PATHE PICTURES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 3

PATHE PICTURES.

There was another crowded house al His M }j"*sty's Theatre last '. evening, ' •when Al' h Wreck" picture was again exhibited, and this fine film was heartily -j appreciated. The proprietors intended i that that should be its final exhibition m Gisborne, but owing to so. many requests fjhat the picture should Abe again placed :in the programme, they have decided to screen it to-night. This will be its, final production m Gisborne. The other items are all entirely new, and cannot fail to interest patrons of moving i pictures. The chief picture is "A Message from Beyond." This picture is cleverly conducted and powerful, and the producer knew just how far he could g<> and carry his 'audience with him, aird he stopped at the right line, Thc'i >ainling of the mother On the wall is sltbwn as taking an uncanny reality ; , the expression does not change (a weak producer would have made it, so), nor does it move. A rose falls by accident from a vase beneath it to the boy's feet as he gazes at the A painting, it is a rose from his mother's bush. The father that morning had placed it there as an anniversary offering. When the father hears tije noise he goes into the drikened room, and it is the rose m the boy's hand that softens him. In this picture Miss Julia Swayne has given ci.c. of her finest and most beautiful portrayals. The lad also succeeds m being boyish" all through, and his part is made unusually convincing. "The Prosecuting Attorney" is another interesting dra;ma. Nina Brooks and her associate are convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Ixj wis, the prosecuting attorney/subsequently meets Nina after her release, and marries her. Joe escapes from gaol, and attempts to levy blackmail, and, Nina m a fit of frenzy scoots him.- The attorney, her husband, tajkes all the blame for the act, and g.'ves himself up to the authorities. "Told m Colorado' is another fine drama of the Wes'tem type, and is full of exciting incidents. A splendid comic pirtnre- is "An Enthusiastic .Photographer." The lirjn'cipal actor is- an ardent 'photographer,-, who gets into all sorts of humorous situations. A fine scenic pictiire allows the Hiver Loting, while two good topical items are "Tlie Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race,', and "Torpedo-boat Firing." Owing to the theatre being otherwise enaa,yed there will be no performance on Monday night. A '