AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10631, 9 May 1912, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY. An appreciative audience was present :it tmc Town if la 11 last evening, to iwituiesfl the iiir.wl production of the current- .programme. Every item was ■\vc\il received, and the clear and .steady •inaujirT iin- v,:h:cli the .pictures wvre screened was 'not the least enjoyable '(rc-aitunv of the entertainment. The usual change of w'hksh takes place to-night, 'proifiisra to -be a biograiphieal treat, the dims having •becii' .-pccia'iy selc-tcd \h:r -this week. The 'star ifeabur.:' -of the new programme is an AM: ■production entitled "The Tranafonva'kou c.F uVl.iko." This 'been prepared at an imiitemse expense ! and.the Mart;:rton ipwV.'lc are fortunate ';in ibeing; included in t'he circuit, of th:;. 'dn-annv. T'ho plot 'is v.VI got ■up, and is oxhihiratiug throughout. iM-ikc, a {fang leader. ;:cvcr 'w. fore knew what power tlxre .>vas in a good woman's i persva-lo!!, and »vhen he met the little girl :f the tenement I:L' involuntarily "J lure's -a real girl." At a dance Li. UL i.'.i the neighbourhood lie !lv.;mt<- J'or Her, dc?pite the efforts of hrr friends to in it. Sho promises t;> he b ; s gin'. The next 'dav, while in the corner saloon, -he sees <a "bill cr/.k'ctcr with quite an ivnxmrt of money. Be' attempts to gut this oirmey, «>:: d is a:l;out to succeed when 'ho discovers dJint the collector e\? til? ifat-hc:- of Hie girl Hie I'cvcs. He now fully .roalif.es fevr despicable lie is. and llnuidiug hack .Mjo -hk :>ey r hj? goes with \i promise to prove himself worthy of ''her'. An lEdisou . c:,medy :en,tit!ed, ■"Stage Struck Lizzie"-is a rib tickler,-,. aad wdierevcr shown has always proved a laughter raiecr. Thi? .rema'bdec i-jf the- programme i% nnade up as h\- | r loWs: _ "The Refuge, (Reliance diu- | ana ; States Military Manoeui.vres," "Law or the Lady." drama; j "Edaitiation in Jt'pan/ '-educational; "Bob'.s Xig'htff-.rer comedy; "Willie Practices Physical Culture," comedy; '•'Herring Fishing," industrial; "Fdr-, cigii Spy" drania; "G-:ft Rich Qui,vk," .comedy. A irpccial attraction is ndhvertised il'cr iMcnei'ay next, when the araMgcmcnt -will p-rc&:ir. ; t' tiho A.&. I Picture, "Fighting Blood." This k a great, Wild Wcvt drama c-f high ; .standard. .

1 THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. "VANITY FAIR." Messrs Thompson and Payne an-nciTi'-ce i.J.j.otJicr spooihl attraction, for I ,to-night, viz., a (dramatization of .Thackeray',;; most .fainous work, "Vanity ,!Fiiir." Tins- .tkaanatLvitiu'iv is said to ibe the finest thing over achieved .in (staging the wen 'characters.' <if a great novo! Ist, and it h a ■unique experience (to KC3 a'S'Jit Av-cro the i I'ving aiaraotciYS. with iwliora .we .arc in imagination !-o ifamiiiar. Th& story is given in 'three .stages, each over KKX) 'feet long, and each presenting a realistic .reprcdr.c.ticii <!f the well-kiiowr-iniov-A The story is "old gK'.;,ip," but lis worth repeating. The chief character 3s Becky iSllvrp, a chamiing ■young lady wh/j .has jasb returned fr«;;n school. Being a true woma'n, iher at(bentxiiiG are scon fixed on the opposite sex ) .in.al-'iir.g Iher fr.iend'fs- (Amelia Scdley) fat brother (enacted by 'John Bunny) worship 'her. From this .on Becky becomes ,mc<re or less :a flirt. She goes '.as a governess to die (house

j cf the Pitt-iOrawleys, and .after' agrceI .ing ,tri become live wife cf young Craw--I,l'ey, 'luvs ! uli? (father at !her feet. HowI over, dho imamies yoii'iig Crawley jtvn- , ior iiit aliiurf' ,t!ie isnme. time a.v Amelia iScdlry :>, .married. .It is aiot long be(foro Becky (bestows Iher affections on !Amelia'<>(husband and en: the Marquis :of Stej-ne. Crawley owes the latter jiiojwy, and en order to keep iliim out of itlie way ihe'Marqwiis lias him 'arrested. Crawley'* tarotber comer* to Itlie .rescue, and lio is melcac-ed. On returning ih:c>;no lis- finds■ Ills wife in itlie arms of the Marqim Crawley 'tlich leaves Becky, wlio sinks .lower and lower to the garret 'and the girt .bottle. Some- Q3t>\v:crful t-xenes are witncw-ed ibefore the curtain is finally rung do.wci on it he life of Becky Sharp, ithe tlirt. Supporting .this spkndid

'picture arc th? following cinematographic geiiM: — The. O'Neill (great Irish drama '"by the Ivalem Company ,\vho t'Pv'cialis'o in this class of picture), .Romance of the ORio Grande- (a particularly good dn;qia), ,ind:'a;n Pride (a magnificent coloured (Western drama 'by the Ivhiema Company), Tommy a.s' Toreador (one .of the funniest pictures ever produced), iWith ,a Kodak (A.B. comedy), Married "Wi.thor.t Knowing.! It (comedy), iNi'ek Wibter (Discovers. jlLa Giioudai (a soreamiing ccm:.c), By | it'hoi Zuidcr X:o, J'Jxcur&ion to Kaby'iia (.scenies), Yarmorth Herring 'Fishing (industrial>, The Deceivers Deceived (comedy)., and Baby .Animals i (coloured! animal 1 study): tAs there is j always a. ''keen demand 'for scats for ! to-night's o.n.tenainmo.nt, Mcasrs Thompson and Payne 'advise their patrons to .come early an order to avoid d.isappoiiitmcat. J