KING’S THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18157, 31 January 1921, Page 3

KING’S THEATRE

The story of Mary Began, the pretty daughter of a “crook’ and a headstrong, aristocratic woman, presents' the problem of whether a girl brought up under such surroundings can good” in the world from which her mother came. Her father saw to it that she had the necessary education, and she was launched on “society” under an assumed name. Here her beauty and talents won for her a recognised position, but she never forgot her father, and used to visit him secretly. The result was that members of the gang of which her father was a leading member got to know of her dual life, and endeavoured to use her to further their own ends. Then the father takes a hand; there is plot and counter-plot; and in the end, though Mary’s relation to her father is made known, he wins out front his criminal associations, and his daughter retains the position she has won in the fashionable world. The story, both in the upper and lower strata of society, in convincingly presented, alike in the matter of filming and acting, and there are several films that provide the thrills which picture patrons expect. The supports are good, comprising a comedy, an educational film, and topical, gazettes.