ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2064, 6 December 1919, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

“The Cinderella Man,” Goldwyu’s latest release,'which will be screened at the Royal to-night, cannot be too highly spoken of. It is a picture that marks an epoch in him production. In point of drama it is simplicity itself, but the romance built round the wealthy and lonely little girl and her Cinderella Man is so prettily set forth and benefits so largely by the performance of Mae Marsh and her supporting company that each scene is a joy in itself. As a whole it is a bubbling container of comedy, sentiment and heart interest. Supported by Tom Moore, George Fawcett, Alec Francis, and many others equally well known, it is no wonder that Mae Marsh achieves in liiis a success that places allher previous work in the* shade. George Loane who produced “The Manxman,” directed the “Cinderella Man/’ and charmingly caught the spirit of the original play, bringing out its high lights with fine effect.

On Monday and Tuesday the great spy drama, "The Secret Code,” will be shown. The story concerns the eternal triangle and some German spies. There are I lie innocent voting wife, the friend of Ihe family, and the entertaining foreigner, and lo help them along llie devious routes of the plot (hero is a most amazing exposure of a svslem used extensively in actual fact by enemy agents in America lo correspond and send vital messages lu Germany hy means of woven code signals in mufflers for wounded men. Kxcilcmont abounds, and the picture is remarkably attractive and well presented. The long looked for "Mickey” will lie screened on Monday, December .15Ih, with full orchestra and special music, including the song “.Mickey."