AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 7 June 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THKEE STABS. To-night, for one night only, will be presented a double-star programme. "The Perils of Divorce," in five acts, is as follows: Are we making divorce too easy? Strikingly original and intensely dramatic the World Film Corporation's latest success, "The Perils "of Divorce,' * to be shown at the Three 'Stars tonight is a remarkable presentation of this difficult social problem. The story of John Graham and k& wife Constance has probably many counterparts in real life if the veil of human affairs could be lifted, and to all, the tragedy of Constance Graham, a pure, high-minded woman, must make a profound appeal. Capably played by a strong cast, the picture includes inter alia soe daring cabaret scenes and a most spectacular torchlight ice skating scene in New York. It is a sister picture of "Woman and Wine." The second star is a fine Metro entitled "The Wall Between." There is also a remarkable picture enacted by trained animals showing by clever photography amusing antics of animals at play. The whole programme is an all-star one and is well worth seeing.

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•'The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch." Who is she'J What is she doing in Taihape? Visitors to Tverybody's to-night will have th e opportunity of making ■ the lady's acquaintance, and a very Charming lady she is. Yesterday" aftefhoon "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch' l " was* introduced to a private audience. ' It is a powerfully-presented drama, and there is something distinctly refreshing about it all. There are no villains,, no bloodshed and 'no ! thrills. But it is an intensely interesting play, which holils the earnest attention of the audience from first to last. It is quite a simple story. Husband and wife quarrel, and the wife, in a fit of jealousy, leaves her husband who- later obtains a divorce. The wife changes hen name from Lorimer to Hatch—hence the title of the play—and lives a life of comparative seclusion until she learns • that her daughter is about to marry. Then she returns, unwelcomed, to her home, and it is at this stage that the events of the play happen so quickly, and. so. interestingly. If the story itself is good, the acting is better. The pant of Mrs. Hatch is played by Henrietta Grosman, one of the stars of the picture-play firmament. The acting, in fact, is the great feature of the production. 'A scene that might otherwise have been criticised as a trifle risque is saved by acting that can only be described as supenb. Altogether '' The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch'" is a picture-play which may be well expected to ereat a furore. Supports include a third episode of the interesting circus serial "Peg o'the King"