AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 28 June 1918, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATEB.

A thoroughly exciting melodrama is "presented in "The World Against ■Him," tne World Film play, June El'vidge. and E; K. Lincoln are the. lead••ilng stars. Things happen at once: Mark West's little sister dies as 'the result of a reckless operation performed by .a surgeon as an experiment which he well knew would, result in the- child's death. By ; accident' Mark discovers the truth, ■■ and) . seeing red, he kills the assistant For this he is condemned to death,, and there in the gaol, occurs the strange wedding that is the ;.central dramatic incident of the picture, a wedding in which he is the bridegroom only because he is soon to die. The acting of E. K. Lincoln is superb throughout this succession of strong situations, and nothing too good can be said of June Elvidge. To-morrow night there will be three star features shown, "My Old Dutch," ! featuring Albert Chevalier, "The ! Question Box,"'' and the first number jof the serial of "The Secret King- | dom." EVERYBODY'S. In these days of swift living who is not on the lookout for thrills? There is a whole series of them dished up in the true fashion of a master at the Town Hall to-morrow (Saturday. The picture referred to is "The Love Thief" a William Fox production full of remarkable adventures. The tale is centred round the Mexican border, and the trouble in the story is mostly brough tabout by the conflicts of the Americans with the Mexicans, The I leading artists in this picture are ' Gretchen Hartman and Alan Hale. AnSennett two-reel comedy. ".'Naming Target Centre," a speedy picture in which, thrill is followed by burlesque comic situation and the whole is delightful entertainment. The latest Paramount Gazette and Travelogue will also be shown