PATHE PICTURES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13352, 9 April 1914, Page 4

PATHE PICTURES.

The new I ".' -series, of animated pictures ■shown at, His Majesty's Theatre for the first time, last evening was warmly received by the big audience m Attend-' ance,' tho leading film;,' ''"A' Midnight Message," arousing the utmost enthusiasm. This Kalem production ,is the best the popular^bonipany have given to the public yet,' s ana f hat should be sufficient recc-mniendationi *for;the Kalem company has been responsible for some of the best subjects sh&wh for some time past. Tlie "Midnight ' Message" is a- film in 'which "there is much excellent acting, and many situations of. profound sensation and thrill. ' An 'elderly widower marries i a woman much his junior, and, the. pair, .'naturally having litt|o m common, seenv to separate as time {sock on. The man's handsome 'son Harold becomes fast friends- with his sHep-niothcr, and .her husband dislikes this, and allows a cruel suspicion to creep upon him. This grows a.ul increases until the old man becomes distracted from ■• his ..own wrong thorvjhts. He therefore sets a .'trap., to catch his son, and thereafter follow some incidents of power and strength. ' He announces his intention to leave the -city, wjth the idea, of •comiiivr. swiftly , back, arid eithei' proving Or allaying his suspicions. Harold makes his home' at the club on his 'father's, departure. The step-mother is attacked by her butler the samo night and. the servant steals her costly' jewels. "SHe manage*, to r«{ich the telephone and Calls up HSrold. Th<> young man hurries to the scene, and is holding his fainting step-mother m his arms when the. father returns.. The butler, to clear himself, states that lie was assaulted by Harold when pro-, tecting his -mistress. "Then take this and- shoot yourself," says the, old mart, givinft his son a revolver.. The son goes outside, and a*' the revolver drops and fires the old man, believing the boy to be shot, is oveycome and expires, but not before, he, makes , his forgiveness known* to : bbth .wife and son, Avhcautiful Pathecolor, Y'.The Fete^ht Ahkgor'." is .an excellent .-scenic, while "ho Runs The Way'' \is' a. Ibiman draiiia of preat life iiitereht: To-nionow evening (Good Friday) a .specially selected aeries, of pictures .viU.b^s'W.n.i *V\&> wi^ 1 a P propriate music, the entertainment should be orie vevy ahfe' nt able.