AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 17 February 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

I THUEE STAKS. \ j By advertisement elsewhere the I management announce a double bill of pictures to-night, the first star wlil commence at 8 sharp and the second at about 10.20. There will be two intervals during the evening* i "The Ne'er Do Well," which was of* ' fered to a good house at the Three ' Stars theatre last night is a big picI ture that occupies the whole of theI programme, but experienced pictureI goers will admit that it is different , in many ways from most other long I films. The hero is of the sort that" 'goes down well as the principal figfure in a picture. He is big-muscled' ! and likeable, and has a remarkable ' aptness for doing just the right thing- : when the camera man is around. ' He' jis wholly irresponsible, and has a most realistic manner when holding--1 his own in the scrape into which his-dare-devil instincts lead him. Thegirl of the piece is equally satisfactory. Most of the action takes.place in Panama, which, with its peopleprovides a fascinating background of which the producers have availed' ' themselves in introducing some exceedingly interesting glimpses of that mammoth engineering feat. ... The all-British Sir A. Wing Pinero's celebrated' drama, will also be shown at the Three Stars to-night, with Hahry Ainlee in the lead. Alma TajVlo* plays Iris, and her representation of a good, but weak woman is said to be an eminently faithful piece of acting. "Iris,"in film form is claimed to be a remarkably po verful picture which .or quality cf production and presentation ranks with the greatest allBritish film plays made. ( 1 EVERYBODY'S.

| Attention is called to the fine pro~ ' gramme to be shown at the Town I Hall to-night. There will be two J dramatic features, supported by a | British war film, and a good comedy. [The dramatic subjects are exceptlon- : ally strong. The World Film proGuc- : tion "The Grey Mask," is admirably staged, while the acting of a talented cast is equally commendable. Edwin Arden is presented in the role of Joe Garth, a fine, straight-living stamp of manhood, who assists the girl of his heart to reap vengeance on a band of scoundrels who have irretrievably ruined the life and fortunes of her father. The struggle is of a most daring and dangerous nature, and gives rise to a series of startling and sensational incidents, the zenitljf of which is reached when a motor-bar and its occupants plunge over a brink into the depths below. Eventually, right and justice triumph, and ; the couple find their true reward in i their mutual affection. The second" : feature, "The Coal King." is another splendid drama in four big acts. The various art unions in oenneetion with the Rosebud Competitions will be drawn at Everybody's pictures, in the Town Hall to-night, at 9.15.