KING’S PICTURES

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10722, 24 December 1927, Page 5

KING’S PICTURES

“THE SPEED DEMON.” An automobile story, “The Speed Demon,” written by Samuel M. Pyke for Kenneth McDonald, will be the attraction at the King’s Theatre this evening. This is one of the best- pictures in which Mr McDonald has appeared. He plays the part of a red-blooded youth, who, temporarily, abandons driving automobiles to please the liorse-loving father of the girl he loves. The father. however, is in a bad way due to tlie fact that his favourite mount has lost a race oil which the old man has bet his entire fortune. By breaking his promise never to drive a car, McDonald takes part in a speed classic and comes out with top money. With this he pays off tlie father’s debts and eventually wins the girl. The second feature, a romantic comedy drama, “Why Girls Go Back Home,” reflects the spirit of the happy season, and will put patrons in a good humour. Comedy and gazettes complete a first-class holiday programme. LON CHANEY IN “HE.” Only a full sized circus plus all the trimmings would satisfy Victor Seastrom’s passion for realism when he filmed Leonid Andreyev’s play “He Who Gets Slapped,” for MetroGoklwyn And, incidentally, that is limy lie was able to inject some fine, logical bits of humour into the tensely tragic tale of “He.” This will be screened on Monday. “He*’ is now a clown who was .once a brilliant scientist, until his patron, an unscrupulous nobleman, robbed him of both his wife and success. “He’s” vengeance, complete and awe-inspir-ing, and the enchanting love story threading the theme, are but' two of the big features of the story. The culmination of the picture is an intensely dramatic climax staged by the wronged scientist in an effort to save the girl he loves from an existence worse than death. The terrible vengeance he calls down upon the nobleman who robbed him of a glorious future will stir all who see it. The cast will "Interest all picture lovers. There is Lon Chaney, giving another of his powerful portrayals; Norma Shearer and John Gilbert, whose love is brushed by tragedy; Tally Marshall and Marc McDermott, typifying treachery, and Ford Sterling and Clyde Cook heading a merry bunch of circus clowns. There will be a. special children’s matinee at 2 p.m. on Monday.