AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10700, 22 August 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURE-. Messrs Tnompson and Payne never •do things by halves. Only tho beet • quality is good enough for their patrons. Picture-lovers recognise this, ■and that is why they support the Foresters 'Hall pictures. Again tonight the. firm are to tlio front with •one of their up-to-date programmes, a sensational drama entitled "Dick Turpiii," .graphically tolls, the wellknown story of that bold highwayman and bis famotis ride to York. "The Pasadena Peach" is a comedy staged ■ amidst the beautiful scenic background of Southern California. A . young lady his eight, suitors, but the favoured one is Jack Howard. As each one arrives the girl sets -them to work, and has them digging a well, beating carpets, stringing beads, and sprinkling the 'awn, but she has other attentions for her favourite. "The Lesser Evil" tells tho thrilling adventures of a fishermaidcn with pirates.. She arranges to meet her yVeetheart outside an old shack, but on arriving at the ypot is taken by .smugglers and carried aboard their ship. The girl's sweetheart arrives on the iscene just too . hifce, but sees the departure of the little vessel, and informs the Custom? officials. In the meantime the girl h in great peril 011 the ship, as the | captain ; who has locked her in his cabin, defends her from the onslaughts 'of his drunken., mutinous crew. Finally, his ammunition i;.i reduced to one cartridge, and she begs him to shoot her. He is just about to do this when the Customs officials jump on to the ship and capture the smugglers. The captain jumps over the side, of the ve.sfj?! and swims safely to the shore, and the lovers are restored to c it'll other. "The Tragic Wedding" if, a heart-touching story, with a pathetic ending. "Wenona's Broken Premise." is a famous Bison Indian drama. "The Turning Point" is a capital Essinay drama. The programme eomprif.cfl many more splendid items, including atxl scenics. Tll the comedies "Archibald Chnbbs" is n rare screamer, while "Willie and his Governess" is sure to create lots of laughter. A? 1 usual the children are to> be given a s'pecial treat on Saturday afternoon at the Foresters' Hall.

masterton picture company

GREAT .BAND BENEFIT

1 ho Masterton Picture Companv aro to bo congratulated on the great success which last evening greeted -their efforts to assist the financial position of the Masterton South Band. Tho Town Hall wan crowded to the door, in fact, the seating accommodation was inadequate. Tho programme submitted Mas of a hi<;h standard, each film being p star in its own special departure, of photoplays. The chief attraction of the evening; was a magnificently conceived, drama entitled "The Carbonari." a picture wliK-h must rank in the first flight of dramatic films. The situations are splendidly arranged, and tho audience i,3 intensely interested from the beginning to end of the play. The plot is force" f'd. to, a degree, and the love vein lrliich is cleverly interwoven amongst tho daring plots of the secret society men lends an air of romance to the whole play. The, remaining films are an exceptional number of tho very latest films, many of them only rooently arriving in tho Dominion. Tito dramas are thrilling and interesting to a degree, the comedies are highly amusing. while the scenics and educational films are of the vorv best. Patrons of tho Town Hall Pictures will Jiave a last opportunity this evening of witnessing this superb programme. !An Saturday evening another exceptional programme will be submitted, the star attraction of which wili be * thrillin;' Nordisk dram?, entitled "Won, Yet Lost." Tho usual matinee will bo hold on Saturday afternoon.