AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10067, 13 June 1910, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON—PAYNE PICTURES There was a very large number of children present at Messrs Thompson and Payne's free matinee on Saturday afternoon. At the evening performance ttie hall was agam crowded. The extra films showed proved quite equal to the usual high standard. "Through Norway" from the front of a train was much appreciated, the .i wonderful scenery en route being some of the finest in the world. "The Sword Swallowei" shows an expert in this class of exhibition. " t'he Heroine of Mafeking" is a picture dealing with incidents prior to and during the memorable siege. Colonel Ealston and Lady Mary are engaged to be married, but on the declaration of war tne Colonel is ordered to the front. He arrives in Afria, and ia sent to Mafeking. .His fiancee) decides to accompany her brother to £, Africa, and shortly a'ter her arMafeking is besieged, and the wedding of the Colonel and Lady Mary is rudely disturbed by the heavy gun fire of the Boers. This picture will be produced again tonight in connection with the usual change of programme, which includes "Buffalo Hunting in Africa," •The Vagrant," Love Laughs at Locksmiths." and a collection of comic subjects. TOWN HALL PICTURES, "The finest pictures ever shown in the Town Hall," was tbe unanira- J o"h verdict of the large audience I which patronised the entire change I of programme submitted on Saturday i merit. The entertainment was artistic and true to life, and the mechanical effects and musical accompaniments were perfect. The presentation of the coloured art study, "Cleopatra," with Madame M. Roche (from the Comeriie Franc»is\ in tbe title role, was in itself a marvel of ; kinematographic conception. It is a %k. gorgeous and charming production, * describing the Palace of Cleopatra, the enthralling of Mark Antony, the feast in the Palace of Tarsus, the invasion of Egypt by Caesar, the death of Mark Antony, and the final surrender of the beautiful Queen, when "Caesar found Cleopatra decked in robes of splendour, her grace and beauty inviolate even in death." The Pathe Freres in SLgt New South Wales and its magnifiUftcent scenery was much appreciated by the audience.. The dramatic num~v' bers, "Tbe Cloisterer's Touch'" "A Quixotic Gentleman," and "Cupid -3/* and the Motor Boat," were full of realism and pathos, and the comic element was well sustained throughout. In the interval Miss Gwen Vile recited "The Inventor's Wife," the item being well received by the audience. Tfce programme will be repeated 10-night and to-morrow night only, and the impression created on Saturday should prove a draw. The matinee on Saturday afternoon was well attended by children and their parents. ** '