AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYKb FICTURES. "BLACK VERSUS BLACK." ' The picture of Ae famous iboxing contest (between Lamgtfoird and McYea drew another packed licusfe last! evening, when the audience wore delighted with the" .excellence of the film. The American mountain. lion is! aai aninwd not known to many people,' aAid, the lion i:n "Saved by her Lion." l j* of this species. Tin appearance it' ha*s in it& ibodilly outline the appearance elf the African lion, especially in the strong headquarters.-. But the head as ithe size and shape o£ that ctf the puma. Unlike the .puma, however, the body is an eveni light brown colour, wihereas the puma is spotted. Notwith,standing 'its cafelike head, the American mountain. lion; is dreaded by .those wl#o know ita habits, and no hunter ehauld venture into its haunts unattended. This photoplay is very cleverly worked out, and the cube found by Ruby are very dear 'little .chaps: The Clm-endow C 0.,. which firm, it will be remembered, is the one producing the "Lieutenant 'Rose' 'series of exquisitely set films, is represented in the current programme by /''Father, and Som." This ie a colliery disaster picture, and shows thereal worskng of a pit-head. /Everyone is taken up with the "Otter Study/' Those who kinow something of photography will realise wsia| a difficult thing an under watkr picture is to seciflre, arid special apparatus musti have been, us d to obtain the wonderful result attained. Th» remainder of the prorganume is well up to standard.

The' .children's tniat-injec will: take place on Saturday afternoon, at 2.30 b'ekwk, tod the current programme will be shown .for the last time iom'ight.

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY

"SINS OF THE FATHERS.""

The Masterton Picture Company is offering a delectable programme to the public to-night, having secwml the magnificent play film, "Sins of tho Fathers." The Kiiiematograph Weekly «iys of this picture: —The Eclair Film Company have given picture , lovers many good things in the past, but not one of their greatest successes have ever reached such a point- of excellence as 'The Sins of the Fathers.' We are fully alive to the fact that this is a bold statement tro make-regarding a company which lias given us such pictures as 'Zigomar,' 'The Silent Call,' and the like, but wo are prepared to stake our reputation upon the assertion that for .photographic quality, conception of - .plot, and acting, the Company have, in.the film now under notice surpassed themselves. Words fail us to convey any adequate impression of this -great play. It must be seen for its ■grandeur to be realised." ' "The Sins of the Fatliers" will be supported bv a programme of ."-conic, comic, and industrial films which are new, crises, fresh and attractive. A matinee is to be given this afternoon.