Billie urke

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 36, 10 February 1917, Page 17

Billie urke

The adorable Billie Burke, who appears In opening chapters of "Gloria' 3 Romance," now showing at the Strand and Lyric.

"GLORIA'S ROMANCE." This supreme work of art strikes a new note in picture production. It i 3 not a serial in the ordinary sense, but a film novel. It was written by Mr. and Mrs. Kupert Hughes, and this family authorship has proven highly successful for several reasons, principal of which is that their work is not lopsided from either the masculine or feminine point of view. No man could have so successfully described the intimacies of a young girl's flapper and college days—the first dawning of love in her heart —the little feminine toilette foibles, the ecstasy caused by a charming new frock, as has been done by Mrs. Hughes in "Gloria's Romance." That men are the "world's most successful dressmakers and milliners is generally known. A man may make the new frock, but he can never understand the peculiar glow of satisfaction that fills a woman's heart when she puts it on. Some of the little feminine touches in the first feature are distinctly new. Never have we had such a delightfully artistic portrait of the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Gloria cannot understand why she likes Richard; she has never liked any man before except her father. She feels the thrill his touch gives her, catches her eyes following him, finds her little feet unconsciously carry her to where he is—but never thinks or tries to understand why. No one but a woman author and woman star of the charm of Billie Burke could understand and realise the mischievous delight Gloria takes in perpetrating girlish jokes on her governess. The idea of slipping into the sleeping woman's room and pinning her slippers to the bedside r.ug is a girl's trick—a man would never think of it. Throughout the entire story—through each of the features, for that is what they are, the delightful feminine touch, is evident. Gloria is a real girl. She was conceived and grew in a woman, author's brain. That is why she is so convincing. That is why the pictures are bo much appreciated by women.

Vivian hnartin. wao vrili be seen here shortly