AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 September 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL PICTURES TO-NIGHT. The million of admirers of stalwart William Farnum, -the famous Fox Film star, may look f,orwa.r=d with keen anti~ eipution to “the Conqueror,” a massive V and thrill‘ing.Willi:am Fox pllotodramaitic romance based on the life of one ;of Americla.’s frontier heroes. General 7Sam Houston, of Texas, which will be seen at the Town Hall rosnght. The first announcement of this big production carries with it the facts tlilat it was directed by Mr R. A‘. Walsh, ‘j)_l':odueer of “The Honour Syste'm”’ and other Fix pictures of extr.a.ordinai'y merit, and that in the course of its production. “The Conqueror” 'made use of several thousand Indians, Mexicans, and live stock; that the battle scenes, in which la. hundred cannon were used, are tremendous; that the love story is one of infinite charm, and that the dramatic -action builds to a climax caleulatecl to make ‘every spectator gasp for breath. On Saturday evening a grand double Paramount programme will be’ screened, fe:l’iuring Billy Burke in “Let ’s got a Di\'m'er‘." and the great Wallace Read in “'l‘I:.- Hostages.” THE KING ’S. At the King’s‘ Thealtre tonight there will be screened one of the latest Metro successes, entitled “Our Mrs MeChesney,” featuring that sterling actress, Ethel Barrymore. It is a picture quite: out of the -ordinary, its ' sociologicai; side being tl'ea.'ted in a most interest-‘; ing‘ manner. Some of the questions the drama sets out -‘to answer are: Is a.l woman’s sphere at home or in an offic-e? Who‘ makes the best “bargainfle, man or i a. woman‘? Can {L woman be successful: in business? The supportingfilms in-{ ‘elude :1 Co-op. Weekly, Christie comeily, j “Captul'ing' Wild Animals.”