THE Reel World

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 16

THE Reel World

WHERE A "STAR" LIVES. Clara Kimball Young'- new apartment is at last furnished. It includes a Russian room, a Louis XV. bedroom, a Chi ncsc bouduir a mediaeval living-room, and a modern music room. The famous star has a costume and a dog to match each of these. She dines With a Siberian wolf hound, plays fantan with a Chow, permits her toy French poodle to sleep in an armchair, and plays her handpainted ivory pianola to her Boston bull terrier,

"THE BITTER TRUTH.'" CHAPTER EIGHTEEN OF "GLORIA'S ROMANCE." Gloria Stafford, after forcing confessions from the lips of Doctor Royce und Judge Freeman as to what happened the night her liance, Richard Frenenu, was killed, learns that all the evidence points towards her oWn b:other. David Stafford, as the murderer. She finds David, and leads him to the upper room in which Gideon.Traak. the man Gloria has seen choking Freneau to death, is recovering from injuries received when he wns captured aboard his barire in the Hudson River. Gloria believes David must have hired Gideon to actually commit the murder, and that when he is brought face to face with the man he will confess. David is puzzled as to why Gloria takes him upstairs, and Gloria is amazed to discover Trask gone, he having been aided to escape by Judge Freeman, who feared a confession would fasten the guilt upon David Stafford. Later, Gloria meets Lois Stafford, David's wife, and shows her the packet ;of letters she had written r'reneau. and • which Dr. Royce had extracted from the dead man's pocket to return to her. but which had fnllen into Gloria's hands instead. Gloria demands that Lois confess all to David. Lois refuses, and trios to hurl herself to death on a nearby railroad track, but is prevented by Gloria. Relenting completely, Gloria gives Lois her letters, and the latter immediately tears them to shreds. Satislied that only more unhappiness will folIpw her further attempts to solve the mystery. Gloria confesses that she has given up her attempt to bring Freneau's murderer to justice, much to the relief of all. Later, Frank Mulry, Freneau's | partner, calls to pay back the 10,000 dollars Freneau had borrowed from Pierpont Stafford, and admits to Gloria that it was he who mailed Freneau's letters to her. the ones which had so puzzled her when she received them, following her fiance's death. Satisfied that her former lover was as despicable as he had been accused of being, Gloria tears up Mulry's cheque.

WILLIAM DESMOND, " The Last of the Ingrams," Desmond's latest starring vehicle, is an appealing story of two tempest-tossed souls who fought their battles and triumphed over hearts as hard as the rock-bound coast of their native New England. It concerns the regeneration of a young ne'er-do-well through his meeting with the village Magdalene, and of his conquest of the narrow minded bigots who strove to drive the two from their altar of sacrifice.

MARGERY WILSON. As the principal feminine character in 'The Last of the Ingrams," the new Triangle-lnee Kay Bee drama, starring William Desmond, Margery Wilson appears at her best. Her portrayal of the village Magdalene, delicate / in its drawing, exacts sympathy from the start and entitles her to high praise. The other members of Desmond's company include Robert McKim, Walt Whitman, Mary Armlyn and Thelma Salter.

"THE PRICE SHE PAID." (Featuring Clara Kimball Young.) "The Price She Pnid." one of the most popular American novels ever written, with Clara Kimball Young, the favourite of all moving picture uclresses, will be shown to-night at the Strand Theatre. The story is that of Mildred Gower, a young woman who has been reared in

luxury, and finds herself almost penniless at the death of her father. It is necessary that she make a "good match," .' nd because of the taunts of relatives she is forced to marry a multi-millionaire many years her senior. She finds herself but little more to him than a fine piece of furniture which he displays to his friends to gratify his pride, and she leaves him. A former sweetheart pro-

vides her with money to study for an operatic career, but she makes'little progress until another man, Donald Keith, shows her that success is to be reached only through self-denial. Then she 1 learns that she was never legally the wife of the multi-millionaire, as he had a wife living in an insane asvlura. Finally she achieves her ambition, and is free to marry the man of her choice.

"BEST YET SCREENED."

Concerning Clara Kimball Young in "The Price She Paid," "Wid" Gunning, declared: "It i. the best Clara Kimball Young production ever screened." Coming from a man who knows nothing about pictures that praise would sound a-rrantly extravagant. "Wid," however, is a fearless ana captious critic, knowing every phase of the industry, and with a keen ability to judge "public ta6te; and there is no showman in England. Australia, or America who would not take his word as gospel. The storyis an adaptation of David Graham Phillip's society novel, and was produced under the general supervision of Albert Capellani, with Charles Oiblyn as his second-in-command. So that something extra special must have prompted "Wid" to go the whole distance in his comment on the film.

ABOUT JEWEL CARMEN.

Jewel Carmen, barely twenty years of age, cheerfully "skinned buck" ber hair fastened little "devil's curls" over her sars, and played the vampire in a Triangle piay with such talent and ability 'hat she was straightway made leading woman for Douglas Fairbanks. J.,, re £\ life, you know, Jewel isn't the least bit vampirish, and she's even blonde— and whoever heard of a blonde vampire?

MOVIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. These are some of thp differences between "Romeo and Juliet" in the original form and the story as made into a magnificent pietiire-plny production by William Fox-.— In Stage Form. Takes -1 hours to present. Has 24 scenes. Action takes place in 11 different places. Requires a small stage for presentation. Has 21 characters and about 20 supernumeraries. In Screen Form. Takes 75 minutps to present Has 413 «rene6. Action takes place in 08 different places. Requires an entire moving-picture studio, a replica of fourteenth century Verona, and a large country estate for presentation, Has 21 characters, 127 minor performers, and about 2500 supernumeraries. Theda Bara. who is a firm eugenist, has a new theory about the character of Juliet. According to the beautiful actress who portrays the unhappy heroine iii the William Fox version of Shakespeare's masterpiece, her parents Were ill-mated. "'Juliet's father is sixty years old or more when tho play begins," says Miss Bara, "while her mother is twenty-eight. They must have been married fifteen years previous to this. The union was evidently worldly, arranged by Lady Capulet'a parents much as her husband later tries to arrange a marriage .between Juliet and Paris."

MARY MILES MINTER. This dainty and clever little actress is now an American screen favourite, dangerously rivalling the other "Lovely Mary." Her acting is fuii of grace and quaint charm; she is wonderfully pretty, and Kirkwood, who was the director of "Tess of the Storm Country/ and otlier great films, performs miracles of studio artistry in her feature dramas. "Dulcie's Adventure" is full of ne-vv effects, and the remarkabje tensity of the final scenes makes the Mutual masterpiece one of outstanding merit. The villain is a great role, and an original portrayal of the gloating, polished, modern gentlemancriminal. His manners and superficial cultivation completely deceive the nar-row-minded proud old aunt. A BURNING CHURCH.

In "Dulcie's Adventure," after tbjp heroine's proud old aunt has forced Dulcie to the altar, the situation looks hopeless for the poor little victim of the pair of schemers. She stands at the altar, and the ceremony is almost through—the ceremony which will link her for life with a criminal forger known to all the police in U.S.A., when, through a queer everyday happening, the vestry of the church breaks into flames. There is a sensational panic, but the time thus saved enahlee the story to end with a, rich surprise.

A SOLAR PtEXUS PORTRAIT. 'Way up on my den-wall I hung A picture of Clara K. Young j But wife got so jealous, With loud threats so zealous, That it's now resting near my left lung!