AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MASTERTON PICTURE COMPANY

A ROGUE OF THE TURF.

The Town Hall was again crowdt-d to it's' utmost capacity last evening,: when the Masterton Picture Company presented the Lux Company's masterpiece, entitled A Rogue of the Turf. The story opens in a small mmiugtown in the Wild West, in which Jack Brown, a noted gambler, is caught cheating at cards by Rich .'id Stanford., a young Englishman. Alter being dogged -by hungry wolves, and undevgoin gother adventures, L'luwn crosses to England, where he leads a mysterious double life. A v«iy fine st'orv is told in the Cines drama, Beck's Return. -The Squaw Man. a 1000 ft drama, is a picture represf.Riotion of the play of that title. 'J he comics are a very good selection, snd number some genuine laughter-'aisers. Hop Tt is? one of the funniest lilms yet shown, and the same m-iy be said of Jenkins Invulnerable. The Waiwick Chronicle is a great co'.hrrtion .«!' topical subjects. The Little .Orphan is an excellent drama of the permanent way. Other pictures in the programme are Sammy Prattles' Physical Culture, andi The Lin>j at Hogan's.

r«n«HPRr»»»< f/tyt* *'«*URE!

A WOMAN SOOILNtCD

Last night «iw yet another crowded audience at the T.-P. Electric Theatre to witness the ■screening «>f the present fine series of films. A' Woman Scorned, the star, againg proving a popular item. The story of a woman's wasted life and her redemption. The next most popular item was a picture entitled His rate's Rehearsal. This was a very line play, by Miss May Tmnnelle and: Mr Herbert Pryor. of the Majestic Company. The story showed a man falling with drunken ways, and his subsequent absolute cure effected by a-Olovel <xperiment practised by his wit? and a clever physician. Several • Uier fine dramas were ■shown, inclad ; ig lie Spider's Web (A.8.). A Trustee of the Law, bv the Lubin Company, and The Loneliness of the Hills fKakun.) The scenic portion included The Balkan Crisis. The Gaumont Graphic, and Evolutions by Dmgoon Guards. IVnbablv the best comedv vet «howH was Holding tlie Fort, it 1000 ft film <\v Edison. Other pictures of not? wov<\ Just a Snonge, .Simple Simon, and Through Dumb Luck. The usual matinee will be given at 2.30 to-morrow. For Saturday nikht a rather unusual typo of drama wll bo shown in Tlie Sower, an exiting representation of life amongst underground ghouls.