AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THE KING'S, 2%.: the Kings tonight the drama “Miss Robinson Crusoe,” and Supporting programme, will be repeated. Tomorrow night, “More Trouble,” will be screened. In this drama Frank Keenan gives of his best work. The story is a tragi-farce of a good young man who never went astray, yet trombles descended on his father on his account until the old man was practically riuiued and was afraid to answer the telephone for fear it was still another disaster. The escapades of a college mate were all crdited up to the pattern youth, and an avalanche of bills Smotllered his doting father on all sides. The picture paints the unusual moral that virtue and probity don’t pay, and the model youth in the end is presented with a pick’ and shovel to make a man of him. i Supi)ol'tCd by two good comedies, Gazette and Ml‘. Cook series. - . T__..——____... ' TOWN HALL PICTURES. TUESDAY NIGHT. Owing to the Town Hall being engaged on Saturday night there will be no pictures shown, but on Tuesday evening ‘there will be shown a star drama, pourtraying a man’s despei-§.‘fe fight to clear himself of a hereditary. taint and make _good_ The drama is entitled “Once to Every Man,” and

lthe story is as follows:—Denny Boul:ton is considered a ne’er do well because his father and grandfather be‘fore -him died of drink. In vain does Denny try I'2o become reinstated in the lgood graces of the toWnspeople—they avoid him as a plague. Believing, through the powers of suggestion, that he inherits his father-‘s craving for liquor, Denny fights a hard battle, aided by his sweetheart, Dryad Anderson, who lives nextdoor. One night he is kicked by a horse and going home in pain is about to give in to his desire. for whisky when, conquering it, he throws the demijohn to the floor and {then falls fainting upon it. Dryad lcomes in at this minute, and believing '-he is drunk, claims she never wants to see him aagin until he has proven his strength. Angered because Dryad, too, distrusts him, Denny goes to New York and secures the backing of Flash Hogarty, a sporting man, who puts him in the ring. After months of hard training he meets Jed the Red between the ropes and wins the lightweight championship. The only one from his old. home town to journey to‘ to the fight is Jerry, the village post-J man, who brings Denny a token from 1 Dryad, and a. message that she is‘ waiting for him. When Denny arrives home he finds that the whole town is I eagerly waiting to welcome him, and Dryad happy in the knowledge that she had not trusted him in vain: ,

R BILLETS IN FRANCE. ‘ A DIGGERS’ ENTERTAINMENT. ’ On Saturday night an entertainment quite out of the ‘ordinary will be staged at the frown Hall, when the “Diggers” will give their original and ywholly amusing performance of “Billlets in France,” round which -has been ?grouped a series of items suggestive ‘and illustrative of life in the trenches. Thecreputation of the perfOl'mel's has preceded them, and the- booking of seats has been proceeding very steadily since the box plan "Was opened, and it is imperative that/those who wish to get seats where the entertainment may be witnessed and heard to the greatest advanta-geshould secure their seats without delay. The star attrae-’, tion will commence at 8.40, in" order to enable business people to participate after business premises are closed. V