EVERYBODY'S THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17322, 23 May 1918, Page 3

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE

The new picturo at Everybody's Theatre is ''Gates of Gladness," a very interesting story, in which the chief figures are two brothers and their wives and children. Myron Leeds, the Christian name being masculine in gender, becomes angered at his father refusing to give his consent to marriage with Mary. lie leaves home, goes to the city, and works as an artist. He is a failure, and an increasing family makes his position worse. His brother Roger succeeds to the family estate, but being of peculiar temperament, he becomes somewhat of a recluse, and shuts himself out from the world. The death of his littlo boy only serves to make him more of a recluse. His grieves over the tragedy of her life, ahd the home is very unhappy and pluuged in gloom. Then the happy medium comes forward in this case in the form of a housekeeper— a perfectly adorable old lady, who wishes everybody good. Owing to her beneficent offices an excellent understanding is brought about between the two families, a little child being the principal mediator. She is very winsome, and few could withstand the charming influence of her lipnest childish innocent ways. At any rate it melts some very hard, sour natures, and creates a better and a more kindly feeling than had existed. That is a mere skeleton of the story. It is by no means a tame etory. The acting and screening arc, in every sense, as good as could be desired, and " Gates of Gladness" constitutes a further addition to the many successes achieved at Everybody's Tlieat.ro. The supplementary pictures are a Topical Budget, a comedy ("Prairie Chicken"), and the 14th episode m 'Lucille Love."