AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3376, 3 January 1920, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN HALL PICTURES. ' TO-NIGHT——DOUBLE sun PRO- . . I .__« GRAMME. l ' * ‘-‘Sf.he;%“;ilx be screened at this populartheatre to-night what the management modestyterm . a “double-star’-’ _ programme, but what is actually a triple-star one, as the great ==el‘i‘vll< -“Railroad Raiders” has now, from its‘ ‘ absdrbing interest, assuméd the proportions of a star of the first magni- . tude. ' - The first star is “A Soldier's Oath,” featuring that great athlete, William Farnum, in the character of Pierre Duval; In ‘realism,’ scfenic effects and strength of appeal this great drama is a. Wonderful triumph of art. The story 55', one ‘of love, faith, and'retribution played amid the crash and tragedy of international’ warfare. ‘ There is a prison fire, in which real convicts cpapear, and.the bursting of a 42 c:-nti- ~\ metre gun, which incidents are aimost ‘uncanny in their realism. The second star is “The Soul of satang”, the character of the heroine, Miriam Lee, being taken by Gladys Brockwell. It is a story of lowly life, ' in which a girl’s trust is violated, and her faith in mankind overthrown by the cruelty of aman in whom she be“lieves. Pep and Punch pervade the picture, and the story keeps the interst at high tension_ V , The ninth episode of the “Railroad M Raiders” serial is entitled “A Leap for Life,” featuring Helen Holmes.‘ In this number Helen-"makes an astonishing leap from" an embankment on to a ‘ferry boat in an automobile. The reason for the desperatedeed is the necessity of a rescuing a young man who has been shot and left near an infernal machine which‘ a moment after Helen lands on the boat blows it to pieces. She escapes however, withVthe \vo’lmded man. L ' . TH]-2: JKING-’S. CHARLIE CHAPLIN. «KINIG’S TO-NIGHT. ' The little man Charlie" Chaplin who has «been very rightly nicimained the ‘-s‘Gloom Dispeller’-’ is advertised "to make his screen "re-appearance at The King’s to-nightin one of his most famous and certainly his "funniest con-i ceptions, entitled’ “The champion." §harlie’s antics in the boxing arena 3i. said to be eigcruciatingly funny. fie champion will not be shown on" Monday. Louis Joseph Vance’s book .“The Lone Wolf.” will be screened and is ‘said to abound in some of the most exciting hair-‘raising stunts. A dom-ple-ter change of programme will take place next Monday, when that favourite child screen star Em German will appear in “The Soul of a Child.” Therewill also be a strong supporting programme. ’ ’