ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

r -0= OPERA HOUSE PI( TERES. The splendid programme at the Opera House will he finally screened to-night. This series is an exceptionally good one and comprises subjects that arc highly entertaining and interesting. The chief attraction is a thrilling masterpiece “Shannon of the Sixth.” This is an exciting story of the radian mutiny. The scenes shown are the most exciting over presented, amongst which is the famous massacre at .Meerut in .May, 1557. Many of the incidents woven into the story of Dora and Shannon of the •Sixth are historically true, the names, of course, being changed, in order not to give offence. At the conclusion of the play the audience realise what a wise set of counsellors Britain possesses. when we find that all the class and religious hatreds of those days healed, and the nation who fought so bitterly against the British is nt-.iv one of our dearest friends, and is sending troops to :■ m the Allies to suppress the mi ituns of Europe. “A listen".: ! •> There” is a splendid film sbe'ing Me departure of Australia's sons mat have done such wonderful lighting against the Turks. “Dr Smith’s Baby” and “The Fashion Shop” are two deibnnful comedies which the latest War Budget contains news from Europe’s battlefields and other parts.

BATHE PICTURES. 'The sterling- programme which Bathe Pictures are at present presenting at His Majesty’s proved quite to the taste of another good house last night. It is not often such a strong all-round series of films is contained in the same spools. The war pictures are atone worth tiie admission money. These include some fine views of the Russian Army and its officers a peep at, the Fremh artillerymen, and something of the rod that Lord Kitchener is placing in pickle for Kaiser Wilhelm and his truculent hordes. Three very fine dramas, ‘-’A Close Call” (Vitagraph), “The Passer-by” (Vita-gr-ph), and “The Clean Slate”(Lukin), are ea'-h perfect photographs in their respective ways, and each came in for warm commendation lastnight. Two big comedies have a place in tin; offering, arid the building fairly rang with laughter while they hold the screen. These were ‘‘Getting Acquainted.” a Keystone masterpiece, with Charles Chaplin in the leading role, and “The'Lost Lord Lovell,” an entertaining story by the Majestic Company, which many consider the best comedy which has been screened tins year. A slavey in a second-rate hoarding-house, a missing carl, and a star vaudeville actress are the principal characters in the sequence °l laughable episodes. “Studdy’s War Studios,” lightning skits on war subjects, in which the Kaiser is shown in a ludicrous light, are rich in humor. ‘ Kittens” is a very pleasing nature study from the Vita-graph studios, which lias won many admirers. 1 h] s artistic offering, winch will make its final appearance to-night, is strong in all departments. All who appreciate a first-class) picture entertainment •should not fail to see it.

(MIAS. CHAPLIN AT THE WORLD’S. Since June last the popular filmcomedian Cha.s. Chaplin has been making his film comedies exclusively under the management of the Essauay Film Co. (for which the World's Binjures hold sole rights), and! with the greater facilities afforded bias developed a typo of humor far in excess of all liis previous efforts. His quaint antics have gained such a grip on the public that the term “Chaphmtis lias been coined for the hearty laughter which invariably is the result _ol his latest productions. In “Champion Charlie,” which the World’s Pictures are screening this afternoon and evening, Charlie-, wandering about with , his bulldog, sees a sign on a gymnas- I iuin door that white hopes are wanted for a “try out.” He is scbcdu.cd to fight tho great champion. A Her a course of training, in which Chaplin keeps tho spectators in roars of laughter with his unique antics, he finally faces his opponent in tho prisse ring. On the front seat, as one of the spectators, is his bulldog. The animal actually smiles whenever Chaplin r gisters- a knockdown. Its face is fierce and gloomy when its master goes t-o the mat. After a. long, hard battle., tluei champion finally gets Chaplin against the ropes and proceeds to punish him unmercifully. Tho dog leaps from its seat and dashes to the ring and grabs the champion by the sent of the trousers and' mills him away. 'The champion fights desperately to shake off the bulldog, but it holds on like grim death. Chaplin then attacks his rival and finally scores a knockout punch. The champion takes tho count.