AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10670, 27 June 1912, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

| THOMPb(j;{-PAYNE PICTURES. "THE DIVIDE SARAH." A .treat ds in' store for patronß of the (Foresters' Hail 'to-night, wheii> the faimous drama' "Camille," with Sarah 'Bernhardt in- the leading role, will be presented. To those whcse privilege it was to ajpplaud the: "Divine Sarah''" (when she visited .Australia some years ago, the opportunity now affarded 'by. , Ithe, 'Thpmpsoii-Payne; management of J seeing this. greatest of -French 1 act-.: j'reisseis in o'lie f/f her leading' roles .will Ibo .highly appreciated,, .lb t'Jiose ■ to nvhom the name, of Sarah Bernhardt ds only familial* through a knowledge I'ioif histrionic records, the production i'.will come as a'n absolute revelation in '.art. , Madam Sarah Bernhardt has (been a ceilelbralied actress for so/many years that it .is isomewhati to be "won dered at that ao.one has ever succeeded' in triva'lry with her for supremacy,. Though ma'ny youiig artists have from time to time acquired European nota feillity, not one. of ..them 'has equalled or even approached, the; magnificent artistic'' renderings with which Sarah is so initimately :as-,. isociated. . Of c'ourse', everything in: "Camille" hihgla jafanariicl-.•.Jffwrgar?t; iQ-autier. Never •• on the stage ,' bay iSarah Bernhardt ever /been.; seen to isa>ch magnificent advantage as in this, hpictiure- playi : Her act&ig ..is simply ' ipdrf ection; eve-ry att-itudie tells its own iei^wali6^; ; .'^d^ailthough , > itt- sie oic | itrnre on; the ooreen. there is no dal- , Ogue, every single phrase of the play can he . followed, with absolute fidelity. | It is a magnificent presentation, and;j tone'that, everyone interested i'n dra- | anatio aa't shonld make a .point of I 'ing. ; . Perhaps the imoist relnarkable I (thing >ahout the production' is'--ft at! Sarah still looks Mairgaret. Gautier to I the ilife:; she does not,, seem to have j aged a day. It is the'same charm,ng,>' ilithesome, aindi full-olf-life Sarah Bernhardt, who years ago first conquered •all Paris, and whose' triuimphal :.rogrdss-, through ithe- world has •neve'.heen approached,hy any actor or aot|tress. ■■ •;It.wag naturally no «asy''.mat iter to persuade the "Divine Sanh" i.'to:.pose tfpr the camera;; 'To persuade | her. to do so took five years, but,finj 'ally: .she. capitulated, aaad a majstor-, /piece has resulted. '/. This gireat pic+ur - Vyill fo'rily - ib.e .-shown to-night arid to-

taofrrow and will be suppoiten by a capital series of the latest p'o-d-uctiong of tho best manufacturers in the world. Tho children's matinee will take .place at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday.

MASTcRfON PICTURE COMPANY.

"THE FOUR DAIIE-DE\ JLS.' ? Lovers of the cinCma.togrop.li ha ye something in- the mature of a treat in store • for them at the Town Hall this evening, when the Maistelrton Picture Company will present for the Lrst 'time in MastcrtoVi the magnific-Jnt tragedy-drama, "The Four Da.re-J> v •ils." This sensational-film has cir, c•ed a furore in ail parts of ihe tyorld and dn (New Zealand has (been con v.d•ered the finest pictorial drama ytt .shown. The' dirama is- ajive with thrilling episcdeis. and scenes depicting th" 1 I extraordinary escapades and scenes of four circus pc-Tformersi. So.me of the quartette's dora,@s > tare really on at v-f, 1 1oue iri/ ithc extretoe, -i'act .retato the intense ante-rest of the, audience fivnr stalrt to finish. The dramatic force of j the ipieco.is 'Splenidiidly susta; n ed., and j one very easily iie. is wit-' •ncftsin'g <a cinematographic drama and inot happenings i'n xeSal life. ,T3us gem '•is supported' by a range cf excellent •pitcwre®. embracing the latest in dra- ! ;mas, i&cenios and comics. The seems v ,;aro a special series, ishbwing evervibhirig that is worth eeeing and places |of exceptional interest at the present Itiime. ■ All tastes are catered for at the Town IHall, where patrons of the Masterton Picture ipom<p any can rely lupon having the very, best picture •m----tertiaimn- under the most pleasant s conditions.! The oircihestira,, J under\th!b. fconductoirsJiip of Mr H. Inns, will dis-. •peti.se, a splendid programme of* mufiic, iwhich is in itself an>. attraction.