KING'S PICTURES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3372, 29 December 1919, Page 4

KING'S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT ONLY.

The new programme to be screened tonight is one that should draw a packed house. The title of this fine production is “The Man Who Was “Afraid.” He was dubbed a coward, but when you have seen the -picture. it will prove ‘'othel-4WVisé. ’ On

-tgrammle there is a. fine range of supo ,:ports. No. 1 Gaumont Graphic; No; 2 Pathe News of the World; No. 3 !Muff and Jeff Cartoons; No. 4 Scenic :WOlldors of 100011;. and one of thenlbest .lshoWll Here. To-marrow night the gmost talked about picture c\fel- shown gwill be screened. It was stopped by the Sydney police, then passed the’Censor Board without altel~ationL§}le. title of thpw pictnm is “Satan in Syd-« lney” which created in Australia the Ebiggesht sensation that was ever known gin the screen WOl'ld_ The picture tensga, story of a young coun‘m:.' girl, w‘ho~ is thrown on ‘her own resources, pen-« liniless and ignorant She learned a -bitter lesson and fought her way to 1’ success, battling against the harpics,,, gopium dens, drinking shops, -and’ igambling hells that infest any great ;city such as the Austyilian metropolis. She learned to know Sydney as a dc-» rtectivc knows. it. The truth is un;pleasant and many people prior to the lshowing of this picture ‘had no idea'that Sydney possessed the means of’ ‘enticing and entrapping the innocent land unwary. To enable country clients {an opportunity of seeing this picture 'the management has arrariged to show jit at a special matinee on Wednesday afternoon, commencing at 2 pm. sharp‘ y! .when the usual matinee prices will be ,charged. .