AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10710, 4 November 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES ' 'DANTE'sTNFERNO." The Foresters' Hall was packed toils utmost capacity on Saturday night,, when the sensational. picture "Dan-: te's Inferno was shown. The audience were enthusiastic over the, ■picture, and voted it one of the he?t ever shown in Masterton. Dante's Inferno is an extraordinary yet realistic production of this r e >- markable conception. Dante is first seen in a demented state in a forest. The Guardian Angel des- ! cends and selects an angel to t.»k*> Dante to the dark regions. The river Styx, with Charou in his hitat, are seen, and then with Dante the onlooker is taken through the various scenes of torture. Dante sees what torture is apportioned tio thoso not baptisedl, what punishment is meted out to those who are flatterers, the. terrible tortures the very wicket-' have to contend with, and then, on the other hand, the peace fulness and rest enjoyed ia heaven. The film is a really jyrnarknble one. Wierd scenes are depicted. Men and; women writhe in pain of torture, ai;<i 'itbe conception is carried out amostrealistieally. hi addition to tlnV great star picture, a series of the latest films will be produced. The Stolen Invention is a thrilling story, and The Passer Hy in a pretty, and) pathetic drama. The Complicated Campaign is a screaming comedy of a Mayoral election a;id the Sufl> rngettes. An Indian's Gratitude i»> a splendid Western drama-. The Sacrifice is a pretty tale of a balletdancer. Other good: pictures are The Stolei* Ring, Tarnuaki Ro;;d •Race, Grandfather's Old Boots, iloman Ruins .Scenes in Korea, scl .Don't Tvv.tli li.