THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14246, 14 March 1917, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

The Palace Pictures management have securedl the Gisborne rights for what promises to bo the most successful serial picture yet produced. Coming as it does, from the xelebrated Universal studios, whence came. "Peg o" the .Ring." "Lucille Love,", and many other productions i that havo met with the greatest success, j*'Greed" is said to easily, eclipse them all. It is the vividly pictured drama of the fight of a. puny coterie against a gigantic preponderant syndicate of criminal, .greedy, grasping fiends, bent on the plunder of the masses. And the tiny fighters win. , That is the success germ of! "Greed." Right wrecks might. The theme is developed on most ; unusual lines, and it is packed tightly with novel surprises. Many of the sensational events portrayed have been planned by master minds, and there is action enough to please the most blaso of picture-goers. There is an appealing love, interest that lilts daintily through a story of cunning intrigue and titanic struggles of desperate men. Special arrangements have been made whereby "Greed" will be shown at Saturday's matinee, commencing Saturday next, and it will also be screened on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The brilliant new programme to be screened at the World's Pictures to-night is headed by the great Lasky superfilm.. '.'The Golden Chance," featuring Wnllace Reid and Cleo Ridgely. The outstanding feature of this fine picture is the artistic excellence of the produc tlon. Many people who have seen this absorbing drama once have gone again for the pure enjoyment of its quality. The play is splendidly mounted and dressed, and the acting throughout is of a very high standard. "The Golden Chance" tells the story of a young wife who is tied to a drunken nc'ei'-do-well, and who has to earn a living as a dressmaker at a fashionable modiste's. The hostess of a fashionable dinner party, short of a guest, selects the young wife to fill the vacant chair, and while a millionaire falls m love with her, her husband. unknown to her, breaks into the house. A happy chance relieves her of the incubusr-her husband is shot m an encounter with the police, and her mllitonajre lover claims, her Ipr his wife. The premier film is. supported by an *■* celleiit series of interesting items, .the latest Pathe Gazette,' "In Ancient Spain," and "Sea Dogs." /...'.

Another, crowded house greeted 4 he magnificent series . of . Rictorial gems shdwn /at. the PaUice .ia?t evening. Tonight a new .programme "Will be screened, the chief/ '-fiumber of which' is a sple'nr did Red Feather feature, entitled "The Beckoning. Trail." Starling irttUhis film is Warren Kerrigan, . the man on- the, screen. 'This .celebrated actor's popularity i,n the recent* '^eri*il pic ture, ."The. Adventures of 'Tercpce d'Rburke" proved .him j|o. .foe a .- master of his ai:t, and' in "Th.e w ,BecKphin{? Trail" h c s, adds /fresh lustre to his, alrga.dy, great reputation. As - Carter.: ( Hayi\r^id", . a young .'New 'Yorker, who ? nas l ireefw left an cnowtfojus t^tate By h'is u fatser, * and who imnfe<Jiateiy. starts out *b< get rid of it m, the quickest possible-..wanner. Kei^ 1 rigan presents -a portrayal' shat is ab* solutely unique. lie, falls m love with an actress, ,and..is about, to .-•■iijarry her when sjtic becomes aware ; that. he h-- 1 succeeded m squandering his. money only too well. ' and 'he Js promptly turned down. Ho is forced to flee to his last possession, a mine m Holt's Canyon Desert, California, to try and retrieve His lost. 'wealth. He falls An" lovo with- n daughter of the West, and after a thrilling; series .of fiscanades, . he makes good ih the time-honored way. A second feature presents Billy Ritchie, . champion film comedian, m /'Biu;s Narrow . Escape." In this iritensery*Uumt>r6tts offering the great funniWier appears at his best. Another fine item is "Heartaches," a drama of quality^ This excellent series will be Screened for- two nights only, giving place on Friday .to the "Golden Eagle" feature- "Jaffrey." . .

At His Majesty's Theatre uri Saturday afternoon and' evening an opportunity will- be given to witness one of the best pi"ograinines; yet screened m Oisborne, and tliosc 1 who. attend wjll also have the knowledge that by- attending either the matinee ,or ; evening perfoi'njance, they U'iir be assistjLng a very worthy cause. The'wTwle of'Lthc i: proceeds Will 4 BP to the Catholic School Tunas. A professional orchestra has v'been seciii'ed and ■ patrons will bo asstire,a of arflret-cLnssi'entertain-inent. The^atar. piciure is a 'magnificent fore-reel adaptation tof Allen Dooiie's re-mai-kablv sucpessfur .play^ "The.Bebel," ffli Allen • Dootie hiptisqlf m tho title roß>. Other 11he..-,pictures, ,to 09. . screened ar* 1 , "Tha\ Wearing qf the. ,G;«n," Private DemTis iibffan, V.C., bringing down auGermatf' foH^er. ,eic. With sjich a fine and> appropriate- - programmo Jfor St. Patrick's 1 Day there should bo lull houses. The box plan -will 'he on view at Miller's to-morrow morning.

tijAt Ihe Ojpera "ilonso to-night, thcro will be ! two sp^oiai fektures m the new progrjimmc, "Tangled Fates" and the Fox film's 'latest success, 'iThe : Soul of New ?9XK, >A In ;w>icn "Walcska Suratt is starred. -^'Tangled- Fales'.V.-te a ,pow«rtul play depleting: a. glrj's great lovtx tor her younger 1 sister, ;sacriflc«iS; all honor, lbve, father and ,- mother 'ttjat the petted daughter'; may. be snieja^A I^m tpwn gossip and scaMal. Ml&s s ßrady is supported by ArthW 'Ashley.' who played hero m "Sealed Lips." .