"SILKS AND SADDLES.”

Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6143, 29 July 1921, Page 6

"SILKS AND SADDLES.”

AT THE OPERA HOUSE

“Silks and Saddles” a picture drama with typical life in Australia, the land of sunshine and sport, and flavored with a- zest of truly human qualities, was introduced at the Opera House before a crowded attendance last night. “Silks and Saddles,” presented under the direction of E. J. and D. Carroll, is in keeping in merit with such pictures us “Tlie Sentimental Bloke” and ‘On Our Selection,” with which the name of Messrs Carroll has become so favorably familiar to New Zealand film patrons. “Silks and Saddles,” while thoroughly “sporty,” possesses a universal appeal through the captivating influence of a realistic and artistically enacted plot. Tho principal figure in tlie drama, Roberta Morton (the only daughter of a wealthy squatter), is impersonated with piquant charm by Miss Brownie Vernon. Perhaps the next character in importance is her racehorse, a rolo sustained by. Kennaquhair, the famous Australian galloper. Roberta is wooed by Denis O’Hara, a big good-natured squatter neighbour, who worships at her feet, and wins her highest esteem. There is another, a younger, and not unheeded admirer of Roberta —Jeffery Manners, her father's new overseer, a manly and altogether worthy suitor. Roberta’s brother Dick, the spoilt son of an indulgent parent, prefers to live in Sydney and waste his substance in (gambling and dissipation. He compromises himself with a swell sharper and a female adventuress, with the result that lie is compelled to introduce the latter into his father’s house. The sharper schemes to win the Sydney. Cup with his racehorse, but recognising the dangerous rivalry of Roberta’s horse, puts into operation a sinister plan to defeat the latter. Tlie plot is countered. however, by Roberta speeding to Sydney from her station home in a flying machine, and at the last moment it is found necessary to change j her jockey, so Roberta obtains a spe- j cial permit and,rides her own horse ; in what may be accurately described as one of the most thrilling races projected on a screen. Tho box plan is at Miller’s Corner. The same programme will be presented to-night and to-morrow might.