TOWN HALL PICTURES.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 October 1919, Page 4

TOWN HALL PICTURES.

DOUBLE PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT.

1 A good house greeted the double star attraction at the Town Hall last night. Credited with being the most. beautiful ‘actress on the screen, Miss Genevieve llHanlper, as the vampire in "The 'Spider and the Fly.” quite justified ithat claim, and in addition demonstl'n.ted that .she is also. one" of the most talented. “The Spider and the Fly” is la. most unusual‘ drama, the interest "of l the beholder being held up to the great lscene in the Mall of Folly, where Delano discovers that he has been‘ -’the plaything of awwanton woman, who lruined him body ‘and’ soulwto win a wager. The ‘vengeance he ‘takes, on the "wonla‘n and‘ her abe-ttors is most Irealis7ti“c? and» terrible.‘ "I‘h'e drama is beautifully nlO-untedyand is ~on'e*of the ‘best of its kind’-—ever7shown in Taihape. Of a totally dilfereil‘t"character is the‘ serio-coinic “'Co;nfessioii,” in7wh‘£cll Jewel Carmen showsthat her power to please and charmlthe public has not been lost. The story is of :1 weddifng which started out as a comedy, but’end—ed almost as a tragedy. To get away from the Vfelicitations of their friends after the wedding‘ ce.remdny they left by a‘ subterfuge. Wffutr their troubles then began. Robbed of their possessions‘ by‘ a couple of crooks, they sought a. hotel penniless. Looked upon with suspicion, the newly-married couple were put into a parlour, oth-or aceom-modatilin being refused. A‘murder in the hotel was fastened on the husband, who-was tried .and found guilty, and almost electrocuted, but was saved just in "time, by the devoted etfoi-ts of the bride. It is intensely thrilling and extra.ordinarily well aeted, and all ends very happily. “A consummation is reached by a methml itis not our province to disclose, but must be seen to‘ be understood and ap‘f‘l‘€ciated. Altogetlier =‘th'ese SlJ9.l's~al’G a couple of gems, and will be repeated to,-night. V , " ’