AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

The curremt programone was iscreenv | ed (for the nastt jtimo at the Foresters' Hall I'ast to an, appreciative, aaidiienioe. For tShechamg-a of pn'ogramime to-miight one, of tihe fknesit productions of the oinieimatograph world ih'as. been/ isecured,. viz., "The. Fall of Troy." No v incident is more pronuioient in history than, tlbis, and .no-pains' have 'been spared to prasenib ■a faithful portrayal of the fall of tihe city of the ancient civiiised ■wanld. The destruction. ,of Troy is a. /sublime iscene, and m aibouit eight ihoinidxed petrsoniS. (take part, some idea'of its magnificence may be gained. Supporting this, picture aa*© the" •following high class studdies:— "The Mission! Ca.rrier" (a Kalem Indiainmasterpiece); "Tine Drummer Boy" (3, Vitagraph military drama)', "Tlie Loniedale Operator" (a splendid draraa; by rtlho Biograph .Oompaniy); ' 'Captain Barniaole'is Courtship" (a particularly fime Vitagraph comedy) ; "All on account of the Milk" (an A.B. comedy); "Florri© Goes to School," "In. Japan'," "Pathe G&zetlte," etc. The children's maitriiiee waM! fee teld ais oisaial oh SaTiirday afternoon; THE PANTOMIME. "JACK AND THE BEANSTALK." "The box plan for Mr J.-.C. Williamson's fifth .soicceissive- pantomime will be opened at Miss ' llive's , on Saturday, ine glonioucj speatacular ■Boenesi, brililiant- marctbes, captivating ballets, aind lilting music of tlie new. , pantomimic ■. extravaganza, • ' 'Jack , and - the : Beiamstalik,'' which Mr J. G.\ Williamosia has promised 4o regale. vls j with, has been: described by more tlTjam ono critic as the ,;very best-thiat the .big .firm' has produced. .. Thar© are, it is said,,, many fiiu© effects .in tlie entertiairimeiit, notably, the growing of the beam® that, subsequently culminate in the fairy bennsitiailk, on \Mhich the revdoubtable "Jack" climbs skyward, and encompias u . , asi the Giant Blunderbore's downfall. There are two features of th© great show • that would appear to call for special-no-tice. ■■'•■. troupe of acrobats give a perfoirmainic© Avhioh is genera/lly'spoken of as, being, to say the least, extraprdiha.l7. It is lEiaid to be an astonishing display, nothing like it having been seen-int tiie Southern Heanisphere. . The other special sensation is provided by the Dohierty sisters',-. American, vaudeville artists, who give a clever sketch, finishing ,with a dance-of the "wi&rliwand'' desoriptioni. These ladies also appear as- Hal and Datlcie in the. production. The wayward 'hut impeccable "Jaiak,',' his ■ delightfmlly irresponisible' Dame Trot, "Jessie," the' cow 1 (the sola hope, of .the family), the good Fairy "lantihe," the wicked and robustious Giant Blunderbore, tthe dainty Princes®, tlie impecunious, monarch krjng Stonybrokisih, and th© rest of the. entertaining people who are identical with the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" will begin to initefrpTet the fairy tale at 7.45, at tJie Towin- Hall on Wednesday evening next, the .specially composed orchestra commencing . punctually at that hour.