AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 January 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. "TH'F BROKEN SWOIID." Another huge crowd of patrons rewarded tho T.-P. Proprietory at the FJectrie Theatre last night when tho current programino was screened for tho .second time. "lhe Broken Sword," the star feature. is a spl-wx-did piece of work, and contains a. very fine theme. A vorv pretty act is shown in a ballet dance, led by Miss Alma, the star danseuse of Berlin, *r)ir> also makes her debut as a picture artist. A most sensational incident is .shown in the nature of u man on a motor cycle leaping; n space, after a run on a. spring-bojud. Several fine dramas are .shown in support, includino; "His Life." a very pretty and pathetic drama- by the Luhin Company "'The Vill-ige Vixen" and "A Woman of Arizona" are also very fine studies. Two exceptional eomedyd nun as are shown in "Betty Fools tho Dad" and "Helping John." A picture of <_sroat interest and educative value is a display by Cossack horsemen. This film shows in many acts the daring and wonderful feats of these Easterners. "Pat lie Gazette'' supplies the latest war and other news. Other picture.: shown include "N.ivit.ical Sports." "Rube's Mistake." "Voyage to Turkey" and "Fatty Has Good Lungs." 'l'llis "programme "will ho repeated this evening. Tliere will bo a special matinee on Saturday -it 2.30 o'clock when "Tho King's Visitto Xew Zealand" will be shown. Saturday's change will include two special features in "Tho Great Diamond .Robbery" (by the Vitagraph Company of America.) and "1 he Last Hurdle," a sen-ationnl sporting drama, 3500 ft in length.