OPERA HOUSE PICTURES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13170, 2 September 1913, Page 4

OPERA HOUSE PICTURES.

To-night vrill witness the final screening of the present series of pictures now I being shown by the. Opera House management. Last evening the different subjects were warmly applauded by a. large attendance. The star film, entitled "The- Man m. the White Cloak," is a top-liner, and as^ exciting and thrilling as any one could desire. The story deals with Lady Hamilton and hex daughter Mabel, who live m an old castle rich m ghost stories. They are poor, and the ancient place is to be sold tp satisfy the creditors. York, tlie family lawyer, offers to stave off the proceedings, the price being Mabel's' hand. Loving Dr; Robert Dawson,, she declineto do this. Some days later Lady Hamilton is stricken down, and Robert 'js called m. to, attend her. - He is shown over the castle, and told a story of "The Man . m "White,", !t who lived a century ago and hid a. large sum of money, jand it would be 'found by his descendants m time of great 'needV Robert stays overnight,, and is awakened -y an apparition beckoning him. Rpbert follows. They fo down a aecrep passage to a vault, fere the ghost disappears. Robert eventually finds the treasure and ' air ends happily. . In ; one scene there is a snow : stQrm. Wor.ds cannot describe this beautifully" picturesque setting. ' Everywhere there are snowflakes gently falling, and- to see .Robert and "the ghost leading- 'him . to -where the- treasure., is hidden is a revelation. Another picture that' "went big" jvas ( -Uje, Vitagraph's special, "Under* We "^take Up." This heart-gripping' story shows "the "trials of the stage. The acting. is.,perfect throughout, although. .not, I. overdone, and. , tho photography, is Yita,gi*aph ', style— -per feet^ The remainder, of the programme was thoroughly, enjoyed, and a large attendance is expected to-night. There wiH.be no pictures to-morrow "night, but special attractions 'are promised 'for Thursday.