AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 March 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THREE STARS. One of the finest pictures of itis kind will be shown at the Three Stars tonight. It is a Triangle drama entitled ‘'Going Straight.” The story pictures a fight for home, wife, children and happiness. In reality it is a story of a fight against a past which was thought was buried. Briefly told, the story is as follows—John Remington, a respectable real estate man, goes down into the slums to negotiate the purchase of a warehouse for a client, and meets Jimmie Br.iggs, a gangster. The latter recognises Remington as his former partner in crime, and his wife (Norma Ti Imadge) used to work with Briggs in many house robberies, and for the last the two men served sentences. When ther were released Remington found that Grace had born him a baby. Briggs, however, blackmails Remington, till he has no more money to give him. Then Briggs demands that Remington should aid him in one more big deal, or he will expose Grace for her complicity in by-gone crimes. The wife has gone to spend the week-end at the home of a wealthy friend, the very place Briggs has selected to burgle. In due course Briggs and Remington enter the house. Meanwhile Briggs goes upstairs to see fter the jewellery, and happens to enter the room where Grace is asleep. She hears him, and a desperate struggle takes place, but her wit saves the situation. In addition to the star attraction, the Bathe Gazette is well worth seeing this week, while there is an interesting Bathe colour scenic of an excursion to the Chateau of Chambord. Comedy is well represented in ' ‘His Dukeship Mr Jack, ’ ’ featuring Frank Daniels.

EVERYBODY’S.

The new bill of fare which was introduced at the Town Hall last night does not allow the interest to flag throughout its screening. A 5 reel Metro production caled "The Yellow Streak’-’ tells an intensely exciting story, wherein outlaws, cowboys, and brigands appear in a continuous round of thrilling episodes. The story is very well conceived, and some of the more important incidents reach a very' realistic pitch, a notable happening being the hold-up of a coach by a brigand and the subsequent fight between the eowpunchcrs and the road agents. An element of humour runs through the picture, and is particularly strong when one of the outlaw’s journeys through the forest disguised as a clergyman and riding a donkey instead of the customary broncho. In the matter of settings, lighting and photography the picture excels. The supporting films include the Eclair Journal and a laughable farce "Double Cross. ’

To-morrow (Thursday) "The Call of the North”—a Lasky feature —and the thirteenth episode of the "Broken Coin” serial will be shown for one night only.