MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10664, 20 June 1912, Page 5

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY.

"THE GIRL FROM OUT BACK."

The current programme of the Masterton Picture Company- again drew a large crowd to the Town Hall last evening. The various films were isplenddd'ly received, and every item deserved the enconiumis which were

heaped upon them. "A Tale of Two Cities" came in for -unstinted applause, which clearly ehowed that a Master ton atid-ie-noe appreciates the great works of Charles Dickens. Tonight the ntaiJiagoment will present ■[,-■ their patrons a programme of rare ■films, which naxiat please the most faratidious minds. AH 'tastes are catered for in a manner that shows the management to have at hoart the in-iterest-s of their pa-tataas. The star film is that great AM. dnama ewtit-

led "The. Girl from Oai Back." This ■da-ama, which has .created a eensa.tlon wherever it has 'been shown, will ibe presented for the fir/st time to a \Maste.v.te>n audience. The story tells •Avith -tV-amntfc) force cf life in the back stations of Australia. A squatter dies, mkl leaves a.ll his immense I propec'ty to Iks only child- Mu'riel, r„- girl cf tender years. The station | r.«a,nager .(Adcmi Wise) contrives to r get the ipnapeirty into h;rs own hands, .a,nd sends the young heiress to Syd'iioy„ passing offline own, daughter as fthe owner cf ibe estate. As a firat

preea.vV.sira he dismisses an old nw&e and a Mack boy. Ihe manager's •pi!ans go well for si. time, and at the .age c-f 21 the- supposed heirccs takes ];:\- place -as the owner -elf the station. The Khck boy, W-arrigal, howover, has a gjrudge against the manager, and after making ir.'vestipja.t;,ons he accuses Wise of duplicity, and exposes Ms plot. 'Hip drairia is M d power and drbma-tic interest, «.and is easily tlie 1 . beeit Australian' drama itlvnfc l<r.s (been .writiteir.. The reflnaindeii- of /the prograimrme comprises ■"diramas, scenics and comics, making Tip a progiiaawme <:lf general ex'cellience'. The .series iwill be presented at ike Town Hall on Thursday,' Friday •and Saturday.