AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10483, 21 November 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON—PAYNE PICTURES.

Tine current programme a,t the Foresters' Hall East evening drew a packed house. A pictorial treat was provided. The imantaigement kniow the public taste, and cater for it, Iheuice thea/n popularity. , The programme last might contained many iiTims of and scientific vsvlr!uia, also twp superb scenics, and the ..usual) quota of dramas., the whofe making a collection which wloulid he hard'to surpass'. ."IroiL Works in Russia" opened the ball, the" treatiment of one belling fwlly illustrated. A western drama of unusual type, entitled "Ranger PatV followed, and met a nousiinig reception. It unfolded a fine tale of friendship bordering on self sacrifice, and brought to mind tlie text, "Gmeiarter llove hatfh no man than this, that a man liay down; his lilfe for hi si Mends." The audience were tlnen, taken, to Japan and shown" Niew Year, festivities ib fokdo, and then whisked back to America to gain an'imisdgjht into the (making of paper from wood, an. interesting film indeed. The home of .the Oivl'lfinaai diamond was screened, and the sight of of bliacke iengaged in digging, cart)in,g, etc., ■was very imipiriasisive. Sarnie fine viiiewis of Johannesburg were shown, and beauty off «. nu'gged and pictureisque character was contaiiaiied in VThe' Gorges of Canine's." Other dtraflnias l ishowin were "Thie Little Rebel," " "The Two Bloods," "Van J)y\W& Love Story," and "The Sawmil Hero," a! being of a high stan>daird and containing much that plear .Red aind excited. "A Bunco Giaane at Lazaaird Head" and "How the Hungry Mam. was Fed" were'two com'edies Which tickled the risaibilities of the house in no uneretain) way. Hhe pitogramime wffl' be screened again tonight. • On Thursday, Friday aind <a,bmd.ay next will be shown capita)! pictures. of the Melbourne Oup and Victoria Berhy.