THE PICTURE HOUSES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 11

THE PICTURE HOUSES

MUNICIPAL. The story of ‘'Afterwards” features a prologue centring around an English party’s hunt in India. Dr. Anstice and Hilda Ryder visit an old shrine, tiptoe to the great idol, and are then surrounded by fanatical priests. That night, with the rest of the party still looking for the vanished couple, Hilda fend Anstice are despairing in an evilsmelling dungeon where their caotors have flung them. When the hour of torture approaches, Anstice- at Hilda’s solemn request, shoots her, so that the fanatics, who a moment later enter the dungeon, are cheated in their intention of inflicting upon her a much more violent and horrible death. But as Hilda bravely expires, and .the fanatics throw themselves with redoubled fury on her noble executioner, Fate launches a thunderbolt —the men of a hunting party arrive with soldiers, and’ rescue Anstice! Thus ends the prologue. Hilda Ryder dead in the bloom of young womanhood, Anstice saved by a trick of Fate, but his conscience deeply ironled for life. The rest of the story depicts the vengeance of Hilda’s fiance, Bruce Cheniston, on Dr. Anstice, tho aggrieved, unreasonable lover following Anstice to England to bring an amazing number of social and professional troubles into the doctor’s life. Mystery, the sufferings of a kindred spirit drama, and romance all have vivid part in this most eventful narrative. Harold Lloyd, in “Speedy” is the second attraction offered.

COSY DE LUXE TALKIES. Jean Hersholt and George Sidney, two of the greatest character actors on the screen to-day, are well teamed in the Universal Talkie comedy drama “Give and Take,” at the Cosy Theatre. The story deals with John Baner, owner of a fruit canning factory, who waits with eagerness his son’s return from college so as to make him a member of the firm. Young Jack arrives in duo time and tries to install a system giving the workers a share in the profits of the factory. He calls it tho “Give and Take” plan. Tho new regime includes singing hours for the employees and other innovations. There is a “Constitution” which gives fitlcS to tho various employees under tho new system. When the time comes to share the debts of the factory, trouble arises. Jean Hersholt, as the manager of the factory, as always, gives a perfect characterisation. George Sidney has a new set of laughs for each turn of tho reel. Sharon Lynn and Gcor'go Lewis are extremely wo'l -t as tho young propio A varied 1 ' a.!li:'.cli\e supports are also shown.