AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 24 January 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MERRY WIDOW OPERA COMPANY. ' Everyone is looking forward with: pleasure aJid interest to the forthcoming production of "A Waltz Dream," at the Town Hall on Saturday evening by the Merry Widow Opera Company. The opera comes with a world wide repxitation. The plot deals with the fate of a young German princess, ordered by the State to many a young, Viennese lieutenant (Xiki) in order to carry on the dynasty. As chance has it, the woman loves her husband with all her heart; but Royal etiquetto*does not permit of her immediately declaring it to him, so he imagines himself a pawn in the game. The union is distasteful, and the bridal night finds him listening to tho orchestra of the girls from Vienna at a gay restaurant, where lie falls in love with Franzi, the leader of the band. The ensuing complications, after his heart has been fired by her playing of the famous waltz air—culminating in a kiss, of something like 45 seconds' duration—form the narrative. Arriving upon the scene at the psyschological moment, Lothar urges proceedings for a divorce; but cupid conquers Royal etiquette, Fraoizi sets matters right, afod the princess and her Husband are reunited. The company which will interpret Oscar Strauss' delightful work is an exceptionally strong one, and has toured the Commonwealth of Australia for the past two years with remarkable success. The box plan is at the Dresden.

S INTERNATIONAL PICTURES. SOCIETY DRAMA AT THE TOWN" HALL. Featuring the 2500 foot society drama Disillusioned, the Town Hall management presented an entirely new programme of moving pictures to a good house last evening. The story" contained in the star film is based on the bociety doings on the Continent, and! is really meant to teach a moral lesson. More that* passing mention must be made of the Ka em battle, subject;- The Drummer Girl of \ icksburg. This company of , film producers has earned a vvorld- , wide reputation for its creations, por~ , fraying incidents in the Civil War of America, and the above picture fully j maintains that reputation. Consider- ■»!*£■& centered around ttre film showing the industry of duck ..taming.. The rearing of ducks front the eggs to the full gro*n bin! ready-for the market was picturS "A comedy vvhS appealed .strongly., to the young -folk ; wa.r-screen-edtuno^"tl,e-trtle of"Bus-" be repeated tins-evening. To-niiht m addition;, the management are screening the arrival of Lord and Lady Liverpool at Wellington.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. SUCH IS LIFE." w Last night sa\y the second screen!n| of l ™/ ul ' rent P r^ramm « at the J .P. Electric Theatre, when another large audience assembled to witness it. _ Such is Life, the star turn again proved a, very popular item.' .Ine painful complications of this photo play, and the ultimate result, make the story a very appealing one. A very fine military drama was shown in The Darling of the C.S.A., in which a girl spy played a very daring and prominent part. Master and Pupil was also a very fine subject. A Ranchman's Trust, an Es.sanay feature, showed the very -exciting and adventurous time of a young Easterner on a Western ranch. Lubin's conception of A Moonshiner's Daughter was also very fine. The comedy section is very breezy, and includes Spoony Sam (Lubin), Jenkins, Dynamiter (Cines), A Mixed Affair (A.8.), and Hig New Cane (Lubin).' Patho Gazette showed the topical events, including incidents of the .present Eastern crisis. ' Other pictures of note are Busland, Paris, and Falls of Kriml. On Saturday afternoon .the usual children's matinee will be given at 2.30. The change announced for to-mor-row (Saturday) night includes the .special Nordisk feature A Marriage of Convenience. This? is 3000 feet in length, and contains a fine modern story. Jn support of this an English production of A . Fisher Girl of Cornwall will also be shown. WIRTH'S CIRCUS. WLrth's Circus has been so much added to and modernised in recent years that the present day combination of four distinct show's in one, bears but slight resemblance to the circus of a quarter of a century ago. The graceful equestrian acts and the charms of old are retained, just by way of preserving the atmosphere, but the craze for something new has long since been, answered by the enterprising brothers who control the show, and is still being answered, year in and year out, so that the name "Wirth's Greatest Show or> Earth" is no mere idle boast. The circus appears in Masterton on Wednesday next.