AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 August 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S The headline of to-day's programme bears the name of "The Years of the Locust," a Jessie L. Lasky production, featuring Fanny Ward, the genuine artist whose name and fame is on the lips of all. The story is of a woman who marries for money and has all that luxury can give Eer, except the companionship of her husband. The South African atmosphere, where Miss Ward's former lover has exiled himself and become a diamond mine owner, is well produced, and absolutely true to life. The supporting pictures are worthy of inclusion in any entertainment. THREE STARS This gentleman cracksman is the hero of "Arsene Lupin," the fine London film screening at the Three Stars to-night. The story is frankly sensational and is full of thrills from start to finish. The master burglar is a long way more than a match for Guechard, the pompous detective, and some of his devices for outwitting the representatives of law and order are little less than miraculous. In one scene, Arsene is seen handcuffed in the prison van with the triumphant detective by his side. When the van reaches the prison it is Guechard and his men who are found bound and gagged inside. Gerald Ames is a convincing and attractive hero, and Manora Thew is a gracious and more than usually pretty heroine. The end of the story is most artistic and impressive. Raffles as a gentlman burglar, is only beaten as a worldwide celebrity in his "profession" by the hero of the clever French detecive stories, "Arsene Lupin." The photodrama of the same name is an original and compelling production by the Lonodn Film Company, and is being screened at the Three Stars. The lift scene in "Arsene Lupin" is a rmarkable piece of ingenuity. The bottom of the lift is holLow, and concealed in it Arsene has time to make us a Guechard, the detective with whom he is at war. He steps boldly out and completely deceives Guchard's men, whom he persuades to arrest their genuine master.