AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3438, 18 March 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

I THE KING'S. “I 5” , 3'?-Q-I ’ HAROLD Lockwoon 1N I “PALS FIRST.” g ........-a.... i Harold Lockwood, Ruby do Remcr, I,and an exceptionally strong cast in a, ‘clever, bright, dramatic story, “Pals First," produced in faultless style by Metro-screen Classics, is without. question one of the strongest screen releases for some time. It is a picture that will please all———and Lockwood is. right at his best, and that means a lot to those who know the fine work of this popular actor. P. S. Harrison, in the Moving ture News, says: “You will ‘welcome this atltraclion with open arms. It will gladden your heart. No matter how deeply your emotions may be hidden, it will reach them just the same. Pathos and suspense are the predominating elements in -this picture. It is not the kind -that will leave your patrons sad and dejected, however, but the kind that will make some of them cry and feel they did right.” A CHAPLIN SUPER FILM. “Tilly’s Punctured Romance,” featuring Charlie Chaplin, has again been re-issued. This super film, which is over 6000 feet long. will be shown at the l‘xing"s on Friday nigllt and Saturday afternoon only. Charlie gets. into society and trys his luck at all the fashionable damles, which gives him" Splendid opportunities for working in some awfully funny stunts which would make a cat laugh. Then, again, Charlie falls in love. but is not constant. Fickle Charlie leads to an uproar which it takes a whole police force to control. Usual prices will be charged for this super film. Send -the children to the matinee on Saturday. the laugh will do them good. _ OUR I‘ICTURB%'I'OWN HALL. Two splendid Fox features are ad-» vertised for screening at “Ours,” Town Hall, to—nigllt only. Evelyn Nesbit (the famous heroine of the Thaw case :1 few years back) and her son, Russell Thaw, appear in a soulstirring drama, entitled/‘I Want _}:o Forget.” Miss Nesbit plays the part of Varda Deering, of the Secret Service, who atoncs for her past life by devoted service to her country in time of war. ‘The other feature to-night is “Miss Innocence,” a fine characterisation by June Caprice of a trustful convent—bred girl who by a cruel ‘turn of fate is placed in the most vicious environment imaginable. Apprcpriate, new, and catchy music Will be rendered by Miss Ruby I~Tmi‘mond at the piano.