AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10510, 23 December 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

The Ftoresters' Hall was- crowded last night -with si de%hfced audience. The dramas were - parti'juJUrily good, whdlo tile spectacular picture, ' 'The Battle of Trafalgar," stirred the audience to a. high pitch of enthusiasm. The usual maitinee will take i -.place thin, : be 'eh»yiß!."fyr': thfe iaafcl ■ .time 'ititfaggitik ■,.-;/•'.,!?••■ ■ - •:■ y.\ ■'„.•■ ; . i^ gramme K 1 : "<>i»£' Tuesday ;galled ; " witte -a-' Seli'g's prodmeitions always receive great praise on account of their exceedingly fine quality and in their interpretation of "The Way of the Eskimo," a romance of the Frozen Ntfrth, itv wfoich we seer-them to the bes/fc. advantage 1 . "His Misj'udgment" by Edison, is taken*' from' the well. known novel 1 , "Pturple anid Fine Linen," from the pea of Thos. W. HansfaAAV. It contains: gre&t dramatic, power that wiM appeal even t» the .most-crifticah of a : is a brdllliainit; melodrama', mlost artasticaity; by the artists, and with .settings that could hardly bo improved. A dainty love story interwoven wilth pretty surroundings will be seea in "The Story of Rbsie'sRose." Somerthing more stirring wtill be found in. .Essamay'* cowboy triumph, "Boss of Lucky. Riatnfch.." A most interesting even* that should appeal to lovers of sptoirt is "Burgess Swimming the English Qhaavntel." A remarkable view of Mount Eltna iin- eruption mokes'a magnificent display,. and "British; North; Borneo" and ."Land of the Fellhalhs" have many points of interest. The comic elemenjt. ir. well up to the usual and: there axe many I'augh-imakers.