AMUSEMENTS.
THOMPtON-PAYNE PICTURES. AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME. To-night picture lovers will be presented with an exceptionally good'bill-of-fare at the T.P. Electric Theatre, where the main feature will be an exclusive K.B. drama entitled "The Counterfeiter." This production, which is 2500 feet in length, deals with the life of ai counterfeiter who lived in luxury with his daughter. His partner is put through tho third degree and confesses, A raid is made, but Golden, the head man, escapes and makes for the West, where he commences life afresh on a cattle ranch. Mary, his daughter, falls in love with the Lieutenant commanding the fort near by. A detec'tive, detailed to trace the fugitive, alights accidentally right on -the homestead of his quarry. A drought threatens Golden's stock, whilst the Indians also clamour for assistance, but have to be refused. In dire straits, Golden gains access to the pay roll which has arrived for the fort, and pays up his own hands, substituting counterfeits for the genuine greenbacks. The soldiers, on presenting the spurious paper money, are, of course, refused payment, and trouble begins. The detective traces the forgery to Golden, and recognises his former quarry. Golden attempts to destroy his plates, but is watched and arrested 'on the night of his daughter's wedding to the Lieutenant. Golden pleads to be allowed to- go free until after the wedding, and the detective remains by his man, watching him closely. The ceremony takes place, but before the detective can get his prisoner away, the f<j>rt is attacked by Indians, Golden, to save • his daughter from disgrace, fights like a madman, exposing himself to the Indians, till finally struck down. The redskins are repulsed, and the detective goes silently away. Numerous other dramas include "The Russian feasant" (Kalem); "The Primitive Man" 1 (Lubin Indian drama); f'His Sister" (Rex Society drama); and "The Bearer of Burdens" (Imp society drama, featuring "King Baggot"). An. interesting topical ' will be "How the London Worker Helps the Empire." A good coterie of comedies includes "Juggins Would Skate," "Polidor's Rendezvous," and "Sammy's Vacuum Cleaner." This excellent series should prove very popular. TOWN HALL PICTURES.
.Ever up-to-date, .the : ;Mfwtert6nPicture Company is against© hand with ai magnificent series" of films £or : to-night's change of programme. The, large audiences that nightlyypatronise the Town Hall give every inducement to the management to place before them only the very latest and best productions of the-picture world. The star attraction of the bill is a Monopole drama entitled "As in a Looking Glass." The story tells of a widowed \voman named Mrs Despard who, having sent her daughter Lena to the seaside, with the aid of a young adventuress conducts a. gambling house for the sons of the wealthy. Prosperity smiles upon her until her partner, after a severe quarrel, leaves her. She then brings her daughter to the house as a means of attraction. Baron von Beuloii falls in love with Lena, and offers the mother 50,000 dollars if she will arrange for a marriage between them. A year passes, and the Baron becomes tired of her. She fiuds out she has been bartered, attacks her mother, and vows to make *the world pay for her suffering. She obtains a divorce and marries Algy, the man she always loved. Her happiness is) short-lived. Her former partner finds her, amd he persecutes, her, so that she ultimately ends her life. "A Will and a Way" i 8 an Edison drama which bristles with thrilling and exciting episodes, dealing with a girl's desperate efforts to secure the signature of an old man. '"Deep Sea Trawling in Australia!" is a fine Pathe production, while Warwick Chronicle is a topical fihi of high standard. Everyone will be deeply interested in the "Panama Canai" film, which shows in detail this tremendous undertaking. "Bloomer Seeks a Smile," and '-'Classmates' Frolic" are two comics which will guaranee all the hilarity that is necessary.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 August 1913, Page 3
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650AMUSEMENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 August 1913, Page 3
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