AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10667, 24 June 1912, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

There were good houses to wit-nce,s the entert aircmc nts at the Foresters' Hsull on Saturday afternoon and evening. To-niight the new series of pictures will contain some startling novelties. A vciry en-ational drama by the Gaumont Company entitled "A ■Lion's ißevelnge" shows some. scenes wMch mrakie. one dhudder when the "Monarch of the Fotrest" takes a hand iin the diriaana; for a hig lion QiiaSs been specially obtained for the principal scenes in the play. The picture showing the -lion marching off wijfch /his trainer in his mouth 1 , and aiifcthfeir iin which ia daning Uctrcss cs conlfrontcd w;lth tllie aw-age aniiimtl, has caiused a tsiri.fi wherever the drama hias 'becli shown. "The- Handictip" is a very exciting (thing; and dhows a. giiirl l jcekcy riding in a regui'ia'r horse race in Mexico. '"His Romance of the Cliff Dwallers" is a <s,eaiisational picteei of love and 1 hsitoe-d, and shows the eKca.vated biuWcbgis- in Yucatan (Southern Mexico). "From Behind ■the Flag" is a very fine novelty act- j iud.lly acted by man-of-wars-mcn. "The j Unruly Charge" is a ve'ry funny dog act which e.ndis by rtihe! dog disappearing in a sausage- machine. "One Way to .Win" shows a barber whom we oan guarantee to fb&it anything in (Mkist-erto-n on a "Quick S'liave." ' "Fke Engines iai> Islew York" shows us how automatic squiirters d!o t'lie business in: tliafc ibig city. In "The Axemen's C!a<miva/1 at Eltham" toll th'o tdhaonpioni choppers "and isawyeils in the wcirld are tizta competing. It is a (picture local b[u,shmen ;&hould ndt miss. "Umbrellas to Mend" shows lour fat friend Bunny in to sad predicament, while "Two Good Watch Dogs" an|d: "His F:t*s.t Patienit" 'tare ve'ry ffufcmy pictures. "The Mistress of the. 'Haciiemda" is a fine Lu'bin drairrua., 'and "Tlhe Qtiring oif- iMan'ls" a drama the plot of 'whicli! surrounds a jewel worth <a) quarter ctf a million.. "The Truanbns cif Vcii'saSHes" is a beautifully coloured scenic, laind the Batlie Gazette gives the latest pictorial!/ news of the world. It is a programme itiliat lean Ibe thoroughly re- \ comimehdedi. (SARAH BERNHARDT. "Messrs- Thompson and Payne an- ' niomce that they have secured the exclusive lights far Master-tom of the world's greatest .living Actress, 'Sarah I ißeirnhardlt, in "Camillei." The fee j' demanded Iby and pwid to tOiis great iaic)t(ress to appe-'ar (before the camera in "Camilla" was £6OOO, and the firm will stage this' famous picture on Thursday and Friday nights olily. On SatHrday inighlt the sensational and pathetic Indies' dita.ma, "The Fools of Society," will be shown f&V one night only. 7 MASTERTON PIGTURE COMPANY. The, Mafitcrton Town Hall was crowded for itlhe aniatinee 1 on Saturday afternoon , and wie'i filled for tlie last production on .Saturday . iiiigbt cif the "G.id from Out Back" programme. The changd of (programme to-night will' intfroduee ,to the public one of i Pathe Fttwe's do'.ightfiul coloured drflinflis, entitled ".EsraortiMa." The .moiuniting of this dranui is sjiid to be supeirb, tire acting vivacious,. and the scenery exquisite. The film is nearly 3000 feet :<ni length, and tlhe drama, is ( ipirodiuced in 'two jSanVbs. Supporting this sptendidl picture 'are a number of ©tegamifc films of a varied, instructive a'nd amusing character.. Pat-he's' iG'asiett© will .afford the! Bates t inform alion concerning einvren't- events. A ] comedy drama entitled "Oattle, Gold anld Oil" wi'i'l disclose human nature in; it® many phases. "The Troubles Idf a Bailiff" is so eixcruci-'tingly funny' that it would cause a sphinx to laugh, while th<? animcitable FooJsheiaid will create a whirlwind of amusement. The whole programme wil'l worthily maintauiU the! good aiatae that the Mastdr- j ton Pietuine Company iis gaining for i itself. A 'Special star 'is promised far Thursday inext, in; the ishape df Victoa' Hiugo's m.fte'terpiece, "Th'a,. Four) Dare-deA'dls," which wiH be shown in l a dramatised form iby a Pat'he coloured film.