AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10436, 29 September 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE J»JCTL|JIEB, :};

) A crowded house greeted ■': titoer •' change of pictures at the Foresters' J Bai! : last evening. ■■lh&\^6tat i \'idr-^y.-' / . [ traction- of the evening wasthe Se- '''.' . fag Company's picture .taken- from the ; famous drama, ' 'The Still Alarm.*' The story opens with a pretty love . scene, in which a banker's daughter sacrifices her happiness 'by marrying , the viillain (to save her father from disgrace. Later ifche viEain kills a Jew, has laocompilioe,- in -order to cover up 'all traces of the crime, sets fire to the house in which the deed has Ibeen committed. The scene at the fire is am' exciting one. "T3» Norwood Necklace" ds a deteotwre story in which many exciting events /take place—the loss of -the jewels, • /..' -and the subsequent finding of them iby a (woman detective who wagers to Ibring- about the capture, _of. the .■._ thieves. - 'The Panama the "** . world'®' greatest engineering feat, is -;:': absolutely one o£ the finestsnb|eijits|;.' '■■_'■ fyet .shown by cinematography. '.The Home'of the Seal" is anrextraodlin- '' •" ary seriesi of' views, taken at very- : close range, of seals on the Palminas r * • Islands, off Peru. "The German Officers Training" can certainly he classed as the most sensational picture of daring 'horsemanship ever photographed. "The Cheyenne's Love" as a stirring Indian' drama, and "The Cardinal's Edict" an Edison historical subject. A number of excellent scenics were shown, and of the comediesi "The' Tenderfoot's (Round Up" was the (best. The programme will be repeated this even T ; ing At the matinees each Saturday afternoon, special programmes, will , • be presented in future. ' .