AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3658, 21 December 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN' HALL. MAN AND BEAST. A thrilling story of the African wilds, featuring Kingsley Benedict and Eileen Sedgwick will be shown to-night only. In the midst of a feud between t\vo Transvaal families, there .sprang up love • betwen the daughter of one and the son of the othotr. The forbidden courtship is pierced with many strange happenings. Amidst the roaring of the Lion and the super-human strength displayed by the Elephant, there runs the delightful love stoiry of the girl and boy, leading up to a tremendous when 'the( ( elephant saves the life of a child in arms, and brings about the reconciliation between the two families. Laid in romantic Africa, the scorets of this little known land are flashed on the screen with the vivid reality of real life. The cast includes an Elephant, Orangoutang/ Lion and Leopard, which furnish thrills seldom seen even on the screen. You will marvel at ‘ the sagacity of Charlie, the Elephant, the ferocity of Sar, the Lion, and the almost human intelligence of the Orangoutang. PICTURE “NOTES. By The Film Fiend. There will he two matinees this week at the Kings. On Thursday “The Shadow of Lightning Ridge’ ’ will be shown, but on Friday a special programme will be offered for the kiddies while the 0 parents do their shopping—that’s a good idea. So “The Miracle Man’’ is not coming after all it’s hard luck, but “The All Red Routqi” is something specials in pictures and is sure to be popular here. , The hospital patients are cordially invited to see the All Red Route; that’s another good idea. «■

THE KING’S, THE SHADOW OF LIGHTNING RIDGE. In '"The Shadow of Lightning Ridge’ ’ the latest E. J, Carroll. Australian super-feature which Is to bo screened at The Kings Thursday and Friday, commencing with Matinee at 2 oj’clock Thursday “Snowy” Baker is given opportunities for the display of daring horsemanship and bar raising stunts. ‘There is nothing now under the sun’ and this applies to motion pictures partcularly s but Snowy performs feats as "The Shadow” that have never been seen in any photoplay before. An incident that will live' long in the memory is his jump on horseback from a cliff sheer through the roof of a hut forty feet below. The sensationalism of the jump is enhanced by the very dramatic reasons for the Shadow taking the plunge. There are otherthrillers of equal calibre throughout this fast moving story of a good man’s fall from g~ace and his ultimate regeneration. "Tin Shadow of Lightning Ridge” is rich in romance and native humour, and, above all, the story grips with its own strength. It is something more than a vehicle for tjie great Snowy Baker prowess. "Lightning Eidge’f is a wonderful drama enacted as it is in the greaF open spaces of Australia ? it is brimful of action, atmosphere and charac-' ter. Mr ’Wilfred Lucas , direiHed, and Miss Brownie Vernon and Miss Boronice Vere j the young Australian who has, so suddenly stepped into the raftks of the film stars' are in the cast. The Box Plan is now open at Shegwin’s. , ~