AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3609, 22 October 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THE KING'S £

A TRIPLE ATTRACTION.

To-night three big offerings will be presented at the King's, namely: "Jilted Janey, a comedy drama featuring that imp of beauty ffilted Janet," Hank Mann, the arcrobatlc comedian and a bunch of beauty glrig in "An Eye For Figures," while Pear? White will electrify the beholder in another series of her adventures, as "The Lightning Raider." MATINEE SATURDAY.. To-morrow a big matinee will commence at" one forty : five p.m. and these three excellent features will be shorn; TOWN HALL PICTURES. ' T A FORTUNE AT STAKE." On Saturday at the Town Hall, Fred Mills presents a great English sporting super-feature, "A Fortune at Stake" by Nat Gould. There Has been much comment lately about the quality of English films- as compared with the American product, and 'the All-English production of Nat Gould's famous racing story, "A Fortune as Stake" is a fitting answer to tlie statements, made. If "A Fertuue at !Stake? is to be taken as an example of what old England can produce, then nothing is to be learnt from In production, setting, acting and direction, it isi a credit to the Old Land*. The stars are the most prominent on the English screen. Gerald Ames, who plays the delihtful role of the gentleman rider, and Violet Hopson, the girl for whom he rides to win. The

racing scenes are the true atmosphere, the race is a race indeed, and? no further thrill could be provided in a front seat on a grandstand than the picture furnishes. Not only does "A Fortune at Stake'' rivaT its predecessor, "The Whip," b.ut it is held by many to surpass it. Standard prices* will f>& charged.