AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10621, 29 April 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPBOH-PAYWE PICTURES

A GREAT ATTRACTION.

In order to further uphold their re-1 putation for fimcefc cinematograph en- i tc-rtainonent in. New Zealand, Messrs | Thompson and Payne ihave. entered I into .new and expensive contraots to provide two big star dramas .each , week in Master ton. . Tile public of < Ma6.tert.on have been loyal to the firm since its establishment here, and in order to show.. tQieir appreciation of this support, iMe&srs Thompson and Payne intend to make their . programme from a merit point of view equal to that of .any company in/New Zealand. The first of the special"-star dramas will he shown to-night, and is entitled "A Yiotim of .the Mormons." The picture is the' most daring and i thrilling dramagraph ever produced by any company. It created a re-, maskable wave of enthusiasm hoth in I London and-New York recently, and j is positively .the last word, in pictu.ro' plays. The plot is .right off the beat-,' en track, and the Nordisk Company.j have proved that the limitations of humaul-inveMtiyenej-5... have. j;ot - yet been defined by producing this phe- j nominally' fienisationaland amazingly < realistic drama. The drama occupies an hour to unfold, and the firm con- [ fidently recommend it as the greatest i picture over screened by theim in Ma-&-tea-ton. Siiipportiing .this attraction will he .ike following up-to-date programme:— "Thrown to itho Lions" (a sensational Gaumont drama of the gruesome Roman, sport of baiting Ofirietaanft), "Tho Team&ter," (Lubin. drama), "Caught with, the iGoods," (A.B. comeclv),""Willie Wise and the Motor Boat" (Ediscji:" comedy), "The Fountain of : YciSth" (comedy), "Ploughing Toy Motor," "Raffles, the Gentleman Thief," (drama), "Making an. Aeroplane," "Scenes in Ongliu," "'A Living Peach" (comedy), and the Gaumont Graphic. As there is a ikeon enquiry for seats for tonight's entertaiiijnent, patrons are advised to come early rij order to avoid disappointment.

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY.

The Masterton 'Picture Company will give a free public entertainment in the Town Hall/this evening, when a selected prog.ra.mimc will, be presented. -Music will be provided-by Mr H. Inns' orchestra. . To-morrow .evening the great passionate and modern drama, "The Rose Rouge" (the Red Rose) will be shown for a first time in iNew Zealand. This film, which is 3000 feet in length, has been specially selected for the Masterton Picture Company, and will provide a revelation in the art of kinematography. The "Red■•Rose" i& a modern drama wfliich lias the violence of a "tragedy, and has been ad.mira.bly interpreted by Mad' ame Cleo Tarleiini and M. Alberto Cepozzi. It drives the public into fits of spasmodic emotion. It develops .impressive truths concerning tdie Apache, who gives liis head to the executioner for a flower. Among the attractive features of tiho drama will be a dance of Apaches, supper at the Grand Hotel, a trip to the taverns of M'ontenare, etc. The whole will form am intensely exciting and passionate reproduction, of thrilling incidents in: French life'. Apart from this great film, the programme will include a -number of scenic, industrial and humorous .items. The prices of admission are popular.