AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11811, 21 December 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HAYWARDS' PICTURES. The tvpe of film which is very popular is the" star or feature-film. Conseguentlv the demand has been so greatthat there is difficulty in .meeting nt. This is where the Hayward management exercise careful 1 judgment. public taste is carefully considered, and much praise is due to the management for the All-round excellence of the pro•niajuraes, which hare been submitted-ia-telv.' The principal picture to-iught mil "be "The Vengeance of Fate, 5 ' _ a stirring drama, depicting life in the backwoods. .The other items comprise dramatic, humorous, scenic, and topical subjects. Patrons are remindedV-that the series will be screened' finally tonight.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

The Nordisfc Company, well known ns producers of first-class dramatic subjects, have a masterpiece in "Shanghaied, 1 ' a sea adventure story abounding in thrilling and sensational incidents closely connected with _a. love romance or more than ordinary interest. The hero is a ship's officer in love with the daughter 01. his employer. At a foreign port he is doped by a rival, induced to sign- on before the mast on. a sailing ships and conveyed aboard, insensible. After a great: number of excitiiig ad-, evnfures the .--officer's, betrothed discovers what has happened to. him. Then occurs a -great oceaa< race,: the young officer's- steamer rbeihg sent full speed ahead after the wind-jammer. As. the vessel is overhauled the kidnapped man takes a desperate leap from the top of the rigging i"to the sea. He as shot at but escapes. . Supporting this ..fi'lnir are a number of : splendid dramas, scenics, and comedies. These include "The Sunset. Gun" (Ediison drama), "Lena and the Geese" (A.B. drama), "Leap Year Proposals" (featuring John Bunny, Flora Finch, and Lilian Walker, of the Vitagraph Co.). "The Speed Demon" (A.B. comedy), "On. the Shores of the Bosphosus," "The Milk Stream," "Town -of Kauturis," etc. Special orchestral selections will be pla.yed during the evening. The King George's Park art union will be drawn during the entertainment.