AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 18 May 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATEE. The name of ’W. S. Hart is one to conjure by in the picture world, and matters are generally moving pretty briskly when he appears on the scene. As “Wolf Lowry,” to be shown at the King’s to-night, William S. is not to be seen as a gambler, a, bad

man, a gun-fighter, a killer, but, in strong contrast to his previous work, in a part that is almost idyllic in its big-hearted, rugged honesty and devotion. His famous six-shooters are drawn only once, and then with chivalrous intent. The drama of course, contains the’ usual number of sensational athletic riding stunts by the great star, and the plot is quite out of the ordinary. Margery Wilson, as the “selector,” whose impudence rouses all the cattle king’s wrath until he ■ finds that she is a delicately pretty girl, has a role which suits her .admirably. Scenes which show the. actual conditions on a large American cattle ranch abound, and in the great enclosure there are thousands of cattle. The •>throwing out of the land agent who is making coarse and violent love to Margery is tremendously dramatic, and the final scene full of pathos and tense emotion.

The supporting pictures are a Gazette, ! a very laughable comedy,- and a beautiful Pathe scenic. i THREE STARS. * At the Three Stars to-night the triple star World film “Youth” will be screened, in which appears, Carlyle Blackwell, June Elvidge, and Muriel Ostriche. It is a unique event, when three stars of such magnitude shine in the same cinema firmament, but the picture “Youth” is worthy of the constellation. The story is based on a well-known theme in everyday life, but its treatment is very different to any we have yet seen. The story is very absorbing, and some of the situations almost tragic, lighted up by touches of quaint humour, not of the battleaxe variety, but which penetrates slowly, leaving a pleasant glow of satisfaction behind. The picture is pi everyin every way worthy of actors, and that is saying a good deal. The fourteenth episode of the “Iron Claw” v* ill also be shown.

EVERYBODY’S. The programme to be shown tonight will be one of exceptional merit including, as it does, two stars. The picturisation of Ouida’s great novel, “Under Two Flags,” (which has at last arrived) will be shown. The other big item is a two-reel comedy “The Pullman Bride,’ ’which promises to be a real side-splitter. The plot is worked out in a series of remarkably unique and original gags and stunts that never let up for a second. They follow each other with such "rapidity that it is almost bewildering. It is thrills and laughs—bang, bang, from the start to finish. The story is logical, with a convincing punch in every scene, and the fun is riotous. An outburst of lillari*"- Gia f has seldom if ever been equalled. The general excellence of the cast of characters is due to Mack Sennett’s new and admirable policy of concentrating his skill and efforts, not on a dozen producing companies, but confining ft to not more than three companies. Every person in the comedy is a comedian of tried and tested ability, with years of hard study to their credit; in fact, all their lives they have done nothing else but perfecting the making at. far. cical comedies.