PATHE PICTURES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13351, 8 April 1914, Page 4

PATHE PICTURES.

'Ijhose of Pathe's many patrons who intend spending this evening at His Majesty's. Theatre would be -well acb viscid to get along early, for it is certain the mid-week change ot* programme must • attract big "houses" during its short season j 'and particularly to-night on the occasion of the first showing of Kalem's big human drama' of passion _nd power entitled "A Midnight Message." This is the leading fum m a series of rare merit ? and is calculated to prove one of the most popular seeil .locally for a lone; time. Au elderly, widower named Thomas Douglas, marries the charming young Sybil, but fails to see that they have little m common. It is strange to him that her' life seems one so much apart from his. own/. Harold, Douglas's son, become-, attached to his stepmother, and the, father allows the belief to grow upon hiai thht the pair are in -love- with 'one another.' He lias no solid foundation for his sus : picions, but for the purposes An* verification decides on a plan. It is announced to liis wife and son that Douglas sen. must leave the city. Harold 'makes his home at the club. That night, as Sybil isl removing; her jewels, .she notices the butler watching her with avaricious eyes. He- knocks her down- and tiesjier, but she manages te crawl to the< -phone and tell Harold of her predicament.. He arrives m time to fell the thief, and catches her m his arms as she faints: Douglas enters the room at this moment, and believes bis suspicions well founded. The butler tells him he has been assaulted .. by. Haroldj whom he " discovered making love to Sybil. Douglas orders his son to atone for his offence by 'doing away with himself. Harold leaves the room, pistol m hand. He throws tho pistol to the floor, where it explodes. H>ouglas, hearing the report, believes that nisson has done away with himself. The shock is too great for his heart. Although he learns of his mistake when Harold enters the room, he passes away, smiling a. request nt his wife and son for forgiveness. There are opportunities for brilliant acting m this powerful photo play, > and the east succeeds m creating some situations of deeply dramatic intensity. Another cleverly conceived drama is "So Runs the Way." ft: is just a little /study of life, a^id there are many lessons to bo learnedfrom the film. "''Black Beauty" has got ■ its -outstanding merit a.s a drama of the Western world, the feature being the ■human-like actions of the sagacious equine "IJlack Beauty." The horse is a pretty creature with. a startlinc; amount of intelligence.* The Pathe-color scenic series are, always accepted whole-heart-edly and: a delightful' one to be seen to-night is "ThejFete at Angkor. Other, trood numbers are the new '.'Warwick Chronicle," . "New Baby," "Wood and Lakes of Yincennes," "Padey's Bouquet" (Edison screamer), "Tiny Tim ancl The Tramp," and "All The Fault of Jane." The programme is an unusually brilliant one. .