AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 15 March 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. ARRAH-JSLA-POGUE. To-night picture-lovers, will be presented with an excellent treat in the line at the T.-P. Electric Theatre, wliera the week-end change will include the famous drama, "Arrah-na-Poguc." This is a feature film 3400 feet in length, which gives a realistic representation of Boucicau]t'>s famous masterpiece. Tt is a magnificent Irish romance among military and peasant circles, and cannot fail to appeal to every heart. ' The story of. Beamish McCoul's hounding down, liis thrilling adventures, the heart story of hie two lovers, and his imprisonment and escape cannot fail to create feeling in any who see it. Tn support of. this feature, which -V? a night's entertainment in itself, will be shown several strong supporting dramas. "The Fires of Fate" is one of the Vita.graph'.s latest attempts, and is a magnificent piece of staging. The Selig Company are to the fore with a study entitled '.'The Substitute Model," This is a real story founded upon an inciident from one of the season's big fashion shows, and con-, tains some very elaborate dressings, besides containing a very pathetic and sympathetic theme. "Jim's Reformation" is. another Selig drama featuring the drink question, and shows a hard-earned lesson which was taken to heart. An interesting film will be •shown in An Empire Maker, This is a scenic film, bringing to memory the great works of the Right. Hon. Cecil Rhodes. The Gaumont Graphic will disperse topical events. Several other films will include Manufacturing Paper, "A Cine Show" (comic), "Hifi First Cycle" (comic), and "Pay- ; ing His Board" (comedy). There will | be a grand matinee .it 2.30 to-day. I when the children can look forward to a treat.

TOWN HALL PICTURES,

THE MASSACRE. (The Picture for which, the American Bitfgraph Company. Refused £IO,OOO foi; the American Rights.) It is the greatest picture of Frontier Life and Indian. Warfare ever made. Don't take our word, go and see it. It is a most vivid picture of the life of the period. The types are absolutely tine. The Indians are real. Indians. The .soldiers are real- soldiers, the frontiersmen are genuine.The few actors are artists to the final degree. Even the baby in the play is a born actor. You'll ltive him. The scenes aire in the opeai, on God's great hills and valleys, untouched by the hand of man. The stage .generalship—it can be called nothing less — is little short of marvellous. No one .but Griffith, of the A.B. Company, could have done it. The photography is perfect. The wild animals are introduced into the picture in a manner that must excite the wonder of every thoughtful "olfervor.. See tjhiisi picture, watoh it closely, think of the difficulties attendant on handling.eo many people; consider the fidelity to detail, and yon will wonder how such a film is produced so perfect. Then there are a host of others. The drain;!,s are "Legend of King Coohitua," "The Part of Her Life," "The Listener's Lesson," and "The Smuggler's Step-Daughter." The comedies are, "A Day's Outing," "Too Much of a Hint," and "A Good Tonic." Sconics and topieals are Warwick Chronicle. Catalena, and Henley to Wallingford. A full programme will be shown at the matinee to-day, lincluding "The Massacre,"

CABLE NEWS

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