COMING PICTURES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 83, 22 March 1919, Page 6

COMING PICTURES.

SURRENDER OF GERMAN FLEET. The management of Everybody’s, Hastings, notify that they have secured Messrs. J. and N. Tait’s picture of “The Surrender of the German Fleet” as authorised by the British Government, and they notify all persons who make allegations that it is not the genuine picture, that they will be prosecuted. The management is well aware that faked pictures are on the market and desire to warn the public against them. “ HEARTS OF THE WORLD.” Mr. D. W. Griffiths’ Western War Front spectacle, “Hearts of the World,’ wnich is to be presented ’by the J. C. Williamson, Ltd. management at the Hastings Municipal Theatre on Thursday and Friday next and for which the box plan will be opened at Pratt’s on Monday morning, was unanimously acclaimed his greatest success at its international premiere at i Clune’s Auditorium, Los Every one of the 3000 people we are told, arose and cheered and applauded until members of the house staff escorted the producer on to the stage. The assembly was a noteworthy one, consisting as it did of practically every prominent member of the West Coast film colony theatre men of Los Angelos, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle, as well as some of the best known business and society people of Los Angelos. For several minutes after Mr. Griffith appeared on the stage, the riotous applause and cheering continued. When the producer waved for quiet, and the house was still, he attempted to thank them for the ovation but confessed he did not know what to say, other than he was glad they liked his “little play” and added he was deeply indebted to the British War Office in securing many of the scenes. He hoped that it would cause every one to have a thought for the boys in and going to the trenches, and if'it did, he would feel repaid. After uttering less than fifty words, be said, “I won’t bother you auy longer,” which brought forward demands of “go on” a number of times by the applause and cheering, which lasted more than ten minutes. The war spectacle has the finer touches that have marked Griffith productions of the past. Through it all is depicted the despicable characteiistics of the Huns, as they have become known since the beginning of the war. The story told is a very simple one. A boy and girl are neighbours. They were parted when the boy, an American, went to serve France because he thought a flag good enough to live under was good enough to fight for. Our advice to intending patrons is to book early.