AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COM* ' PANY.

The splendid (programme presented at 'the Town. Hall on Saturday evening was witnessed iby a large and.ap.pjreciatlive audience. A pictorial treat 'is advertised If or (the change of' pro igramme ttionniiglit. In addition to lie iiisubl film, itihe management have jeic.ured the rights lof ifcwo monster diif - .mas, -and to-night 'will; screen ""Eh - . P-bis'on Cup" and "Getting His The former is by the Reliance Company, and there ds a very effectivelyacted .tragic situation unfolded. . A woman, wife of a hurgliar, struggles ■with iher husband for a revolver, which lis discharged. Thinking him* dead, she goes tefc c'f her mind, and ' although she recovers, has no memory lof her former life, She marries hap(p|3ly, and has a dhikl, when the* first man turns up- and demands that she oome .to Mm. Her 'husband has left the Ifaouse; the man is waiitdng outside. iShe iprepanes a poison cupi, biut leaves iit to 'onCe more look at her sleeping idhiW. The maian eaters, tliinks the glass (holds harmless 'winel, and drinking it, dies. "Getting His Man-," a film, by (the renowned Bison Company, is of equal .starring merit. Tlie drama) .shows an encounter between "a bank .cashier arid a 'bandit, who 'has robbed a ibafnk. Dlodging dn and out the massive rocks, with pistols blaaing leaden (messengers, of death at every opportunity, the relentless sheriff pursues (his, man. With spurs plunged into rtihld 'horse-, (the man; thunders down the mountain trail. A sharp turn in ftilie li'oad catuses the noble .steed to •brace its strained limbs. Too late! The) rider is flung from the saddle, and 'horse arid l man tumble down, the steep, im'onntaiini Staggering ftfom the j (bank, the wounded cadhier fires his pistol. From the neighbouring houses imen aind women, rudely disturbed from their sluitnlbers, came forth. The story is quickly ,toM, and the sheriff's posse start® en- pursuit of the darimg I man who has-vanished with-.the funds -.of the ibank; The iheriff man |and"the money, loses 'the' money at •Ifairoj and/ithe iba'ridit gives'hiis life' getting it iback ifor the sheriff. In the •end tthb Sheriff has the .money and the man . Notable amongst the remainder lof tth'e programme) are "His Secret •Sin," and- "Ccs-t io'f '®r«2'k ; ".^raw«sj '"Bail a (Favcatrite ivkh the Ladies," "By tlhe of the Moon," "The 'x>jrstj Storm," and "Josh's Suicide," loomiosi; tanld "O'in.eraia'i'ograph Clonres*potodence" sctenic. Thompson-Payne pictures. The Foresters' Haill was crowded at 'both performance's on Saturday, the programmes being greatly appreciated. 'To-iniglxt'.s programme consists olf a ■speciailly selected series of tjlie latest (and mosit (up-to-date subjects, tiliere being eleven thousand feet of film. Messrs Thompson and Payne have jusj, (installed itie latest make of pncijeating toachine, and. iguarantee their pictures <t)o Ibe "rook-steady.'' Among the maisi to be presented is a,beautiful' story iby ithe. Yitaigraph Company, entitled "A Message ffirom .Beyond," de.pidting of a plodj.gal son who was ■ulltimaitely saved from an ignoble life Iby itihciugihtis of hiis beloved .m:dther. A delightful Edism drama., "Home," eihlouild appeal, (to afflt, especially to those iwhlo are far froim the land of tthe'ir 'birth. "The Bocdegger" i's an exciting S'eiliig drama showing how the 'United States is fighting to stamp out the Indian liquor traffic.' "The Punchers' Law'' is one icif the popular 00-mboy dramas-, while "A Noble En*emy" is a splendid mii'litary study. - ISupplortiing these fine dramas are tlhe (foliowfng pict.ures:— ' 'Did M,other get Her, Wish" (A.B. comedy), "The Tram,p and.ffili-e Bear" (Luibin "toniedy), '"A' iGyipsy's iHonour" (dramS), "Little Maids of China and Japan,"' "Oiimib'ing the ißiax," (scenics), "The One Legged Poacher," "Max and His 'Dog Diici," ' '.{jii/,bni,tan' 'lnterviews a Stair'," and "Artful Tweedledum" (comi'as).

Messrs Thompson and Payne annloun'ce adoither epeeia? l attraction for 'Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights next, viz., "Vanity Fair," a drama; QSOO feet long. Thctse wilio have mea'd Thackeray's famous work will no doubt irememlber alii ifche great characters contained therein, especially Becikey ISharp, Amelia Sedl'e'y, the P# Crawley,s, Jctoi IS'edtey, iCa-ptaifn, Dobibin- and Ithe ißawdons, and will be pleased at being a:b:le to gee thesi? reproduced in ilife by the famous Vitagraph Company.