POETRY IN PICTURES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 285, 17 November 1916, Page 3

POETRY IN PICTURES.

‘•NAKED HEARTS.” The film vesion of Tennyson’s immortal poem “Maud’’ is a work of rare distinction and charm, and the management of the .Municipal Theatre have been fortunate in securing the lights for Hastings of this picture. Referring to a. trade show of the picture, the Kinematograph Journal says: Acting and photography alike leave nothing to be'desired, and the scenes in the early childhood of Maud and Edwin, when a life-long friendship is formed, are so sympathetically and charmingly depicted ,that more than one member ot Thursday’s audience was almost affected to tears. At a later stage in the story the battle scenes are particularly well managed, and the tragic meeting of the lovers outside the gates ot the monasterv, when she has already taken the veil, provide the finishing touch to a production that will appeal to thousands of delighted picture theatre patrons. The orchestral selections at Thursday’s trade show added not a little to our enjoyment of th® film, and directors who are called upon to provide the necessary music for its accompaniment would do well to utilise the refrain of Sims Reeves’ famous song, “Come into the garden, Maud,” which was worked in from time to time during the screening of the picture with marked effect. Arrangements have been made to screen this picture for three nights, commencing to-morrow (Saturday). Special music will be a feature of the entertainment. The plan will be open at Pratt s to-morrow morni ngJ