AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 22 May 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY. "THE ROYAL DIVORCE." The Masteriion. Picture Company's entertainments have evidently "caught on" with lovers .of this form of iam.usemieiiti. Tfc Town Hall was again crowded last night to witness the production' of the great historical drama, "The Royal Divorce." This film, which is 3000,(feet in length, portrays the various incidents in' the -career 1 of the world's greatest field-marslia.ll in 1 Biioli a' manner as to arou&e the enthusiasm of the audience and create a feeling of profound interest and ' isympathy. lit. is undouhtedly one of ' the finest cinomatograhpic productions ever witnessed in the Dominion. .The "sta>i v " film is supported by a splendid I variety of dramatic, scenic, and humorous films, teach of which is an education, in itself. The programme will : be showm for a feist time to-night with ja istill more (startling and .attractive I Ibill-of-fare, particiufars cf wh'idh will Ib'ei given to-morrow. The Masterton (Picture Company has evidently come Ito*stay. It has appealed to the public in the name of 'local education, and it hacks up this appeal with programme worthy of the town'. The response has been exeeediengly gratifying, and the Company is naturally •pleased.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PIQTURES. EIDER HAGGARD'S "SHE." The dramatisation. of Rider Haggard's "She"— » picture in two parts, sand over'2ooo feet Jong—which is being shown at the i<,cresterts' Hall, is .proving one of fh-C greatest attractions ever presented by the firm. It diew another crowded and delighted lionse last night. "She" is a picture (that .slArald not ibe missed; in clear detail it .griaphaciaflly describes the various tihrilling 'scenes in Rider Haggard's work. Mesisttis Thompson and (Wayne are ic;pec'ialising in? this class of ipioture, and Mast&rtcn picture lovers \ave> Ifontuwate fai having such an enterprising firm /as this cnlterinp; for (their wants. (These pictures suit the (public taste—n» judged by the large audiences each night at the Fcrostiers' Hall. "She" ■ will bei presented (for the last dime to-'n.ight. An excellent .selection of (pictures that .cannot Ifail Ito pfease are lafeo contained in the Iciwirent programime. The V'itagraph, £&%, A.8., Thannliouser, >ancl the (leading pompanies in the world ■ are included in the {budget. To-morrow evefamg, Irving's famous play "The Bells" will be presented at the (Foresters' iHia]l. This pk'tur'e is 4000 feet long, and Mr Alf B'oothman, the weM-known Australian elocutionist, will describe the play as it is shown on the screen.