AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3404, 7 February 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN HALL PICTURES. There will be another great dramatic success screened at the Town Hall ‘.O- - In this care the star attraction will be “Queen of Hearts,” :1 baffling, mysterious, detective romance. Virginia Pearson is featured in the most sensa‘ti=c-nal and most. puzzling ‘tale of hidden crime ever written. ' In this big William Fox production, Virginia Pearson is presented in the must tremendous drama, of sudden death, deep mystery, and clever discovery ever shown on the screen—the greatest detective story of £l. generation! Around 3. simple, clearly defined

plot has been woven a perplexing web of baffling clues and enticing problems that keep the spectator interested and ‘guessing until the final unexpected solution and happy conclusion. At least three persons are deeply enmeshed in the suspicious circumstances that surround the death of an old man. This man"s daughter devotes herself to the difiicult task of hunting down the guilty” pal":_V. and after '3 marvellous display of craft and cunning and consumate skill. is completely victorions in this absorbing game of human wits! Amid scenes of Wild revelry‘ lIIOVC3 a charming young woman like an avenging Nemesis. Even when she appears to have forgotten her solemn vow under stress of passionate lovei and consuming danger, she is ever 10111 the alert—nsing every means to attain her I'elent.£e:'-‘.3 o!)j'ee’c—-—io solve the tragic nl}'stery‘. This central figure, this peerless (xueen of human hear-tsi and consuming mystery -is Virginia Pearson—brilliant star of a thousand‘ moods. .

This gro';l.t star attraction is supported b_v the latest. and groa’res~t Sun-

shine comedy to dan;-, entitled, “Are Married Policemen 'Sa.fe¢” This is one «of the fufinicst comedies ever thrown on the screen, and we guarantee patrons 2000 feet vglinfiucnza germ. killers, heart throbs, d thrills.

AT THE KING'S.

“INFATUATION.”

I “Infatuation” is a. French production in every way, atmosphere, star, “author, settings all are gorgeously, ‘magnificently, truly F‘l‘€DCh- The world famed Gaby Deslys makes her screen debut in it and the picture is worthy of the great star. It is approprite that the settings should be kextravagant; Gaby is an extravagant rladlr. Her stage appearances have have always been tinged with the colour of the royal romance that gave her her first fa‘me- as the intimate or a king, and that pre—suppOSes' a close acquaintanceship with luxury. What is most astonishing about the story is its‘ Simplicity: it is the homely life story of a poor Parisian flower girl who achieves fame, fortune and love, and becomes the victim of -a plot on the part of a rejected lover to aiscredit her in her husband’s eyes. Of course outstanding features of the production are Gaby’s beauty- and the magnificent and bizarre costumes which she affects and which have become world known and generally associated with her. The settings are simply gorgeous in their splendourscenes of -a colossal musical comedy’ Were specially taken to introduce the atmosphere of stage life that the story calls for, and the leading man is Harry Pilcher. C~a.b,v’s dancing partner who has shared her rise to fame. The second episode of the “Fighting Trail” and‘ a Chaplin comedy will also be shown. No increase in prices.