the falling out of two friends over a gold mine, is somewhat out of the beaten tracks, and the setting is splendidly arranged. The several railway episodes, which form . a unique setting, have called forth rounds of applause each time they have been shown, and the picture may be said to bo one of the most successful yet screened at the Opera House. “Potters of the Nile,” a scenic dealing with a number of views on the banks of this historic river and showing the natives at work making pottery of various kinds, is also a very fine picture. “The Secret of Miser’s Cave” is a gruesome drama bv the Kalem Co-, and is full of excitement for the sensation-loving pic- j ture seeker. Other films included in the current series are: “The Sacrifice” (drama), “Grandma’s Sleeping Draught” (comic), “The City of Madrid” (.scenic), “What the Doctor Ordered” (comic), “Regeneration” (Yitagraph feature drama), “Trout Farming iii Surrey, England” (scientific), “Ranch Girls on the Rompage” (equestrian comedy), and “Polidor’s. New Suit” (comic). This series will he "screened this evening for the lasttime. and to-morrow night will give place to an entire change of programme headed by “The Glass Coffin,” a sensational picture of the supernatural, and “The Relief of Lucknow,” a story of the Indian Mutiny.