THE PICTURE SHOWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5537, 20 July 1920, Page 7

THE PICTURE SHOWS.

PALACE THEATRE

Elinor Glyn’s daring story, “The Career of Katherine Bush,” will be screened for the last time at the Palace Theatre to-night. It is an admirable picturisation of a book that has been read by millions. Catherine Calvert, in | the name part is fitted by youth, beauty i and physical attractiveness for an ideal j heroine of Elinor Giya’s novel. On the I same bill is a thrilling Wallace Reid ■ production, “The Roaring Road.” It is I principally an automobile racing story, | but the love interest is powerful. A Mack Sennett comedy, “The Star Boarder;” is a realty laughable comedy, and the Gazettes deserve special mention. To-morrow at the matinee, the principal attraction will he the big Theda Bara super-feature. “When a Woman J Sins.” It is the dramatic story of the i regeneration of a modern vampire. It is probably the most powerful story that has been put on the screen in the last decade. It is a story of love, and the impulses of love; of sin, and its burning cost; of the wild, gay life of abandoned souls of the big metropolis; of the tight of a modern Magdalen ; against the frowning walls of society’s hypocricy and smugness. And above all ,itis a story of a divine love. As a | super-production it ranks with the bigj gest and most elaborate of all the Fox productions. “When a Woman Sins” j should draw one of the biggest bouses ! yet seen at the Palace Theatre. Ani other fine attraction on the same programme is “The Secret. Garden,” in which the dainty star Lila Lee is the featured artist. ' It is described "by : photoplay critics to be the sweetest (picture of love, interwoven with mvsl terv, that has ever been imagined for j the" screen. A big supporting proi gramme including a Sunshine comedy will be presented. Seats may be booked at Muir’s.

EVERYBODY’S. Following on the big success achieved at Everybody’s on Saturday last, another large audience was present last night at Everybody’s to witness the current programme at that favorite theatre, and all present thoroughly enjoyed the hill provided. The famous Sessue Hayakawa had the lead as Toyama in “Hearts in Pawn.’ Toyama. a Japanese medical student, secretly marries a pretty maid of his native land and sails away to America to complete his studies. Sada. his wife, gains employment in a tea-room as a geisha girl, and shortly afterwards kills a rich Japanese who has attacked her. A telegram reaches Toyama telling him that Sada is to sutler the sentence of death, having been guilty of murder. Then follows a thrilling story, with numerous complications, which Hayakawa acts, with great dramatic “Over the Garden Wall” is a delightful comedy-drama. Bessie Love, who has the lead, is especially adapted to this kind of role. Although the story depicts everyday events, it is unusual, it is interesting, and furnishes food for thought. It appeals to each individual in a different manner. The settings are magnificent. A splendid scenic subject is included in the programme, which will he finally shown to-night.