AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 4 February 1918, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

THE COSY tHEA'I iU:. A BRILLIANT PROGRAMME. Bigger crowds than ever were present, at the Cosy Theatre on Saturday ('veiling, when an e.xecllen' evening',s entertainment aas provided. The star item i>n tin; programme was a. brilliant. e .('it part Metro -supeir-feature photoplay uinlitled "Under Handicap," £. tarring Harold Loekwood, one ul tbe most popular movie actors. In litis photoplay, made from Jackson Gregory's novel, these enien take part in a I. ig round up, this portion o! the picture having been actually made o;i the scene, of a great, Rodeo camp in -Arizona. While preparing loi this pvtdl'c Metro players "ere i|uartcred in tents pitched on the hanks of a winding stream, with a flticck growth of mosquito neur by. Tlio company had its own "chuck-wagon" and crook, and the I'ood supply was partly furnished by Harold Lookwood and others in the company, who lived up to their reputation of being "crack shots One ol the exeiting moments in "Undor iHandicap" shows Anna Lit lie as tlio heroine galloping on horseback after a, swiftly moving train. She leaps from hef'' horse to the platform of l lie observation car. I'wo of the fastest horses ever used in motion picture work were used in this scene, and flic train which Miss Little caught, was gnmg at tlio rate of thirty miles an hour. The clever actress was fully competent to meet the ex(st,<n'.g demands made upon her by the necessities of the picture. "Lilhc's Highborn Romance" is a good comedy while an interesting scenic is "'I he Glacier Park." The latest, Gazette completes the bill, which is to be shown to-night for the last time.

OPERA MOUSE PICTURES. SMILING GKORC.N \YALSIT. The large crowd that attended ( tho Opera House on Saturday evening was thoroughly delighted with the evening's fun provided. They were particularly pleased with smiling George 'Walsh in "Melting Millions," a most clover comedy drama. Douglas Fairbanks has been considered the most clever actor ill the pictures, but the most clever and thrilling stunts worked by George Walsh on Saturday evening caused the audience to vote him even much more* clever than i'airbanks, which is saying a lot. Thereis no doubt that "Melting Millions" was a highly entertaining story, enabling Walsh to do some very clover work. The story of a man saved fyfoin himself is tho story of "Melting Millions." George "Walsh, who plays the star role, outdoes the high standard of good work' he has been doing for William Fox pictures, and Anna Luther ,the winsome and charming heroine, is mor. winsome and charming than ever. Jusr "because Jack Balenline bad money he thought that lie bad to spend it. The mere fact that his father »Sidney Dcanc) bad left him about a million dollars was incentive enough to bis spendthrift, powers. lie did his utmost, to show hi nisei I unworthy of bis legacy. The best' crime and mystery drama screened lor somo tim.« is seen in "lime Locks and Diamonds," the Triangle play stiTrring William Desmond. Many romarkable panoramic views of New York citv are shown right irom the Battery to the Bronz District BrookIvn Bridge. Ihe sellings and story are excellent. I his splendid piogranune will be repeated again this eveninc. __ 3 75C. Jr 3 PARAMOUNT THEATRE, TWO NNK I'T.A'ITRKS. I.oiig belore time again mi , 1111 day crows were turned away Ironist lie j popular Paramount Theatre. l.lie - progrgaiiiine submit led was a really! line one and na* greatly appr«viatcd. The ni'■ si. popular item was probably ihe appea nuice ~i' .Miss Kathly.i Williams in "Big 'liniber.' splendid melodrama, somewhat similar to "A Silver Horde" (by Rex .1 Jcacii). The chief male 'pari is enacted by Wallace Reid in a most capable manner. Altogether litis lilm i« a classic that should not be missed. I Another (special Icature was the five- . part. Bluebird play "Ihe Greater e Law." iMyrtle Gonzalez, George Her-j nandcz, Gret.chein Ledcrer and Law-j renee Ravioli led the Reynolds com-, pany through snow kuue-dcep operat-; iug in the vicinity of Truckee, C'al., \ with jieaks ol tin 1 Sierras, clothed in | frost and (locked with scattering lir j trees and evergreens. The camera, | has caught, some ponderously beauti- j I'u 1 backings to a series ol exciting i episodes, reflecting the strenuous life , in an Alaskan mining cau.iv). There j are but leu inferiors, and these are ■ used to represent, senisational events j that transpire in combination dance ■ hall, saloon and hotel at a time when j ihe Klomdyke seethed with the high-i [est. pitch of excitement in the first davs of the rush for gold. Otherwise jibe action is old ol doors, amid snow and ice. calculated lo lie a psychological ill cooling elfcels on 11 iill -s u 11111 ic i" audiences. A mtllllber ol eoatedies :■ IXI a lirsl-class Paramount Ga/,e||.e are also included.