AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 20 April 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THREE STARS. ■ 11 9 People who saw the big picture “Cabiria” will remember the giant negro Maciste, who used his strength, to such good purpose in doing all manner of prodigious feats on behalf of the persecuted 1 heroine of'that production. Maciste appears to have made a popular hit as a picture player, for the producers of “Cabiria” have given him a live-reel film all to himself, in which he improves on the physical culture stunts with which he commenced his movie career. The new picture is called “Maciste,” and is the story of a persecuted girl, who in escaping from a gang of ruffians takes refuge in a cinema theatre just in time to get the mighty man of “Cabiria” performing some of his wonderful feats. His strength comes to her as a revelation, and obeying a wild impulse to seek his aid in her difficulties, she writes to Maciste. He answers by letter out of curiosity, and later she meets him and enlists his sympathy. Then follows a wonderful series of “strong man” feats, in which the desperadoes who are making the girl’s life miserable come in for an extremely unhappy time. Maciste Is a great actor as well as one of the most powerful athletes in the world, and this sensational picture, will, no doubt, attract large audiences. A

good supporting programme will als b e shown. This great picture will h shown at the Matinee to-morrow.