"EVERYBODY'S" CONTINUOUS PICTURES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10497, 19 October 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)

"EVERYBODY'S" CONTINUOUS PICTURES.

“'1 UR H ATT HR OR TUR SOMMK.’’ Xo xx’sif pictures ever shown in Km* hind (•rented ,-ncii a sensation .*.-, lin* <.IU(■ i;; 1 tilmof “The Big Hush." a.- the, Hattie of the Soniim i- iwili-d. A writer in tin* Hendon Wevidv Di-pauT of August 27, estimates Hint in arly txxo million Hoiidoiam idicndcd the screening, ot these piettives during the first, few (lavs (he*, win ■ shown. 'I lie enthusiasm and imeresl displayed in Kngland is apparent I v I ming duplicated here, tor at the presentation of the picture ar r.vcryiijdy’s la-t nielli the theatre was filled to overflowing with an audience xvliicii viexved the grim war dramiT* wi'.i all ii ■ tremendous realities. There arc moment-, when the audience burst ihia eseited applause and continuous clapping —-neb a tine is that in which the. troop.- are seen to spring' Horn the 1 1 enchos for the H'lig-axyaiti d tu-.-h* with the i .etny. Xotiiing (piite l;k" these films has been jirevnm Iy o an iicre, and they will nndonbtedlv a-rvi- tno'-e ihan any i lung that, has been written io bring home to the people a sejt.-o of tin* dillii nli i s i leu confront our men. and a rcalisaiion ol ibe waras ii actually Hi l.lovd fn-orge lenl no doubt in iii mind xx lien be i-am d tile nisi ruction to the War ()||;ce---‘‘See ibai ilnpiei lire i *- a ole - cx eryOil*'. 1 he lb Ia 1 --1< in nv;.- take place to melit at b.50 and .-i.olJ. 11l her snp. tat ting pictures ol a high ''lass will lie shown in addition. “TU R X IT RH-DO WRI.H. The success attending their product ton o! “The Sixiiler.-/’ decided t lie Selig company r<i produce the story of “Ihe AVer-Do-Well,” one of t lie . I —t known ol Hex Beach’s novel-, and tills will be shown at Rv, ryliodxT- to-niorroxx and Saturday. ’lnc book lias gained great popularity, and iln story is one that lends iiselt admirably m adaption to. iln ( inemalogripii. Such W'-il-known and universally popular a.l'iisis a. Kathvln Williams, Wheeler Oah.inan, and Rrank Clary take part, and gr ' of iln in best. Tin nature oi the story al once raised many dillicult points, tint ilie Selig Conipanv xvilh ihe de-ire Jor detail and c,,nviin itig realism, decided to him the scenes ay Han a ma, where ;iie scene ol the story m laid, (kjiart from ns dramatic inleresr tiic pic u ■ possesses added inten~i by reason oi the mti 11 v line xicxxs oi tlic canal whten are induded. The story eoncerns the fortunes of Kirk Antony xvho. nexrr haxing been laced with iln* in ci - -iiy of work find- him-ell at a loss what to do when stranded a, i’aiiama, where be has been despatched while drunk, by a nninber of friends, who regard iln* proci'edings in the light <d a joke. I low he puds iiiinsi'll together and xvorlc-* (o an Imnurtani position is the point round which ,he dory is written. A prcity love roimmee invests the stogv with added dia.rni, due J.ieiuie is a h'Mgiiiy one. but ibere i le-t dull HR- men; I hronghoiti.