AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURE^.

"THE WORLD AGAINST HER."!'

| The ]<'orester\s Hall was crowded! last night when the change cf programme was presented. The star film wns the dramatised version of "The World Against Her," the course* of which was followed with enthralling interest. The story is of a fieklo wife, who runs away with an adventurer. After parting with her evil mateshe succeeds as n great singer on th& American <<tage, and following her sucj cess she decides to return to her bom® J in Denmark, where t'no news of her death has been received and her husI hand has married another Unable to I gain the confidence or her child, whom I she has left behind, she leaves the I bouse for good, and on her way to j throw herself into the harbo.ur she is overtaken and prevented from taking: her own life bv a former admirer. The--story is very powerfully acted 'through- ; out itsr entire length, and bristles with exciting episodes. The staging. is; perfect and the photography excellent. | The latest "Lieutenant Rose" sensation delighted the audience. The exi ploits of Lieutenant Rose have alj ways been very popular, but the production of hi. l ? latest adventure is bound! to attract'erowded bouses to theJ Forester's Hall during its visit. Tim present adventure oßak with the re- ' covery of aiv immense hidden treasure. I and its location leads to many inter- , I esting and sensational 'scenes. Adrift 'at sea, a British battleship 'discovers " ' ■an open boat containing an old roan. [ and a young girl, both on the point'of exhaustion. After being nursed | back to health the chap unfolds his story of a hidden treasure he could not obtain owing to the Portuguese pirates who were in the cinity, and Rose sets off with & Tand- • ing party to'~gain the gold. Everything • goes well until on the party's return from an underground cave where the> money was found they are set upon by the Dons at the cave mouth. As tW ; ,tars come out, singly they are al£ ! overpowered and removed to an oltfc ' fort ,the ringleader taking good caret of the treasure. Lieutenant Rose is lashed to the flagstaff at the top of the fort, and the men are "accommodated" below. On the appearance of the. British battleship Rose is compelled, under a threat of instant death, tosignal that the pirates will shoot him. if an attempt Is made to launch aboat. On his own account he advises the commander to shell the opposite , fort on the appearance of any of the pirates there, and immediately after is the splendid spectacle of a battle- . ship bombarding the fort under active service conditions.'. The deadly fire causes the pirates to retreat, and ammediately after .the fortification is ; blown up by the ship's guns. With 1 nothing but revenge left the pirate chief is on the point of murdering the plucky lieutenant when a party of blueJackets ar'riye in the nick of time, effect that gallant's rescue, and the pirates are completely routed. "The. Blacksmith," "The College Girl," and ''A Girl Alone'>' were all excellent productions, well worthy of their place in an excellent programme. A PntheGazette contained many attractive features, and "Ostrich to Feather Boa", way an interesting an instrrrc- • , ■ tive film. The comic portion of theprogramme contained the following laughable films''ls Life Expensive." '{Courting Across the Court," "The Tin Can Battle," and "The Forgotten SJioes." All the above pictures-will ■be re-«creened again to-night, when there is bound to be another excellent attendance.