AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 2 August 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY

Another large audience greeted itJi ; o ireproduction of the icurrent programme at the Towul 'lias t evening, .when ithose p'resent weiro l-e----wardad with a prpgraimme of high merit; headed by rtJli-3 great detective dtrama, "Chadey' Coins and the Daiiireer's Nebkliice." . Tihis picture d-e----pictis an.exciting chase and oaplture of a thief by the detective, Charley (Johns, and is ended! with a brigilit romance. A norther superb picture was a romanJie A.B. ' drair/i' entitled ."Waiting," wMeh k : ept the audienice anxiety and' suspeiuse inrtiil the final dropping of the curium. An intcireistfiiig -and beautiful picttire, dia-playin-'g the 1 finest river .scenery in Europe, " wflis presented in "Cologne laifld 'i:he River .Rhine." "The Valley of ChevTeuge," an artistically coloured Pat'he drama, touching on the picturesque :sipots< in France, was a masterpiece x)f this company. Tllie ; comic elements were iweH represented in seveii.il lyareami-nigly funny Jilitis, .such as "Fnn at Sdhool," <r Winliiing is Losing," and "No'isy Nieigbhours." T^' rS , amiq'Vie a|tti'(iction. ib© screed for ihe last time to-nn'ght, and is worthy of «a 'buimper house. A igirand isnrprise (is promised fr.lr the chalige of • programme oi: f Saturoay, .when - great mi'litl !ry dram'a -wil'i be pres ! en[ted.

THOMPSON-PAYWfc FICTURES.

GREAT WILD WEST PICTURE

' The Foresters Hall was crowded last ( night when the "two star" programme was shown. The great Wild West pic- J ture, "The Monarch of the Plains," is a film of the highest order, and one ' depicting sensation and daring from J start to.finish. "The Mdharch of the | Prairie" took the patrons away out I West to Pembletoii, where, annually, ! they hold a great cow-boy show. .The picture was introduced by a grand parade through the streets of the township. Cow'-boys, cow-girls, Red Indians and picturesque looking old' Indian chiefs, with their gay plumage fluttering in the breeze. Then to the large jwea, far than the Napier Park racecourse, where for the remainder of the*, film'buck-jumping, races, riding competitions on unbroken animals —steers and horses — Vmd laissookig were, witnessed '.ll quick succession. No idea can be conveyed what a big function this is, till it is actually seen on the sheet, and those who were not fortunate .enough to witness it would do well to attend the j Foresters' Hall to-night. The remainder of the programme comprised films of quality. "The Aviator's Generositv" was a drama of exceptional merit. I An intensely dramatic Civil War story ' was unfolded in "The Tide of Battle." "Their First Kidnapping Case" was a gtfod farce. The two sleuths, upon returning from a well-earned vacaaare solicited to aiid in uin vei'ling the mystery of a case of kidnapping. They get upon what they believe to be the trail, only to find that they have tracked down a party of health officers in charge of a child with smallpox. Their reward is'their being detained at the pest-house, fumigated and quarantined for fourteen days. The pictures quoted above, in addition to a host of others, will be shown again to-night. The children are promised a special treat at the matinee at the Foreters' Hall on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 , o'clock. , '