POLLARD’S PICTURES

Grey River Argus, 18 July 1922, Page 7

POLLARD’S PICTURES

On to-morrow (Wednesday) evening only Pollard’s present “Black Beauty, taken from the f: mous story by Anna Sewell, and on Thursday evening another change of programme will be given when the Bathe feature “Rio Grande,” starring Rosemary Theby will be presented. “Black Beauty,” th” jinmniis classic known to readers in cve.y language all over the world, is a film proefuetion of a calibre that will make it occupy an outstanding position among screen features. Such a picture is rarely seen. “Black Beauty has been filmed in the simple narrative style that made it so human in type. The simple drama of its homely characters gives it all the big movements it requires, because of the immense world appeal of the story by Anna Sewell, which has been transformed into nearly every langauge and is known everywhere. It will plea sc a The family appeal of “Black Beauty is one of its strongest features; as sweet and clean a story as was ever written—or filmed, fat her mot her, ■ nd children will

extract a thoroughly enjoyable evening’s entertainment from the picture without the slightest offence, and will understand and feel the story as it unfolds. “Rio Grande” to be screenI ed on Thursday night only is a romance of the Mexican border that contains enough thrills to cause the ordinary I serial to take a back seat. This picture bespeaks the true atmosphere of the wild border lands—the scene of many conflicts between American and Mexican. CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND THE KID. RUN A NG A. Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening Charlie Chaplin and the Kid will pre sent the greatest thing ever offered in picture form that took Chaplin a year to make. It is six reels of joy and comedy with a soul and occasionally a tear. “The Kid” settles once and for all the question as to who is the greatest rrtist in the world. Chaplin does the finest and most delicately shaded aetyou ever saw anywhere, and for slap-stick furore there is a classic, .exquisite scene. The price of admission has been set at adults 1/6. plus tax.