AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 5 July 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MACTHRTCN PICTURE COW PAKY.

AT THE TOWN HALL

The dim; go of pro "in nunc at tlv-' TUvn K'l'il ]«-b evciYng drew a large ■attendance, of the .public. Those who ■wei\> prosent wwe rewarded by enjoying one r.f the. '-besit picture programmes vet presented in. Masterton. Each film'te a frpedal in its own particular brancli, ;rid being splcndidlv scrcemed, 'lc-ffc nothing to be desired. •'•The- Girl and the Sheriff," the chief attraction, is a ma.gniiicclnt Vitagrapli drama, being the very latest type ut American ipictuu'o. The se.nciry is wonderful ,tlie acting superb, while there ic enough sensation and excitement to make the film specially attractive. "The Military Aerial Scout is mother Vitagrapli drama. This is a splendidly conceived piece, the scenes in. which the airship appears beiii" thrilling to the last degree, the film ifc.sure to be popular wherever *V is-shown. "Silversmith to Louis jX"'dto one of Edison's latest pictures, aim excells mi. the grandeur of its ea&iiorv. It is well up to tne Edison standard, rfntl presents a drama of rare power and torce. Ihese and other dramas shown make up something of it dramatic feast, and nuke in tlieirjsolvcs au. excellent •■ programme. The s-eir.es, chief of .which are "KrAvlxv," "River Cbonac' and "The Medgehog," are a splendid series of the latest pictures : manufactured iiv Europe- and Amerxa. While viiey ,;rc .to ,l-L> com menace! ''icr 'their rare eok.ui'ing ■and luaiuy, their educational value is also undoubted. Jhe comic <<ii:in-:nt cf the programme is U....1 ma.u.cained by tuch genu' as A yi t-i.mcvuia'l Muddle,'' ""Uhen we are in Our -Jtoi-.V' »'--'J :( number of other 'ivmrhtcr ii-.::.i.vs. The i»r c mcrrinicmit which pervades 'die. binlcl-b.-V to the amu.H-ir.g calibre of tliese films, lliis programme will.be shown to-night and to-morrow evemng to; the last tn.o. Cu Suturday afternoon, a spstiaJ treat ia.-b-Jlufi arranged .for (the i-h&d-reii, who. may look forward to something omb of tiro ordinary.