AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 October 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPBON-PAYNE PICTURE®.

"VENGEANCE."

A programme scintillating with real gems of the cinematograph world will bo presented by Messrs Thompson and Payne at their popular hall this evening. The main feature of the change will be a two-reel Imp. drama entitled' "Vengeance." This is a n absorbing and exciting society dramatisation which will prove very popular. The main part will be acted by Miss Fearnley, the renowned American actress, who is a favourite with local audiences. Another Imp. production will be shown in "Mamma's Baby Boy," which has Mr King Bnggot in th© leading role. The thread of the story shows a son's failure through drink. The Kalem Company are presenting a good Western item in "The Circle of Fate," which shows a plainswoman's trials with a tyrant husband. "The Soul of a Rose" is a rather patEetic love story by th© Lubin Company, which has a pretty ending. The Selig Company will present a fine domestic, drama, in the interpretation of "Their Stepmother," which, as the name implies is a story of a stepmother's trial with her new .family. The most exciting event of the evening will be the Company's story of "In the South Seas," Domingo is a pearl diver. One day he is stricken with water blindness through | bis -constant diving. • Afga, his wife, sorrows for her husband's suffering, and place as a. pearl diver. She, discovers a large and very valuable pearl, The Chinese traders pay their periodical visit to the fishery and after trading with the natives, learn of the big pearl a.nd go to Domingo's hut to see it. Ching Cow offers to buy the pearl, but Domingo refuses his offer. Domingo and Afga, fearing for their pearl, bury it in the sand. That night Cing Cow, Ah Foo, and other Chinamen leave the vessel and row to the shore. Th,ey enter Domingo's hut, and after Domingo has refused to tell them where the pearl is, they kidnap him and, Ms wife. Arriving a? th© ship, they erect a structure consisting of a large stone set on a spiral coil, so ihat when set going it will descend on the man beneath and crush him to death. Domingo is to be tied in a chair bei neath this stone. Afga, seeing the proceedings, procures a knife, gives it to her husband, and goes off to the village for help. Domingo, after a struggle, is put in the chair. Just in the nick of time the natives arrive and, after a fight, kill the Chinese crew. A fine comedy entitled "Too Much Mother-in-law" holds pride of place in the humorous section, while ''Love. v. Sport," "A Disastrous Imitation," "Married in Haste," and "Bloomer Acrobats" are excellent supports. Two fine scenic studies will be shown in "Abington to Oxford" and "Places Loved by Poets." There will be a grand matinee at 2.30 today.

TOWN HALL PICTURES. "SPANISH BLOOD'."

For to-night's change at the Town Hall a. splendid array of pictorial films has been arranged. The leading feature is a Hubsch drama "Spanish Blood" in which a romantic tale of toreadors and their bull-fighting is vividly portrayed; Ir.terwoven in the story is a beautiful romance in which tho impetuous Spaniards are seen in various roles. The film is full of dramatic power, and one oannot fail to follow the thread of the tale with the deepest interest. "Master and Man" is one of Edison's best in a strangely curious drama. A burglar ie captured by a degenerate clubman, who makes a compact with the caplive that if he reforms, he (the club- ! man) will swear off drink. Both live up to the 1 agreement, and the burglar, who has entered the clubman's employ, shows his gratitude by a magnifioerit sacrifice. "A Way Out" is a Vitagraph comedy, showing that there are more ways than one out of .a difficulty, the result in this case making for the life-long happiness of two peofple. "Northern Games" is a splendid scenic which will attract much attention, while Gaiimont Graphic has as usual something specially interesting to unfold. In this series the recent English Derby, the most sensational on record, is realistically depicted, the accident to the King's horse being a feature of the film; Other films in this excellent programme are "The Portrait," drama; "Gorges of Colorado," a magnificent scenic production ; and "Mabel's Lovers," an excruciatingly funny comic. The matinee this afternoon will provide fun and education for the juveniles).

THE JULIUS KNIGHT COMPANY

The box plan will be opened at the Dresden at nine o'clock this morning for the Julius Knight "Milestones" production which, under the management of J. 0. Williamson, Ltd., is to take place at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening next. There is little doubt but that the Master ton public

will sustain its reputation of being a substantial supporter of good attractions. Probably no greater interest has been displayed towards any Williamson attraction of recent years, not alone from the glowing reports to hand concerning the success of "Milestones," but also the welcome return of Mr Julius KnigEt. A leading critic writes of "Milestones" : "The authors, Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch, have rendered a great service to literature in helping to restore comedy to its place as a mirror of life, a satire of the faults and the follies of the age. It is a hopeful sign that men of ideas—as distinct from stage tricks—are writing comedy." "Milestones" is promised on the same complete and elaborate scale as is always associated with the J. C. Williamson •management.