AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3401, 4 February 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN HALL PICTURES. The patrons of this popular ‘:.l1(-arrt; are very fOI".'l1l1&itv in having .~uch u fir.<t~r3lass Variety of pictuzes 10 witness, as are being screened at the Town Hall. There is always something fresh and good. Never the same old stale material sfowed up again.

To-night you have the pleasure of witnessing one of the greatest Western sensations ever thrown on the Screen, entitled, “Theat ’Em Rough,” featuring an old favourite, Tom Mix. In “Treat ’Eln Rough” Tom Mix, whose daring feats have won for him the title of “Fearless Tom,” is said to have his greatest role, that of Ned Ferguson, the two-gun man. A cattle stampede in which Mix .‘ ‘ bulldogs ’’ a steer, is the most exciting scene. Over two thousand panicstricken cattle are following their leader. The only way they can be Stopped is to throw the leader. This the hero of the story does successfully for the first time in the history of pictures. It is an inspiring sight that will make you tingle with excitement. There is also a. delightful romance. Nearly all the scenes of this remarkable photodrama were taken at Prescott, Ariz. “ MARRIED IN HASTE. ”

William Fox has added to his forces two more clever motion piciure artists. They are Albert Ray——whom he is stzué; ri-ng—-find Elinor Fair. They will be seen to advantage to-night in a. new photoplay entitled, “Marrield in Haste.” Both are young-—-Ml‘ Ray being 24 and Miss Fair still in her teens —-and both have all-e:1;1y done very clever work in motion pictul'es. ’

“Married in Hash” is said to be a fast‘, snappy comedy duama. It deals with a young spe_ndthrift who is forced to make good in business because -of the scheming of his young wife to keep his own money away from him until he has done so. ‘He does make good finally; but the road that ho Land his bride travel meanwhile is beset‘ by

many obstacles—mos’t of them laughable. In ‘their poverty they are mistakon for crooks; but his wife. with her eye always 011 the main chance, lmlps hubby into a positibn in which he does something besides spending money. AT THE K'[NG’S. ‘MARY MILES MINTER IN “POWERS THAT PREY ”

Taihape’s popular fia,vonrite, Mary Miles Minter, will appear at the popular King's, in a heartaching Sfory of :thc Press, “Powers that Prey.” Fancy The power of ‘rhe press

in a. wclna.n"s,hands, and not only that, but the woman in bi: case is only a young girl fresh from school. Mary Miles Minter wields the mighty pen in “Powers that Prey,” slid m'3.keS. a job of it while she is about it. She objects to the noise frorn what she calls the “yell-factory” next door, and Writes up the dentist responsible. She antagonises tllé‘so.3?.-:'ty laminar who snubs her, and exfinos-;~: the draper whose ribbon she has purchased to decorate her father ’s 0-ffice in his absence,. because it will not stand the strain of being tied. For‘,un:lt*ly for the paper and for M'al‘y, father returns in time to save tho paper from entire disintegration. The scenes in the paper office are taken a big newspaper building in Los Angeles, and show the inner workings of a big daily. A Max Linder comedy will also be shown. KING’S FILM NOTES. If a Prince proposed to your daughter but could only‘ accept her as a. morganatic wife, would she accept. This is the question the daughter of a lumber merchant has to face in “Her Great Match,” but what happens? Come to The King’S on Thursday and Watch. events Fancy having a complete theatre and musical comedy to get thewonderful stage settings in “Infatuation.” but for such an artist as “Glaby Deslys,” it is no Wonder. Wait til‘. you see Gaby in her celebrated “glad rags” dancing on Saturday. Jean Webster neceived £20,000 for tho film rights of “Daddy Longlegs.” How about writing a play for Mary Pickford, many would do it for just her bewitching smile.