AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 October 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPION-PAYNE PICTURE!. A SPLENDIDLY VARIED HILL. Picture patrons will be presented with a programme well above tin: ordinary at tho Thompson-Payne Theatre this evening where the bill of fare will include the big Nordisk feature "Love's Awakening." This play is 2600 feet in length and is a , realistic and vivid story of love and ' hatred. "The Unknown," an Es-san-ay drama, is a deeply laid story, bound to please all. The .Solax Co. will be responsible for two 1000-foot productions in "Billy's Nurse" and "Ljttli- Sunbeam." The former is a iujtiuul" nil featuring the popular "Billy' Quirk," while-the hitter is a domestic episode showing the power of a child's effection. An interesting story will be shown in the Comet Company's latest release entitled "The .Mountain Waif," which shows \ how a poor persecuted child of tiic I West inherited a huge fortune. The 1 Kaleni Company will present a tine \ dramatic selection told in their usual fine style in "Tho Secret Marriage," which shows a complication of domos- \ .tic-a If airs and the strength of a wed- i (led knot. In the educational part "The Eclair Journal" will give the latest fashions and topical events, while "Barcelona" will disclose some exquisite scenery. The comedy element is good and contains such items as "Bloomer Goes Bald," "Funnicus' Love Affair," and. "A Change of Stripes." TOWN HALL PICTURES. "FOLLOWING THE STAR." This evening, lovers of cinema en- i tertainments will have an opportunity of witnessing an ifhique .series of pictorial films, when the Town Hall Company will submit a programme selected from the most modem photoplays of the day. The chief attraction of this exceptional programme 1s a film entitled "Following the Star," being a dramatic production by the Vitagroph Company. Helen Winthrop craves for a life on the stage, and having been introduced to De La Pane, a dramatic favourite, she asks him to give her a part in one of his plays. She gives her old sweetheart, John Tobin, a very cold goodbye when she leaves to.shine in the limelights. The following season in New York she makes her first appearance. Being a novice, she is affected with stage fright, and makes a disnial failure. Many interesting and. dramatio episodes follow, giving the story a real life significance. This production is one of the host works of the Vitagraph Company. "Matches" is another fine film, felling of three couples and their love affairs'; the rich widow and the widower, the widower's daughter and the millionaire, and the chauffeur aristocrat and the widow's daughter. An unusual farce much good, natural Inn, and pleasant intrigue- arises from the many situations worked into the piece. "One Life tvv Another" is a powerful Urban drama. A small detachment of the American army is engaged in quelling an Indian rising. Arizona Bill enlists, and is sent to the headquarters with a letter asking for reinforcements. Ho is attacked and taken prisoner by the Indians. Betty, Billy's wife, seeing his' riderless home, has g*ave fears for Bill. In the saddle pocket she finds a letter, ! and determines to finish Bill's mission herself. Next day a determined at- i tack is made on the Indian camp, bait on drawing near the soldiers are i horrified to see their comrade Bill strapped to a post, with arms outstretched, in front of the camp, while the red men crouch behind their human shield and take careful aim at the ( sranks of the army. Betty plans,to kidnap the chief's son, and hold him as a hostage. Disguised as a squaw, she carries off the child, leaving the message, "Your kid for my Bill.'' At day-break, seeing the message, White Cloud, the chief, sees he has been beaten by a woman's wit, and\surrenders. The baby is returned and Bill and Betty are re-xmited once more. These fine dramatic features are supported by films equally as good, including "Frappe in Love" (A.B. comic) "Ho had a Little Gun" (comic), " Our Children's Zoo" and "New Zealand Animated News" (topical), "New Plymouth" (scenic), ' "Governor's Daughter" (Selig drama) and "Tiny Tim Steals an Elephant" (comedy). This fine • programme should not be missed by those out for an evening of real enjoyment. \