LYRIC PICTURES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 January 1918, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES

—Friday Evening—

"The Pillory"—Most ingenious use is made of Scriptural texts in this fine drama. In the mouth of the narrowminded, uncharitable old Deborah these quotations are used with dreadful effect to harden her resolution to expose the past of a woman who is trying to atone by good deeds. Florence La Badie is a most attractive heroine, and her girlish grace is full of charm in every scene. The story is natural and fine, and the scene in which Deborah bursts upon the guests at the Judge's house and tells them of the sin of the hostess is terrible in its dramatic intensity. The supporting cast is good, and Yale Benner is a manly and convincing hero. —Saturday— " Her New York "—This play is by Gladys Johnson, who has made a name for herself for creating plots that really have new ideas in them. In "Her New York" the heroine is a country girl who watches the city bound trains every day, and dreams of the wonderful I far away city. Then she meets Phillip, and when the egg money has mounted np enough she runs off to meet and marry him. They are madly happy for a while, and then Phillip's employer takes a fancy to the little heroine, and spins a web of black intrigue about Phillip which nearly encompasses his destruction. Gladys Hulette is an adorable heroine, her pretty face and girlish charm suiting exactly the character of her role. The film has many quaint and original scenes, the farmyard photography being quite unique. Another set of wonderful scenes is the succession of peeps from the upper storeys of a skyscraper at the traffic in the Avenues far below. The supporting items are of the highest standard. . —Monday— (2 p.m. and 8 p.m.) "The Wolf Woman"—The peculiar fascination about the art of Louisa Glaum is her wonderful capacity for assuming the role of the vampire woman as was strikingly demonstrated in "Hate" and "Honour Thy Name." Richly endowed by nature tor the part, she adds to her sinuous graces, the charm which goes with the droop of silken lashes, the side-long glance, and the occasional glimpses of smouldering In the Triangle Company's latest vampire play, " The Wolf Woman," this graceful siren of T. H. Ince's daring conceptions, will present a startling study of the human man-killer. In this remarkable production the outstanding features are the facinating work of the siren-actrsss, and the magnificent splendour of the dressing. The professional and private wardrobe of Louisa Glaum is said to run into several figures. The story tells how this spider-woman, planning to ruin a handsome boy who is engaged to be married to a charming girl, is openly challenged by the girl to fight for possession. In a dramatic climax, the Wolf Woman falls through a mirror, and is so horribly disfigured that she pays for her wickedness by the greatest punishment that can befall a woman of this type—she loses her power to charm. An amusing Yitagraph comedy "Jane's Bashtul Hero," a Pathe colour film " Village Life in India," and a Gaumont Graphic, complete the programme.