AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10627, 4 May 1912, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. i TOie spJt'iidid programme at present beting c3:k)\m at the Foresters' Hall drew another) ]bi-ge audience last ii.ig.ht. "Tlio Two Urphaes" was, of course, tOie chM attraction, an'd tin's. t'litiriming dirania, which as over 3000 fecit, en length, quite captivated the audiciiice. .Tlv? subject -is ia delipjhtful one ,the pr-b'tography 'is, excellent, and t'.lie «.nting a : A tilrat can bo d oil red. Itis ceiVitiaiiiii'.y a d'.ram.a lib at- ipk-ture pat-ron-s r-lioii.'.d ir.iss e'e-oing. In, addition an excellent budgfit <:f dramaj c;:.medic i !r, ,scenicE\ and topical jrictai.rcs were -sliown. Two c-:f the dramas i\nv w;orthy of ispectal' mention, •viz., "Tilie .Little Spy" (a "\ r f-t^i^i-apli >mlilitary .subject), autl "The Old Bookkeepea'" (a delightful American Biograph pictu're'). Thi« afteriAVon, ilhc cliildren's mat'inee will take j)lacci, and the progtramime Avill be eihown for the 'kvsit itiinne- ito-iiigilit. MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY. At the Town Hal! last evening, another large audience greeted the s-rc-•ond pixld'iitt.i!ciii of t'lie pres'en.t colossal seiriies »of pictures'. The films •wore exhibited to adFaimtage by the en-ormouis l deorricail iptyweir, and reflect 'crediib on the manag.eme.r.\.: for having ine-t'a'liled only the latest machinery. <A fchttmrfe of the ontorltaiiinmon t is the 'absoluite absence of ftiekering which Unas in the past .proved the -on'o drawback k( e'.'«i,eir..;JtiOgra;pliy. The m-ara-.nioth alt tract hn is dlhe por'trayal' of "Th.e Er-ciiitier .of Tif.po'li," w'Kxh is an exceptionally realistic piet-U'i-e. ©hbwimg .Qi<? gcenes cif the .recent outbreak H-Qukili was suppre-ssbd only aft or a grre'afc diea-l of blocdislied. An miequiaCled drama entitled "Two iG.vm. Man" •wiiß .inte'restuigi in the extreme, and drew iutt.ti.uted applause. The remainder of stille programme iwa-s c'omposed of comedy, driar.a and scenery Avliich help to make a refined evejittng 1 ,-, en-.'.en-.-tainirant.; Tlie' present sv-'/ies will 'be repeated rJt the matinee this afternoon, rib 2.1.5,, and wVI ;be sliown for ia' last (time tlifs evening.

A fea'ture of.-'the cnferibaiinmcinit was ■Jlii? tore en in g cf the d-r'ama entitled "The E>:ponieiiit,". ifrom the faarpus 'pa'tnting by .Tiolin Loniax. The piece •is wtflll worth paying a vfcit to the Town HaM to witness, a's.it umd'oubtedly re nresentis one of the finest pic--4111x6 vt!t shown in Maister'ton. .