AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 March 1913, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL PICTURES. THE MASSACRE. (Tho Picture for which the American Biograph Company Refused £IO,OOO for the American Rights.) It is the greatest picture of Frontier Life and Indian Warfare ever made. The types n.re absolutely true. The Indians are real Indians. The soldiers are real soldiers, the frontiersmen are genuine. Tho stage generalsh;-)—it can he called nothing loss—w ht- . tie short of marvellous. No one hut' Griffith, of tho A.B. Company. , could ha.ve dnne.it. The photography is perfect. The wild animals are introduced into the picture in a manner that must excite the wonder of every thoughtful -obwrver. See thhs picture, watch 'it rlosoly. think of the difficulties attendant on handling «so manv people; consider the fidelity to detail, and you will wonder how -such a film is produced so perfect. Then there are as most of others. "The Massacre" will hj? weened, for the last time to-nicht. Another great s ta,r—"Be-srf:-itution"—will he commenced on Wednesday. THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. ARRAH-NA-POGUE. Last night, the T.P. Electric Thea- ' ti-e was well patronis.-d to see the | screening of "Arra.h-na-Pogue." It j was a. magnificent adaptation of Bouci- j cault's famous 'masterpiece. Every- j one who knows this drama'will 'remember ihe r?bel .Bccm.ish McCoul and the peasant Shaun as well as the viindictivo old Irish lover of Arrah's. The rverseeutinn and tria-1 of Shaun. and the attempts to obtain his pardon, and his prison adventures makes I an eventful vubiect. which is capped I at the finish .hy his escape, the .set- j tlins of his account with Feeney (his , rival), and the arrival of the Home Secretary's pardon. This is one of the hest dramas shown in Masterton, and is 3400 fe?t in length. Numerous dramas support this feature, including two from the Selig .studiio. entitled "The Substitute Mcdrd" and "Jim's Reformation." The Vit.a2rn.ph Co. are represented in "The Fires of Fate," a brilliantly staged piece of former times. The latent Gaumont Graphic supplies topical litems, while Paper Manufacture, A Trip to Greenland, and An Em-pi re-Maker for an excellent collection of educational items. A fine selection of.comedies include "His Auto," "Paying the Beard. Bill" and "To See But Net To Touch.". This fine programme will he shown for the last time to-night. To-morrow- a Vitagraph snecial will he shown in "The Craven."