MASTERTON PICTURE CO.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10620, 27 April 1912, Page 5

MASTERTON PICTURE CO.

A PRIVATE REHEARSAL. The M«sterton Picture Company, which Jtas bocm promoted by the Trust Loads Trustees with tho dual object of providing recreation for. the bo presented. At the •nvi*tativ>n of the management, a largo fathering assembled m the Hall last «rcain« *o wttncea a .rehearsal. AiiLougJi tho films had cn.lv ]Ufit; come 4o hand, and .tho (preliminary difficulties'of lit'lbit and distance were encountered tihe picource "were projected updit tin rc-reen .(wftroh ie one of tho Largest in tihe DominMm) with adrnw■iblT> .weciaion.. The kinomatograph wsed h one of the latest on the market, and the operator is one oi the must efficient procurable. Tho machine is placed in a recess at the top ot •the ihall £pproaehing the d*ess circle, and as go equated as to afford absolmfo security to tie pu&ic and freedom from all jxheo. l&e programmes wbHi -wiLl be presented from tune to tf.mo will .be , + Jhe very latest, and will {-ttaiprise ithe best tcemc, industrial, dramatic and comic films procurable. In am interval in dast night s proKcamaie, Mr'E. G. .Eton, chairman of i&e TruEt l^nae.Tr-u&tees, expressed the <hope that the public would, by its attendance at fhe Town Hall, show its appreciation of tlhs enterprise oStiio Tlrust. Be pointed out that the Hall belonged ik> tihe town, and ifchat a considerable percentage of tiho takings at •like pictures would 'be devoted to the cause of education. Mr J. B. Atkins, She manager of the company, thanked the public ifor its attendance, and inftimjited .that .the opening entertain<menton Monday evening next would he free. This announcement wan received with applause. Mr Atkins farther stated .that no efforts would jte spared to please and instruct the public:: He assured tho audience .that stay imperfections noticeable at the "■rdheaitsal-wowld be entirely .absent in • 'the'-tfatu*e. ; :V-THe-iprcgrain'inc:last night ■wsts "enlivenedwith an orchestra under. W- H Inns, wtHich vkiiiß .be regularly in attendance. There wiU two two eniire-, changes :of programme every week. A "star" picture, entitled "Rose Rouge," *-hich is 3000 feet in icncifih. wiH be shown on Tuesday «.iffit for the first time in New Zealand. This film was obtained at greatt expense, and possessed features which stamp at at once as much above tbo average.