AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10634, 13 May 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND

i\ Messrs Thompson and Payne, have another special siiar drama of , »3000 fee'b ,which, they win present for »the finst tim© to-n'JghfE, viz.> "It is 'Never Tloo Late to Mend." This •great work of Charles Reade exposed <t;he horrors of the English prison, sys- . '-'tern of sixty years aigo, and tho story . 'did' much. t ; G secure reform in this respect). A Bioyal Commission sat in 'connection with, the methods adopted •in one gaol, and eMted all: the horr•ors R"*.ide had described,, and a good Ueal mare. The newspapers «rf the day gave sketches" or the horrors of -that gaol,, "and," says Rieade, "they .gave a nanre or two out of the/long Est of vicitm® done to death by eoli'fcary violence and aocunnutlortwres of soul and- body. Ij tiit any wonck-.v England cried "Shams!" Tills tihrilihiet picture was •enateted by sixty leading .artists, and ■a& many talbiJcVnix are included in the very beautiful i&tage effects. The original story is followed with the utmost fidelity, and "It is never too late to ' 'Meaild'" wiiilil Gave in tlft' minds of pic- ' fiure levers as one cf the fincist cineanatographie pictures they have ever seen. Messrs' Thompson • .and Payne !iave sipec'laMy engaged Mr Alf. Efcothman, t)he great Australian actor am'd to describe the vari{«u.s incidents ae. they aro shown on the [, screen. This should give added pleasure to the picture. This, pictorial treat is svpported byseven thcrasd feet cf tlfe very latest and 'best pictures from England, America, and the Oontine.r-t, including the following:— . A. Just Verdict drama), Nick Carter and the Myster- of the White ,Bed (ithirilGmg d'etectivie drama), A Bister's 'Love (A.B. drama), Detective Summer and the Rope (a screaming ■some)., dLp's Wedding D'ay (comedy), dood Boy Hector (comedy), C-eean Thou iMri-ojlity'Monster, •Oaird Sharpers, (co-'.m-ic),, iFoc'jshead'g. If-.st .'Roguery (oomMessrs- Thompson ahd Payne wish lilheiiii- patrons, to understand that the '(special star dramas advertised : by •'iliem a.re not ordinary dramatic pic'bures ,hut aire facta, three 'to four itiimes the length of these and are specially dramatised versions of high'cikiss Oliterary works.

MASTERTON PICTURE COM-

PANY. •A> o'.ocd attendance was present at the Town, Hall on Saturday evening, 'when the Miaste.rto.il Picture Company, •fiOTeened their current programme. That the public had not grown tared at •dttre vadbtv, items was evidenced by Cine excellent rgceotion! each, bid received. Special applause .again -"■ rested The two favourites, lne Transformation of Mike," and Stage Rmek Lizzie," and the items are .e'e.ntaimly deserving of all praise a* they are .shown witlf a clearness and' iqteaddnees wlhichi leave® nothing ,to be •desired. The remainder of the enteritain'menit was well sustained, and the cen'eral opinion is that the programme V?r, cue o'f the ibesb yet submitted to a Masterton audience. A large numIbeir were present at the matinee on. Saturday afternoon, and t'he< little one'' enjoyed a. splendid treat, their eniovnwnt of the items being, punc'■tuatsd by rounds of appfopae. This «vemufr ihe'maiiagtfment will ffroaarce •a. programme of gems —the Jlit, comprising a;ina'mboi; of diraimaisj, sceniics, and camediies which canin ct fail to delipiht. The star attractions fcire, ''Flighting Blood," an_A.B. Wama of great power, and "Shiek s Jealousy," a'screaming comedy, which Tl9 .sure to prove a great attraction. Tin* progrp.mmc is the most varied yet Shown iir the Town Hall, and presents a high-class entertfiinment. Patrons hire assured of an' 1 , evening's pure en'i)oymeiit, dill taste® being catered for Ibv the verv latest and nwist up-to-date fiTlTiis yet shown in New Zealand. Excellent music will be Tendered by'the orchestra, which is alone well worth win,? 'to hear. All flwe in search of kin eVeniinsr'?, modern entertainmient Vill live we?* satisfied by visiting the Town Hall this evening.