ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3825, 7 May 1913, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PAT J IK. PICT CUES. Xo more grim tragedy Ls known to history than X T apoleon’s retreat from Moscow. After shaking the nations of Europe to their very foundations, and stabling his horses m the palaces of some of the haughtiest Royal houses in the world, the all-conquering Gorsi- ! can turned his attention to Russia, j and marched the (lower of his battle ! scarred, army into the heart of the 1 Empire. How the Russians set fire j to their capital in order to oust the | invader is known to all. The horrors I of “The Betrea-t from Moscow” will j Ijo vividly portrayed at His Majesty’s j Theatre to-night, where Rathe, Pici lures will introthuo a remarkable re- : production of the awful tragedy which | overtook the Great Corsican and his | mighty army. Ostensibly happening ! in that black year 1812, the outstandj Trig scenes have been arranged with 1 admirable fidelity and consistency. I-The grim tragedy is powerfully sugj grated hi such phases as the conilagnttion. the .beginning of the Retreat, the bedraggled lines of snow-weary, starved ■ men. winding across tin 1 wastes, tin* clouds of Cossacks hover- | ing op the edge to cut off failing and i isolated companies, and the terror of | file wolves. The last scene, with the j real blasts ripping about, and qnarr'dling over the jallen, is fhrillmgly j realistic. In the. making of tin’s rei markable film tlw -assistance of. the | Imperial Russian Army was obtained |in order to make the battle scenes moot realistic- and convincing. It is I unquestionably the most storing n.ili- | tary sensation wliich has ever ham | produced, and it is safe to predict : that all who see it will remember it as | long as they live. 'The big star will he (•supported by a particularly line seri ies. ••The Face or the Voice ’ is a ■ fascinating Vita graph drama. _ which ! tells how a young millionaire falls in i love n itli a voice. This belongs to | Myna Borden, who has a lmuitifuL sister named Undine. The millionaire ! imagines that Undine is the possessor j of tlm ’voice, and the latter encouri ages him in the belief. In the end. ■ however, he. learns tlm truth, and 1 claims-the plainer sister. The story j is charmingly told, and the iiitroducfion of “B*n Bolt” and “Ora Pro Nobis” bv the orchestra, heightens the effect of tlm drama. “A Proposal Undid* Difficulties” is an uproarious i comedy bv the Edison players.. I Iris i tells how' Dorothy has two suitors, i Bob and Dick, both of whom lack the j courage to propose to her. Bob does j a bit of rehearsing, hut just as he I utters tli3 words, 11 V ill you he my I wife?” the housemaid enters the 1 room, and accepts _him before- be has time to explain. Such a- comedy ot errors follows as surely was never seen before. ••Timid May” is another convulsing Edison comedy, which I shows - how a simple country maiden, i who is nearly frightened to death by j the rough appearance of the cowboys. I captures single-handed a desperado I who is terrorising the countryside. Other films which will he found of. more than ordinary merit are "A Stronger Atari” (drama), "How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family” (Edison comedy), “Albion Docks at Louise” (scenic), and a new “Australian Gazette.” To-night’s series will bo fredv acknowledged 'to be one of .the best which Rathe Pictures has yet placed before.their patrons.

> -OPERA HOUSE PICTURES. Principal among the pictures to bu screened at the Opera House- this evening is a drama entitled “Ireland the Oppressed,” a somewhat unique film. During a rest- at the harvest dance, Marty, an aged Irishman, is requested to tell of the days when he was voting. The good-natured Irishman consents and tolls the following "story. “In those days wo got our Faming from tli’ hedge school, and whin I grew up, toimes bein’ wurse, like many another spalpeen I tuk to courtin’. Just about thin Lord Ivilhannoek, the- divil take dm. took to evictin’ his penniless tenants by the way of a little diversion. Con Hanley made a gallant- run wid tho news to Father Falvoy. His Biv’rince, atti mtin’ to protict the Morgans, was put under arresht for liis trouble. Bein’ a knowin’ lad an’ a mimber of the White Boys, I blew together, an’ there in the glen we took on the rescue av th’ holy man. T’was a grand place for tho” wurk, but it- cost us dear. Wid’ the Red Coats, scourin’ tli’ countryside, His RivTinee lived for weeks on the food secretly parsed him, in tlie cave where lie was hidden. Rewards were posted ivrywhoro. A dliirty agent- named Michael Dee discovered the hiding place of llis Riv'rince an’ sold him to th’ crown, but Peggy overheard a drunken soldier's boast, and very toimely too, brought the nows, an’ disguised, the good priest, shipped to sea. He kissed the shore of his native isle and sailed him away to Ameriky. An’ though. Peggy dear served sivin long' years! she’s here hersilf to tell it.” This fine film is accompanied by many others, comprising a sterling programme.

EUCHRE EVENING. The next euchre evening in aid of the furnishing fund for the Children's Creche will take place at Wootton’s Rooms to-night. The prizes; whi h arc on view in Lewis’s drapery window, are well worth inspection and also’competing for. They are as fallows :—Ladies’: First, pair of silver candlesticks; second, largo box of chocolates. Mont.’s: First, set of military brushes; second, hound novel (‘‘Then- Yesterdays’’). There are also two good useful prizes for the losers and for the lady and gentleman winning the most number of games through the series. Tickets can bo obtained from any of the committeeor at Mr. Lewis’s shop.