AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10665, 21 June 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PIQTURES.

• There ires a eawdied house ait the Foresters? Hall Ja&t evening, to w.itI ness ithe change.cf prcgraamne. The Series submitted met with the nm.qiua,lified approval of all.beholders, applause being bestowed with llberaMity. The beautiful aokriiTcd drama, "The iMartyrd'crai," was a fpairticulajrly •goad .picture, arid was enc of the finest prtodttctiiobs the Pfcihhe- Fn J eres IComipany Mas turned out. "The Twelfth Juror'" was a drama of intcmfee kterttst. The son erf a wealthy main! requests irx/m Jhi'iS •parentfos a supply of hand oasJi ifai* the period cif Ms presence at school, but 'the (father's ailbwcinee is not'.eni£F.tfcr.it'ly .libeiral to (please the eon, who leaves in anger. A esirrier, ercployed. to remove the sdhcoliboy'is (luggage, ..sees /the' ftutiher &,ll to the flctor', and .relieves him of a troll of ncltes. ' The cair'ncr's child rc.quos.ts itJiipJb the Stolen cash be returned, and (in cairryilnig tout that diuty Jthe notes tore put into the ecote overcoat, .pocket, 'amid tbiis loads to many octnipjiioatktois, the boy be-img ainr'&sted ■■for murder. . The 'twelfth mam cailled on the jury is itlhe ic&airiier, and he alone has ifull knowledge of hwv ihfcbcont'the boy is, and in cn-deir to sav« iroveals the fact flhat the old man dropped-deaS, ami that, lis put the mency .in 1 the 'wro'ng (pocket. "TheLittle Stowaway" was the .stpry c'f a kidnapped child which was afterwards ■recovered by the .parents through o yicung girl, 'who ct:ws T.iway on; & ViVge ipresengc-r steamer, a.ntl . is hrourjot face to face w' l h a jr.h'&tc,£?:•;pii <f the child which the .pr.i'cnlts 'had efri'x'iV. The picture 0:1 brimful cif .det l i : l, aivl a 'large ipoitfi :n of the production wa,<* a.tually taken on a large

■cccan liner. A G.r,u,nxbit Graphic, .shewed rcany intctr'estir.g items, ialad included a fltfrtll fete held before the King and Queen of Spain-. "Atetcient Delhi" wir.s flhe «mly scenic screened, Ibut it 'Wais am fiiitepetafcing film d the older portiocß etf the coiprital of Mri. There were a gocd lot cf comics, "CWfua ©aSrao-ck'is Magsmaite" lead-wg-the vtoy. "A Tenderfoot's Tiim- £," '-'The Magic fling," and "Act and' Deed" ■were'ialsto clever producltio.es. The rfbavei ipkitares are to bo isrceened again to-nigh* 'and to-mOTr-mv iiight. "The Stowaway" will be aarcEg- dihe ■ spcciail attractions alt the children's matinee on Saturday a'ftermoon.

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY. ■''■ THE GIRL FROM OUT BACK." 'tire ' haWmis counter attractions, the M'a&teirton Town Hall was .well patronised last. evening, when the MwJfcerton Picture Company presented their usual change cf pnogram>ree. "The' Gi.nl from .Out Back" destffves aill the ,<r o od things which have been written aSbo-ut.-it, as no finer study cf Auetralialu Ration Mo has ye*_ been, shown. Tflre drama i,s of thrilling -iierest, end every phase is followed with an 'intensity of xsi*€Biti<da which plainly shows the effect the piece has 'on the audience; The remaining items of ,the programme .represent special films, and a,re<"all Cf .-to. 3»£ liefit standard. The comics .are screamingly funny, and make one laugh .whether he wsfch.es. or not. , The scenics nine /magnificent, and at tlfc isJame' time instoticttive. The educational value c'f these .scenic and indusjtirial pictures aVnmiyt he -considered too highly. The ways be found 1 to. please. The pres,fc.4n«eisl!<ng cltaraictor, and ■ .wilil always he 'fouhd to pktese. The present programme -is certainly the best !y»t' E'hown in) Mcster'ton. Picture Cfompahy, 'and the .mainagement are to be congratulated on seounnig .films elf such * quaht'y. The programme will be shown again- this eveacng,_ and will he concluded to-anoni-ow wight. To-mWßcnv aifterncoh the mattaee fenthe .children \rtll be held, and an. exicflienlb hcair o'r two's enteatta&nlmerft. ,is guaraaiteed for the litUle oi>3s.