AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 5 September 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSJci f AYNE PICTURE!.

1: ! II v M'. TREASON." Anotli. i inigo audience was present at iii; T.l\ Electric Theatre last even us sr. hen the current change again ivc-iced an excellent hearing. "High the : big feature of tliis progui iMiiic is an excellent story by the (Jin.'-, Co., and shows the un- j scrupulous scheming of a banker who sold privni" military information at considerable jnss to his country. "In the North W.>ods," an I.M.P. drama, gave a realistic view of life in the great Canadian woods, and showed a cleverly worked plot of a drama enacted amidst the snowclad forest. "Juggling With Fate," a Selig production, introduced a Western theme showing tlio running to earth of a clever desperado. A fine study of an incident of the French Revolution was shown in "Saved from tho Guillotine." The Lubin Co. presented a fine child! study drama in "The Spoiled Child," which showed the waywardness of some children who have been too much petted. An interesting "Eclair Journal" gave a series of animated events. Numerous comedy items included "Polidor Electrified," "A Day of Haste" and ".Slightly Mistaken." A special matinee programme will be given at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. For Saturday's change the big Itala Company's special "The Fatal Grotto 4 ' will be shown.

TOWN HALL PICTURES.

' "THE SPECTRE OF THE SEA." The popularity of the present series of pictures shown at the Masterton Town Hall was evidenced again last evening by the large crowd which filled the building. "The Spectre of the Sea" was again the chief attry r tion, and indeed this fine film well merits the good things said of it, as rarely have Masterton picture' lovers had an opportunity of witnessing such a really high-class production, Tho remaining part, of.•piogrimfflG was equally well received, and went to make up a high-class entertainment. "A Rough Ride on Nitro-glycerine," as tho name-suggests, was a film that produced quite a deal of thrill and excitement, while "Just Show Folk" is a production which cannot fail to appeal to everyone who sees it. The final scene in this fil-n is particularly dramatic. "When a Woman Won't" is a comedy which contains much that is true and real, while as a merriment maker this film must rank with the best. A tri jof healthy mirth raisers are seen in "Pimple P.C.," "James' Waterloo," and Tickets Please." This exceptionally fine series of pictorial gems will be screened to-night for the last time, and a most enjoyable two hours' entertainment awaits those who visit the Town Hall. Tomorrow evening the management will produce another of its speaial programmes, when nothing hut the best in cinematography will be produced.

; "THE GEISHA." It is interesting to not© the number of New Zealand societies that have, and are, putting on "The Geisha." Some are Whangarei, Gisborne, Napier, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Dunedin, and now Masterton and Wellington. We believe Waipawa are also cogitating. «' The Geisha" is a story of a Tea House in a Japanese musical comedy in two acts. The libretto -was written by Owen Hall, the lyrics by Harry Greenwood, and the music by Sydney Jones. Some of the artists tyho took part in the original produation were Miss Marie Tempest, Miss Julia Nestville, Miss Maud Hobson, Miss Letty Lind, Mr Flayden Coffin and Mr Harry Monkhouse. The first scene is "The Tea House of Ten Thousand Joys/' and the second, "Chrysanthemum Fete in Palace Gardens." In pretty spectacular effects the play simply abounds. The pretty kimona-dressed men and women with the smartly gowned English ladies and uniformed officers standing in bold relief in a Japanese tea garden, makes a pretty scene. No trouble is being spared by the looal society to make the spectacular as well as the other important features of "The Geisha" worthy of Masterton and the society. The box plan for the Masterton season j opens at the Dresden on Monday I next. {