AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 24 January 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S

“M’Liss” which was rcsponsibjf” for good business at the Town Hall last night will be finally screened to-night. The film is in many ways a remarkable production. A wonderful scries of beautiful scenes, grojfcngs and views are included in the fijpi, which is a rich dramatic offering, full of interest and excitement. MT.iss is played by Miss Barbara Tenant, and tire producer of the picture, Mr O. A. C. Lund, plays i the part of Don Jose, the villain of the drama. Beautiful photography dis- | tlnguishes this sumptuous offering. On the same programme is an interesting war film, “From Trench to Trench,” and the comedy element is supplied by a screaming Essanay film ‘ ‘ Snakeville ? s Weak Women. ’ ’ To-morrow “A Huntress of Men” a Red Feather photoplay, j Mary Fuller, will be screened. | THREE STARS. “The Lion and the Girl.”—A tramp fishing for his dinner manages to so handle the rod and line as to hook a lady’s purse from her side while she sit s asleep on the river bank. He in- ' estigatos the bag and finds a \gold watch? This he pawns with the partner. of a loan office. The watch proves to be the property of the wife ©f the other partner in the business. The tramp, now in funds,, dresses, and when cut for a walk sees a young lady who lias fallen into the lion’s cage in the 7. 00. He enters the cage and rescues her. They' fall in love, and are about to be married, but her father turns out to be a pawnbroker whose wife’s bag had been stolen by the tramp, an®, the tramp is recognised by the partner as the man who pawned it. The outstanding incident in this picture is the manner in which the girl gets into the lion’s cage, and the fact that the lion actually throws his body across the girl, and places his huge paw on her head. Nothing quite so real of this kind has been seen for some time- The young lady must have been possessed of unusual pluck. Supports include: “The Industries of Borneo”; “The Artist’s Wife” (drama): “The Use of Alaskan Dogs oil the French Front”; “Two Smiths and a Half” (comedy): “Trebizond” (scenic); and “Th e Military Air Scout” (drama). This programme will be shown for one night only', a complete change being screened tomorrow night.