AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3318, 23 October 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

{ THE KING'S PICTURES. ' J , TO—NIGHT_ - .' ‘:Lest We Forget” is the great -screen. drama for which the World has been waiting. Its historical signficance will make, it of value -as long as the world ‘stands. For it shows in visible form the great causes back of America's entrance into the War. The violation of Belgium and the leading of its citiZens into captivity, the‘ wanton "destru__tcion of magnificent cathedrals and the inhuman treatment of innocent women and children shown both on Iland, and in the sinking of the mamImoth ‘ship, the Lusitania, are all to !be seen in ‘‘‘Lest We Forget}? The star of “Lest We Forget,’;’ beautiful Rita Joliivet, was herself a passenger ‘on the Lusitania on its ill-fated trip, and heard those immortal '"words of her fellow—passenger, Charles Frohman, “Why fear death?” This great eight-act production provides a mighty panorama of events now historical, connected with the opening (lays of the \\’..~:, and follows its progress through the later thrilling months. The scenes on the Lusitania are especially thrilling. SATURDAY NIGHT.

~ The great Bairnsfat-her production “The Better ’Ole” which has met with quite sensational success wherever it has been played or screened and which is now in its third year in London, is to be exhibited at the Kingj’s on Saturday next under the aegis of Leo.‘D_ Chateau’s International Attractions. “The Better ’Ole” is 3. six-reel classic all—British-make. It is a. production mat runs the gamut of all the emotions with irresistible entertaining qualities. Those unforgettable characters from France, O,ld~ Bill, Alf. and Bert, which will immortalise the name of Bairnfi father are transposed from the pictorial “Fragments From France” to living breathing realities in the picture. Their adventures are 0111)’ Wpical °fN thousands of incidents bred in the] Great War, but they converrefi “W message of cheer, the doctrine Of "carry on” to the men in the trenches,‘ and though but a. modest ronmncff It] became a vital message at .11 "ltal moment. - ‘