AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3393, 26 January 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN HALL PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT ONLY. Miss June Caprice will be seen at the Town Hall this evening in Wil~ Liam Fox’s latest photoplay, “A cam-. ouflage Kiss-.” In it Miss Caprice plays the part of a young girl who becomes engaged to a. man bedahse then jbi-other--in-law is a producer of pork, lfbut Hoover’s “Eat less meat,” puts a crimp in the pork business. He learns that a man he linows is doing well in [the manufacture of beans! for commer«' cial use. So he proposes a combinaa tion of pork and beans. With ‘Che. aid’ of the brother-in-law ,th‘e pbrk man‘ becomes engaged to June. But he's very shy. He makes a bad move’. He gets another man to steal a kiss from June in the dark, hoping to leave the impression with June that he had been brave enough to steal the kiss. When, however, the man kisses June in the dayli*ght,.June_ knows right away that it is tbjy same. kind of a kiss she had received in the dark_ This brings on: a complication. Pork and beans and love get nicely mixed. But in the end they are all separated and somewhat refined. Miss Caprice has an excellent supporting cast. Supported by the 12th episode of the great serial, “The Railroad Raiders,” featuring the L'lC\'C‘l' Helen. Holmes, 111 “A Fight. for a Franchise,” also the most laughable Sunshine ‘3om<‘d)' '°° date, entitled “A Sclf—made Lady-"Q The very name of this picture is 1 enough to bring you along to see it. L TUESDAY NIGHT." | The lartest 1919 Metro sensation, (‘Johnny 4311 the Spot,” featuring -the tfavouritc Hale Hamilton, also the last ‘episode of that great sel'ial, “Tll6 1 Wolves of Kultur.” Usual prices.

AT THE KING-’S.

“THE DEVIL ’s NEEDLE.”

In “The Devil’s Needle,” a Trian-gle-Fine Arts drama, starring Norma. Talmadge, a daring theme is selected in the use and effects of drugs on a. man and a girl. The star is an artist’S model, and is addicted to a drug. She‘ recommends it to the artist. as ‘an incentive to inspiration. He succumbs to the habit, and becomes degrfaded and useless. The gii-1‘ cures herself, and then sets out to redeem the man; Norma Talmadge makes a lovely tam} appealing picture in the role of the model, while Tully Marshall is responsible for very fine characterisation in the part of the artist. acting is at times more forceful and truthful than plea-sént, but the -slow disintegration‘ of a talented mind through a.pcmicious drug is hardly an attractive sight: at any time. The picture, by fig very forcefulncss points a strong moral, and while being unsuitable for exhibition to children, is a daming indictment of an existent evil. I\larg-aerite Marsh is effective in the part of the an-tist’S wife. “The Devil’s Needle” is 3 startling -and dramatic story of the fight. Miss T\’m'ma Twmadgc iS#i3"3l" haps one of the most popular actress-es on the screen to-«lav. and her aPP9'<l-1" ance is ever xx~olr«=on‘.~.e in Taihape. ___.__. “THE F]GHT'II\IG~ TRAIT.” The m-ana.gemen:. of the King’s anvj nounce a great. Vitzigraph for this week under the title of “The Fighting _ Trail." The str.»ry' is at nout-door one, and deals with the adventures of those who -seek a. hidden mine. 4 e