POLLARD’S PICTURES.

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1922, Page 7

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

To-nighl in the ()j>cra House IL B. \V:iriicr's innrvellotis ability as a finished acior will be disjdayod. in “One Hour’ Before i>:;.vn,” a screen adaptation of Mansfield Scott’s novel “Behind Red | Curtains. ” Tlx* action takes place al j a house parly where IL Warnet < admits that Frank Leigh, ns tho hypnotist, I'.ns a petty power over the minds <.f men, but that he caiiitot subvert! the Divine Mind, and he will find Ihisl l rm* when he attempts to make a good man do an evil thing. The hypnotist ! dates Warner to allow himself to be* hypnotised, ami he finally submits. T'he I hypnotist then commands Warner to! kill Kirke, a member of the house party who has forced his attention on Anna Q. Nilsson, whom Warner loves. The next morning Kirke is discovered | murdered, and the hypnotic spell over Warner is so compelling as to make him I really think that he killed Kirke. T’he unravelling of the mystery is baffling to say Ihi least, while Ihe interest is sustained. On Siimluy eveiiing the ever popular stage production “A Message From Mars,’’ starring Bert Lytell will be screened. “CONFESSION.” There comes to the Opera House for next Monday and Tuesday, one of Hie most widely-discussed pictures of Henge in “ Confession,' ’ a National Film Corporation in seven reels, which is I being exclusively handled bv the Mossrsl E. .I. ami Dan Carroll. “ (’otifession involves a theme never before attempt-1 •*d, ami it is claimed that it will long! !)c remet.: bcred for its powerful cry,« and the marvellous portrayal of the; priest, F: thcr Bartlett, enacted by Mr] Henry Walthall, the actor who made his name immortal by his performance, in “ Heart s of Hie World. A n A list i n liau critic says “ (’onfession ’' is a story . so perfed that one can hardly overt I raise it. If you wish Io taste the pathos in this picture compare il with “ H nmores(|Ue, ’ ’ “Heirts of the World,’’ or “The Mills of God.” It. beats them all for it is infinitely sw( et < r and simpler. The main set-m's in ! “(’onfession'' are set in tlu* be.aulifiili exleriors of (’amida, and the rivers,mountains, lakes ami bush scenery which abound throughout the prodiiv | lion are wonderfully picturesque, “(’ou ' fession ’’ was considered one of tin 11 seven best pictures produced in Ame- ' i i-a last year, : nd its success amply | justified its enormous cost. T'he prices of admission are: Dress (’ircle 2-, Stalls 1 , plus tax, with the box plan I nt The Bristol, phoue 2IH.