MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 2 July 1912, Page 6

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY.

AT THE TO-WX HALL.

• -A a::[lioncc was present a! H;'Master ion Town Hail in.vt evening wfero the Mm: ;::*•:;:> l':'::i:.:'o Cnmp.-iy presented t|lit*:,r change, of programMO. "Page® .fran the Work/5 of Clnrles D'ekens" received quite an ova J 'on showing. th',:i;t this dues of cinematographic 'art is .thoroughly apprce-'a: ed. Tin' various isc-ciijis :ia this rple::did picture M-pj-e portrayed with a realistic power thi'.t cannot fail to j le»:ivc n laytinlg i inn region. To ar.yov:-.' who lias read the works of the gr -t' i novelist, it is a vara pleasure to s:--> the various diarac-tors given expr-" -s----ion to in ipic-taria.l films. The film :-.-> altogether an oxceillsnt one, and will always stand as a real attraction in lovery of pictorial scenes. > The remaining films which went to make lip tile programme were specials in I their particular branch of cinema:gr.apkjy. 'lite IBloek ' Cr.irr.m" i'.a sensational and powerful'-Vitagrr.pb drama, while "Snow Bound," by the same Conipa'ay, is a. thrilling draena that never fa!.,!,* to pI;;:r;o. The seen- ' ics are a.:i exceptional series, and rt-p----rcsont coon on i'.i the Baltic Sea during • the ico-boaen! reason. Iceland is an-* other appropriate winter se-enic, showing the wondrous sce-ne<s of this ii'ttie-

kuown I'egio'n. Levers cf the comic element will laugh tluimsolv;,?; to tea.rs in "The Living Pea-oh," "In the Grocery Business," and • Hawko Eye lcarntt to Paint."

The management have don? well in placing ihcfore thoir paireds such a varied- and 'well selected programme. Every picture anas' he regarded as a stair, while the manipulation leaves nothing to ho'desired. The musical selections, under the management of Mr H. Inns, were up to the licav.il high standard. ,