AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 7 January 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. Antonio Moreno, the star of "The Island of Regeneration" plays the title role in the Greater Vitagraph play "The Magnificent Meddler," now being screened at King's to-night. He portrays a young newspaper reporter who acquires the great daily known as the "Horizon Sentinel," He is accompanied on the venture by a cartoonist who never smiles, "Bob Gill," and between them, the pair makes the affairs of the town more than interesting, Mary Anderson, as the heroine is dainty and demure, and has a role which fits her like a glove. She is the daughter of the local 'boss' who rules the town through fraud and corruption, but. has eventually to surrender his daughter and his corrupt practices before the resistless cheer*" ful energy of the new editor. The story abounds in sensational episodes, and the hero's devices for overcoming the forces which arc astride the town, are ingenious and daring. There are also some fine feats of horsemanship and athletic strength in the film, and the whole production is one of the brightest and breeziest that has come from the Vitagraph studios for a longtime. The latest Keystone in two ports, supports the abov.e •