AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10707, 30 August 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY,

ANOTHER WONDER.

The Mastertcn Picture Company,, with unfailing legularity, continue to> submit picture programmes of high, excellence for the delectation of its. patrons. To-night the managementwill screen a splendidly arrangeaE series of the most up-to-date films procurable, each item representing the highest standard of picture photography. All tastes are catered for. In drama there is a rare Selection*,, including "The- Gipsy's Honour,", a. fine A.K. coloured drama, detailing, an intricate plot having scenes in tropical Mexico for its surroundings. "The Sphinx" is one of the Vitagraph Company's very best efforts to date, and presents an intenselyinteresting and clever story. "His Country Before All" shows tho Pathe Company at its best, which is sufficient to ensure something worth seeing. A feature of the programmeis the scenics. Pathe Gazette as usual provides interesting items, while Hydroplanes v. Motor Boats," "Carnival at Nice," "Winter in Upper Erigadine," "Town of the Sun," and "Dieppe Motor Race" are an exceptional number of educational feature and topical scenics. which are not often met with in a singlo programme. ' The comics are. also a good lot, the chief film. being "Cure for Palmeritis," in which John Bunny takes tho title role. This picture alone 33 wellworth paving to see, as it represents, one of the finest comedy films yet produced. "An Up-to-date Squaw" and "College Sweethearts" are well qualified to support such a gem as; "Cure for Palmeritis." The whole* series will be projected in the usual perfect manner, and as the programme is for one night only, patrons would do well to witness it. OnsSaturday another complete changes will be submitted, and in the afternoon tho usual matinee will hat held. THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURE^

.. "T.P. M stock goes tip higher every; week with picture lovers hi. Masterton, and the popularity of the pioneers of permanent pictures in which increases in a'wonderful manner. The j change of programme . last evening drew another lnrgo and delighted audience. The programme was indeed an excellent one, there being pictures to suit all tastes. Not only were the pictures of a select type—for Messrs Thompson and Payne exercise a close censorship over all their films—but they were projected in that manner for which the Foresters' Hall has become famous locally. The lightwas all that could be desired, and the pictures for steadiness could not. be surpassed. The splendid playing of the accomplished orchestra also arrer to the enjoyment of patrons of last night's programme. "The Sport of Kings" was a most instructive and j interesting film, which was admired by all. "Rose Kate" was a thrilling; dramatic study that was beautfully acted and well reproduced. The i»strnctionnl and most interesting fikn of the Panama Canal as that great work was a few weeks ago, is worth going a long way to see. The many teime and labour-saving devices, the machinery that worked with a simplicity that was almost .unnatural, and? the extent, of the necessary work tomake a channel from tho Gulf of Mexioo to the Pacific, were so clearly ■shown that one could not get a better idea of tho. gigantic task "Uncle Sam"" • has undertaken, even if the vicinity w:v; visited for several d'?.ys. "TkeForgotten Clue" was a good story of the secret service.' Amongst the excellent comic films were "His Wish for a Son," "Tho Man of Armour," and "A Quiet Boarding-house."' "demises" is one of the best dramas theVitigraph company has produced, the loading role being taken by Maurico Co'stello; "The Yam of the Nancy ■ Bell" is a splendid comedy. This excellent series will be repeated tonight.