AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10718, 1 November 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

j THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES I '}iio:;:pson-PaynG screened their biweekly change of £lms at the Foresters' Hall last nigfit, when an appreciative audience watched intently and with outward signs of approval tho various pictures placed before them. Tho list comprised twelve films of a total measurement of 10,833 feet, and dealt- comprehensively with the different phases of life. Out of the Night told a story of a million aire and his troubles. He loses h:s money, and with it his sweetheart. Drink becomes his only comfort, and he is on the point of allowing a revolver shot to settle matters when in walks a dirty and hungry man from the street. The exmillionaire stays his hand for a wTiile, and the man ow poverty tells the tale of his life, which 'is reflected' in another portion of the picture. The words give the young man heart, and he determines to again win his way to fortune. The other poor man refused aid and drifted Out into the Night. Various tit-bits from o'er : tho world uere ,soen in the two living newspapers the Gaumont Graphic and Pa (he's Animated Gazette. Other [ films of note and interest were:—Dramas: : Lieutenant Hose and, the Stol- ' en Battleship, Mirea's Revenge, Two Old Men and Greater Love; comics: The Speed Demon. Tho Man Under the Bed, Polidor Porta of Love, Bobby and the Chemist. Biblis Revenge, j A Bachelor'* Waterloo, and Tweedle- 1 dum Insures His Life. The programme will be repeated to-night. . ' j The children's matinee will take : place as usual on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night Thompson-' Payne's great exclusive picture Dante's Inferno—a drama 5000 feet long—will bo shown for tho first time. This is a magnificent picture, mid is-, the. finest production ever the .firm ] have presented to their patrons. It describes in detail in moving photography what Dante's Inferiio con- ' veyed to tho readera of that most fhm- j ous work.

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY

GOD OF THE SUN

J However did they produce such a picture is what everybody is asking, i This is what the crowds are asking (each other. The God of the Sun is j the finest film ever shown in Mas- , terton, a 'beautiful coloured picture. An English officer falls in love with a priestess. After a year servant is captured and' tortured, ! but will not tell where the priestess is to bo found. The sacred leopard |is let loose and carries off the baby of Mrs Kennedy (the priestess.) The j mother, follows the trail. The ele,phant who has become devoted to her J leads Mr Kennedy - and l party to the I temple, but toojate to save the 'child's life. Of liis vyifc there is.no [sign, and he commands to be taken j-tp her. His pistol and servants i.force his- enemies,, to; and he is . taken to the pit where Mrs Kennedy Jis bound to the stake- with her In- ■ dinn servant, and saved from death. J Cursed Gold, another star darma, tells the story of two brothers, one iof whom is very rich. The" other ' hires an assassin to kill his brother, and after a while he wishes to be rid ( of the meco also. The lovo of Cursed Gold ends in his downfall.,, The Colonel's Escape features General Rhys Pryce, for whose capture the American Government offered 25,000 dollars, dead or live, General Pryce was especially engaged by-. the Kalem Company for this production/ The rest of the. films, were of a very high standard, and we can safely say the best programme ever screened in Masterton. This programme will be presented again this evening, and also on Saturday afternoon. Now, . mothors, bring your children and let them enjoy themselves for a couple of hours on. Saturday.