AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KING ’S. “TliE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR- . COUNTERFEITING PLOT.” . It is not often that an actual crimmal investigation case is shown on the screen, but this is what happens With “The Five Million Dollar Countel'f9itillg_ 1’10t.” A band of clever engravers in conjunction with a gang of criminals set out to deliberately defeat the‘[l‘l-easury of the United S*-Ilf9S- By means of clever photot°‘c’l"dl’hY, engraving and methods of dis“'ib“ti°ll2 Paper money of all denominations, ‘but particularly of large amounts were made and circulated. The Official police were unable to trace the counterfeiters, and the Treasury 081195 in the famous detective, known throughout America and England, William J. Burns, the head of the great~ c-st criminal investigation company in the world. This man and his asso. ciates seemingly with ‘the greatest" case were able to track down the gang, and although many exciting and dan. j gerous incidents were experienced, lthcy succeeded at last in capturing [practically all the connterfeiters. For ithis investigation Burns received the i highest remuneration ever paid by the L Government for this class of work. The- ’ case aroused a great deal of attention in America and added much to the. reputation of Burns. ,_ . TOM; MIX AND THEDA BARA, ' _ TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT,‘ ' ‘ Tom Mix shows a thrilling picture’ :01’ the Wild West in the new picturecallcd “The Coming of the Law,” which will be shownat the Town Hall to-night. The picture is taken from. the book by Charles Alden Seltzer,’ and contains many new western stunts, sensational and unexpected moments and thrilling fighfs. "The story is about a tenderfoot who inherits a ranch and a. newspaper in New Mexico, both -of which are involved‘ in war with cattle rustlers, the ranch defensively and “The Kicker” aggressively. How Tom Mix runs both the ranch and “The Kicker” and proceeds to clean up the toughest town on record provides a succession of thrills that is I only broken by some real comedy epi- : sodcs. ' _ y Also.on to-night’s programme is a ifine Theda Bara super-production enEtitlcd “The Light,” “a.tale of the iwickcdcst Madonna who ever were a 'halo,” whose soul was saved in spite 0? herself. The stoves at the Town Hall are nightly evoking great ap-» [prccintion from the patrons.