AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 6 November 1916, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

“EVERYBODY’S” PICTURES At the Town Hall on Saturday there was a full house and a most appreciative audience. “Despair” was first screened the plot and its interpretation being both excellent. The interest from start to finish never flags. A girl brought up with criminals is caught in the act of robbery »y the editor of a newspaper, and she eventually becomes a member of the newspaper staff. She falls in love with the editor, and on seeing him emerge from. church with his bride, she determines to kill herself, but is stopped by a former crook admire.-. She joins the old gang and again robs the editor’s house, during which she is shot and dies in the editor’s arms, who kisses her, to the dismay of his wife. “Within the Law” is a great fav* ourite, and the acting was faultless. It shows up the looseness of the administration of American law. The picture was most enthusiastically received; it will be repeated this evening for the last time in Taihape.

THREE STARS. The eighth of. the .popular “Stingaree” series will to.-&igh.fe?j ported By a, Triaugl^-Kejstone > ,>fcafixring Walrus., in “ Cinders, of Love,’’ which is described as 2100 feet of’ laughs. The supporting subjects are “The Great Russian Haul”; “Through the Telemaken, Norway”; “Men of the Moment”; “The Orgy” (drama); and the “Topical Budget.” “BRITAIN PREPARED.” cor“'Britain Prepared” is the title given to a remarkable series of pictures which will be screened at Three Stars on "Wednesday and Thursday next. The films were taken with the approval of the Admiralty, War Office, and the Minister of Munitions, aiuL-they are said to give a wonderful, .insight Into the extraordinarily complete measures: adopted by Great -Britain to build up an army with a plentiful supply of munitions and everything else necessary to smash the long-prepared power of a nation desiring world dominion. There is a lesson in every foot of this series, and every foot should act as a recruiting agent, speaking with a voice of thunde.r of the work that has to be done and the duty of everyone to do his share. The pictures deal not only with the army and navy, but they take the audience through the munition plants,, show them motor-cycle corps at- work, aviation work, raw recruits to a finished article, and a visit to the Grand Fleet, illustrated in a way which no words could describe. The second part of the programme is devoted to the Navy, and the pictures present battleships, destroyers, mine-sweepers, submarines, and battleships under construction and being launched. Several views show the ships in rough weather, and the effect is described as grand. One of the most instructive parts relates to the submarines, for the audience get a close view of them, and see the submarine submerge; also the view the commander obtains through the periscope is shown. A close inspection of the Queen Elizabeth is made, and particularly striking is the firing of her 15-inch guns. Many more scenes* showing dozens of great grey shapes at anchor and under way only confirm the confidence felt by every Briton in the power of our navy. There are ten reels of the production.