AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 11 July 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

TWO BIG ATTRACTIONS

The programme to be presented tonight at the Foresters' Hsfil will contain two 1% attractionis— "Attack.-< 1 by a Lion" and "Honour Thy-Fath-er." "Attacked by a Lion" is a >i~ sational .picture 2<XK>ft long, and mtrodueee a ferocious lion. The-nanu-tivie commences with ar.n attack by Araibs upon a settler's 'homestead. His neighbour, Howard, goes- to tite aid of the settler, but on the way loses, his road, and. unsaddling ,his ihora?, lies diown to rest until day.'break. A;big Won roars, and the man seizes -his trifle .with which to await the: a-ttatk of the beast. The licni rushes at the -Worse, but is bowkd 1 over by am accurately aimed buM-et from the hero's rifle. . Howard remounts his 'horse and arrives: l at *■[>? homestead in time to assfet a refer party in putting the Arabs to flight. Hie hero, Ibe sides .being a dead shot w*itli the rifle, exhibits notaWe skill ae a horseman. The 3000 feet -x----dusive, "Hbnor Thy Father," show.'? an extremely dnitere sting picture play, delicately handled by ca.pa.ble artists, and producing a grand story of a heroic girl's (loyalty and gratitude for the father who in helpless days Jooke.].. •after her. A splendid general porgramme will be given in conjunctionwith these two specials, tfhe principal pictures being "The Little Black Boy'' 1 (a detective' story), "The :Grrl and Her Trust" (.3. story cf a daifrig robbery); "The Abe of Spades" (a Western d;vnia); "Her Uncle John," (a soreamring comedy), "A Bachelor's Waterloo" (funny Edison comedy), and several tindustriali?. The children arc promised a special treat for the matinee on Saturday afternoon, as they are catered sbv in .Messrs Thompson, and •Payrfe'is- "best >sty3e. The splendid pictures on the programme should intvest the young folk very mucW.