AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 April 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL PICTURES^ "MEXICAN SPY." Tho Town Hall way packed last overling, when a special attraction was presented in a picture showing the Dreadnought H..M.S. Now Zealand rounding tho Wellington heads, and also her progress up the Wellington Harbour on her arrival from Australia. The picture was remarkable for its clearness, and was enthusiastically received. Tho remainder of the programme was also well received. Thr grand change of programme will take place this evening, when the see ond star picture of a special series will be presented. This is the latest production by the Lubin Company, and is a natural colour-drama, scientifically acted and full of scenic splendour, entitled "The Mexican Spy." The scandalous treachery of a Mexican, who gambles and ruins a,n innocent son of a Colonel is presented in all its hideousness. A great battle scone is shown, and an absorbing plot is interwoven. Thi s picture should not bo missed, a<s it is .said to be the best effort of the Lubin Company. The programme also includes a number of bright comic and interesting scenic pictures.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES;

Two big photo-plays have been secured >by T.P. for their change of programme this evening. One is "Dar Gar-el-Hama," a sequel to "The. Dead Man's Child." and, like that famous story, is full of the entrancing .mystery of the East. At the comimenceinent of this film the apparently lifeless body of EI Ha ma is discovered by some railway navvies lying near the rails. The men hastily convey the supposed corpse on a hand trolley until a cottage is reached. The cottager sendis a railway porter for Dr Watson. The doctor arrives and discovers that life in the body of El Hama is not yet extinct. Indeed, beyond the fact that by his fall he was severely (stunned, he was apparently <uuhurt. Gazing at the recumbent form of El Hama, Dr Watson ponders deeply, muttering again and again, "Where have T seen that face before?" Suddenly the doctor's I mind clears and he remembers. "I have it!" he exclaims, "Gar-el-Hama, the Oriental prisoner!' Nor had Ins I memory played him false. Leavirg the cottage lie is accosted -by a newsboy delivering his papers, and glancing through the daily, hi s eye catches the announcement that tho sum _ of £.500 will ha paid to anyone giving information that will lead to the arrest of Gar-el-.Ha.ma, the Oriental prisoner, together with a portrait of the criminal. Springing into hiis motor the doctor hastens away to inform the police. The other star drama is "Death nnd Glory," a story of Napoleon. This is a powerful series <-.f war pictures with a throbbing story of love and adventure, depicted amid charming iscenery. The pictures accompanying these leading filmc? are "Rye to Winchelsea," a fine scenic: "Feathered Comrades," a splendid bird study; "Topical Budget," tho very latest news; "Chrystallisatiou," 'an interesting chemical phenomenon ; and two rollicking comedies, "The Hotel Honeymoon" and "Simple Simon Leads a Double Life."