THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11648, 23 April 1913, Page 7

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

Two big photo-plays have been secured by T.-P. for their change of programme this evening. One is "Bar Gar-el-Hama," a sequel to "The Dead Man's Child," and, like that famous story, is full of the entrancing mystery of the East. At the re-commencement of this film the apparently lifeless body of El Haina is discovered by some railway navvies lying near the rails. The men hastily convey the supposed corpse on a hand trolley until a cottage is reached. The cottager sends a railway porter for Dr Watson. The doctor arrives, and discovers that life in tho body of El llama is not yet extinct. Indeed, beyond the fact that by his fall he was severely stunned, he was apparently unhurt. Gazing at the recumbent form of El Hama, Dr Watson ponders deeply, muttering again and again, "Where have I seen that face before?" Suddenly the doctor's mind clears, and he remembers. "I have it!" he exclaims, "Gar-el-llama, tho Oriental prisoned , ' Nor had his memory played him false. Leaving the cottage he is accosted by a newsboy delivering his papers, and glancing through the daily, his eye catches the announcement that the sum of £500 will be paid to anyone giving information that will lead to the arrest of Gar-el-Hania, the Oriental prisoner, together with a portrait of the criminal. Springing into his motor, the doctor hastens away to inform the police. The other star drama is,"Death and Glory," a story of Napoleon. This is a powerful series of war" pictures, with a throbbing story of love and adventure, depicted amid charming scenery. The pictures accompanying these leading films are: " Rye to Winchelsea," a fine scenic; '' Feathered Comrades,'' v splendid bird study; "Topical Budget," the I very latest news; " Chrystallisation," an interesting chemical phenomenon; and. two rollicking comedies, "The Hotel Honeymoon," and "Simple Simon Leads a Double Life."