THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10100, 15 September 1917, Page 6

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

I'ho we"k end programme will be repeated at the Ralace 10-night. At Everybody":! "When Love was Blind" will head the-Sat-urday night showing. "Peg o 1 the Ring" end a Topical will also be shown. Phe programme which finishes to-night al tile Kosy is very suitable for a week end. "i lappine-V with Knit! jjeliiiett and Tholma Salter in the principal parts, is just delightful, and the whole series can be heartily recommended to young and old.

Till: BIRTH OF A NATION. Tho magnitude • f Mr David A. Griffiths' feat in stagiin! "The Birth of a Nation'' is almost itppalliiur, at least to the devotees ol :! • elder theatre. Where now are the little : oup of action, the pinchbeck scenery and the pretty properties of the so-called legitimate drama. By comparison with the m « art. the legitimate is infinitesimal. In stagimr 'The Birth of a. Nation" Mr Grillith u-ed Nature for his background. IcO veitrs of American histon :«• his surface, Ifl.O'JU people iis his actors, and no fewer than 3000 mounts i f cavalry in the celebrated rides of the Ku K'hix-klan. This wonder speclacle with ail the unitptf musical tiotting will be shown at the Palace on Tuesday and Wednesday next; matinee on Wednesday.