THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 22 July 1912, Page 5

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

-GEtEAT- DF.TEGTJYE DRAMA

The two sessions at the Foresters' IlaM on Satardnr drew the usual crowded and delighted audience. To- ! wight the eejisatioKhil dote.ctive story • —ia picture .2-500 feet long— "Tom B'jfcktiy 1, Swill bo ipiTevented. "Tom Sutler" is a pic'ture which renders sucli a popular convie,t , play as "Never j Voo Date to Mend" .a mere circum.ri'iaftco in the world of entertainment. Like "Never Too Late to Mend," "'Tbm Butler".deals with convict Life. Tom escapes from gaol and makes ijaok to his wife, a charming society •itc-'iceaj, a Miss Hamilton, who was . instrumental in getting her husband , jput li-nto prison. Butler manages to gc ( S t : .ato his .wife's presence by disguising Inmoelf as the Baron de Nor■ville, r.r,d attempts to assassinate lier. She survives, and then follow a H'.mpT.r of mcr.'t exciting situations, in which Tom Butler endeavours 'to ■carry out his revenge on his .wife. 'l'lie .picture is a capital one in all re-, r.peets. "The End of Robespiere" is a fine Pathe drama. The celebiutedl llrima, "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," is "revived once more, tlui's time in pic-~ ture c ornt|, and -is a good quality film. Tflhe Vitagraph Co. add a very special iC/r.g j:n "Destvi-y is Changeless," a iphoto-p!ay of the /most "ntense kind. Two leading novelties are included in the programme. One, '."The Art of Jn-J'itsu,"' is a very capable exposition- of itliat linens science. "The Smallest Pony in the World" is tho pvlm" r;:>velty. The comedy element is fully provided .for. "A Match and No lVizc" .is a pa I'Ocularly hilarious film. "When 'Wife's. Ma Comey Back" is a liubin comedy whese title tells us •there will be "fun ini the air." "A Detective for a D.iy" .also promises tfrci. The -either pictures include "T'h-3 Min,ute and the Maid" (drama), "Under Royal Protection" (comic), and "The Foreman's Courage" fdramal, making -in all 12,500 feet-of pictures.