PARAMOUNT AND ARTCRAFT.
The screening of two more feature films commenced at the Paramount and Artcraft Theatres last night. The first i~s a production from the Hodgkinsoh studios, entitled "A Truant Hußband," and this features Mahlon Hamilton, Betty Blythe, and Francelia Billihgton at i(he bead of a strong cast of players. The story deals with the eternal triangle, with a husband straying from the paths of strict rectitude, only to find that in the end he needs the comforting sympathy of has wife. 'There is a striking climax when the husband, ashamed of his actions/makes a full confession to his wife. "Should a Woman Tell?" ,is the title of the second feature production, and in this "Alice Lake, a gifted actress who has won a host of admirers by many fine performances on the screen, takes the, part of Meta Mason. Meta is the daughter of grasping, puritanical parents, who,have never really given the girl a chance in life or allowed her to com© to a decision of her own. In the young idealistic artist living in a small New England town she finds her first real romance, but she has reason to regret this in after years when she meets' the: right man. There are n_ihy stirring incidents before the picture ends happily. Good supporting films are also shown.' Good music is supplied at each theatre.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 11
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227PARAMOUNT AND ARTCRAFT. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 11
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