AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 4 January 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. "Two Men of Sandy Bar" will be screened at the Town Hall to-night, and should be greeted with a good house. The following is the plot: John Oakhurst is described as a chivalrous gambler, and his friendship for Sandy Morton —a friendship almost as strong as that of Damon for Pythias — forms the motive of the story, whose locale is the mining country of 1849. Sandy was given to excessive drink, which, through the connivance of the Duchess, the queen of the gambling hour.es, resulted in the loss of his birthright. Though his father had maintained a search for him covering a number of years, he had never been able to locate him. Circumstances so shaped themselves that Oakhurst, innocently, and believing Sandy dead, took the place of the long-lost son in his father's affection and household. The circumstances reached a climax when the identity of Sandy was revealed at the psychological moment by the Duchess herself. So upright has Oakhurst been in his dealings with the elder Morton that, as he turns to leave the room, the old man calls him back and announces that henceforth the name under which he will operate his banking business will be Alex Morton and Sons, and Oakhurst. Thus the troubles of the two men cement their years of friendship and lifelong association. THESE STARS. "The Third Generation," a picture that is well acted, is a production you can follow. Following the heroine to Scotland, the escape from the Castle and other events make the picture a very exciting and interesting one. Tonight will be your last chance of seeing it. Tc-morrow night a Triangle Keystone, "Fatty and Mabel Adrift," will be one of the stars, and on Saturday night something special will be screened, when that popular picture "Bullets and Brown Eyes" will be shown. i