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Waipa Post, Volume XII, Issue 586, 20 October 1916, Page 3

THE rpHEATRE. MAT LAURIE, Managing Director. SATURDAY. MATINEE, 2. Doors Open at 1.45 p.m. EVENING, 8. Doors Open at 8 o’clock. EPISODE XVII. ! EPISODE XVII. ! —of — THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY —entitled— THE RATTLE OF WITS. This Instalment is more exciting, more baffling, more intense. Setting the Trap for Norton —Rack, Rack, into the Death Cell—Silently hut swiftly! comes Revenge—Ln their own Heath Trap. SUPPORTED BY THE JUNGLE CURB. Clever Performance by Trained Animals. LATEST WAR PICTURES. ETC. ETC. ETC. FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY ! AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE. “ IS CHARLIE CHAPLIN a greater man than President Wilson?” “ No.” “ Well, dad, why does he get nearly seven times the salary, eh?” “ Oh, well, my son, you see—er— Charlie makes the world laugh.” “ But, dad, you said the other day that all the world laughed at the President’s peace notes. Why don’t they raise his ‘ screw,’ too?” “ Well, my boy, I can’t tell you just now; you had better ask your mother. It looks as if ‘ Won’t Row’s ’ hobby is collecting peace notes, whilst Charlie’s hobby is collecting bank notes!” And dad chuckled at his little joke, and settled back to his copy of the Post. YES, THEY’RE ALL COMING TO SEE CHARLIE NEXT WEEK In his 670,000-dollar job. Everybody wants to know how it pays the Mutual Co. to give him all that money—JUST FOR FUN! You’ll understand it when you see THE SHOPWALKER ! THE SHOPWALKER ! AT THE EMPIRE —on — MONDAY (LABOUR DAY) and TUEESDAY (the Day after). SUPPORTING PICTURES for Monday include a Dramatic Masterpiece— THE GOLDEN BEETLE, 1000 feet, in length. The plot is set in India, the Land of Mysticism and Magic. The splendour of Oriental decorations makes the settings in the film absolutely unique. THE GOOD IN HIM, A Splendid Drama by the Lubin Co. - ETC. ETC. ETC. SUPPORTING PICTURES FOR TUESDAY Include Fifth Exploit of the Great Serial STING A REE Bigger Thrills! Greater Novelty! “ The Bushranger at Bay.” QUEEN FOR AN HOUR, A Two-part Star Comedy N featuring EDITH STOREY. CHARLIE CHAPLIN CARTOONS. CHARLIE IN INDIA. KING GEORGE VISITING YICKERS’ WORKS. ETC. ETC. ETC. THE JjUdPIKE rjMIEATHE. Direction .. .. J. C. Williamson, Ltd. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ! SATURDAY, 2Sth OCTOBER. SATURDAY, 28th OCTOBER. SATURDAY, 28th OCTOBER. J.C. WILLIAMSON, LTD., will present THE WORLD’S GREATEST PICTURE SPECTACLE, D. W. Griffith’s Stupendous Production THE BIRTH OF A NATION. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Founded on Thomas Dixon’s Story of “ THE CLANSMAN.” FACTS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Five Thousand Scenes, IS,OOO Characters, 3000 Horses. Approximate Cost of Production, 500,000 Dollars. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Cities built up and then destroyed by fire. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. The Biggest Battle of the Civil War re-enacted. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Ford’s Theatre, Washington, reproduced to the smallest detail for the Lincoln Tragedy. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. A Series of Wild Ku Klux “ Rides ” that commandeered a County for a day and cost 10,000 dollars. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Women’s dresses used 12,000 yards and Ku Klux costumes 25,000 yards of cloth. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Night Photography of Battle Scenes, invented and perfected at a cost of 5000 dollars. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Wonderful artillery duels in which real sheells— costing SO dollars each—wore used. Miles of trenches—Thousands of lighters—" War as it actually is.” THE BIRTH OF A NATION. A Musical Score of Forty Pieces synchronised to the several thousand distinct and individual scenes. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Twelve Thousand Feet of Film in the Pubile Poicturo represent 140,000 feet of actual photography. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. The Most Stupendous Dramatic and Spectacular Enterprise which the Brain of Man yet Visioned and Realised. SEE IT AND BE THRILLED ! .. Popular Prices—2/. and 1/-. Only a limited number of 1/- tickets. Box Plan is now open at the Manager’s Office, Empire Theatre, every afternoon between the hours of 2 and 5, and at the Picture Entertainments in the evening. NO Charge for Booking.