AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3374, 31 December 1919, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

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One of the gtrangest chapters in American history is vividly presented in the great photoplay, “Riders of the Purple Sage,” in which William Farnum will appear at the Town Hall tonight. ' . -

Based on the ‘Zane Grey novel of the same name, “Riders of the Purple Sage” relates a story whose setting is Utah in the early days of the Mormon settlement, and gives an illuminating insight into ‘the practices sf some of the formers leaders of that sect. ‘

The play starts with the abduction of a. girl by a powerful dignitary of the Mormon cult, and tells a I;hrilling story of a year’s long hunt by her brother for the man Who wronged her. The extent of the power of the elders of the church over their followers- is startlingly revealed, and tq :»'t.udents of ‘American history the picture will prove an iimazing narrative of a factor in the great West’s grmvth that -‘is not. generally known.

‘ FRIDAY NIGHT. A great doxrble star programme will signalise the entry of the Town Hall Picture Theatre into the new year. The premier attraction will be that enthralling drama,“‘North of 53," which is the most absorbing story ever screened. The companion star will be “Where Love Leads,” an equally inrteresting, though totally difiereut pic';ture." ‘The supports consist of a Gazette, Travelogue and Comedy——'rruly a -ma.mnloth programme

« THE KING’S-—‘TO-NIGHT. When all that is worth living for is at stake, it can do no harm to be brought flace to face with the truth, and nothing would‘ be ‘more beneficial to humanity then,‘ -that every one should see “Satan in Sydney” at the King-fs. The picture performs a work that should be the duty of ‘every parent. ~Every great city abounds with Scoundrels Who‘ advertise the perfumed, beflowered pathways to perditio-n, and this srtory lays bare" the shvame, the lies, the falseness of the easy, soft, A’ silken life of the darker side of Sydney. It tells of a young girl thrown on the world to make her own way, hopelessly handicapped by want of knowledge of the evils that will beset her path.