CRITERION PICTURES.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVI, Issue 3366, 12 March 1915, Page 2

CRITERION PICTURES.

PAEROA TO-NIGHT

"WAR'S HEART BhOOD."

For the picture entertainment at Paeroathis evening.the principal piclu-e tells a thrilling story entitled "Wai's Heart Blood, 5' the story running as 10l lows :—lvan and Gregori, two sons of an old Russian General, are rivals lor the hand of a peasmt gul, Kujuscha Gregori is successful, and on the day of the wedding Ivan swears vengeance. When the father hears of the wedding he turns Gregori out of doors to live with Katjuscha and her people. The Russians declare war, and though Ivan answers the call and goes away as a Captain, Gregori remains behind until seized by the press gang. He is captured by the enemy's picket, who in turn are taken by the Russians. Ivan condemns Gregori to death as a spy, and just as the later is shot by the firing party, the enemy commences an attack, in which Ivan himself is mortally wounded. Katjuscha, who has been looking for Gregori, finds his dead body with Ivan lying alongside. In his dying, breath Ivan pleads for forgiveness, which; Katjuscha refuses, and the two brothers are buried in the same grave. To-morrow night at the Criterion Theatre there will be'screened for the benefit of the picture gouiEf people, of Paeroa the famous picture entitled "The Last Days of Pompeii," which is claimed to be "a supreme achievement of kinematography. This film was reproduced amidst the runs of ancient Pompeii and is ah awe-inspiring representation of. Lord Ruhver Lytton's immortal Roman tragedy. In the 7000 feet of pictures will be sf en the following scenes : The Storm in the Mountains,, the Temple of Isis,. the Egyptian Priests-and the early Christians, the Sign of the Cross, the Great Circus Esemble, the Stupendously Enthralling Eruption, the Vengeance of Volcano Vesuvius, Pompeii Buried Beneath the Fiery Ashes, and hundreds of bewildering episodes.