THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14440, 29 October 1917, Page 7

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

THE PALACE

: A large crowd attended the Palace on Saturday to witness the screening of the great Metro feature, 'VSatan Sanderson*" HallJc Erminle Riyes* .well-known nov§l, which was one of the biggest successes! last year m America, being easily the

"best-seller" of its day. The splendid vigorous story -of- the* unfolding- of a man's true character -was finely told, and the powerful contrast of. Hugh- sti res and Sanderson made a deep impression. The story is the strong point of this pictlirV There are' many strong d.ramatic moments and a thrilling clirna&^The photography is more than usually, excellent! Orrin. Johnson gives a .maiterfur.. performance of the twd pai*tsY-*'Satan" Sanderson, the clean minded man tempted tjq take advantage of his friends' weakness and of,. Hugh Stires, the young fellow who fa'ils-rthe dipsomaniac -and crimin.il .who is almost saved by his love for the blind girl Jessica. A second feature, oi|e that also found great favor, was "The Secret of the. Submarine,?*^ episode seven; This thrilling chapter miisf^surely reach the limit of sensationalism, for it is punctuated by hair-raising' scenes from sta'|t to finish. A man jumps from a threehundred foot cliff to the sea. and- a hou^e blown to smithereens by ffyriamite, nic only some of the thrills. Comedies anti others complete a fifsfrciass bill, whidli iVill. be screened for the: 'la«jt time -tonight. "'" . . -v Zi '- '-' i

EVERYBODY'S. ;&. , i 1 There was a full -house at^Bvervbody is Theatre on Saturday *nighia'3fThe maih feature was the great. Triangl^iplay, '''Tne Sin Ye Do," which -.forcefnl^exe'mplifias the truth of Kipling's -lines-. -i^For • the sih Iye do by., two. and* two ye shall *iay fdr one by", one;" In ithe leadipg role te Prank ' "Keenan, supported bvv [Margery Wilson, Margaret Thompson, Talid Howartl Hickman. The -plptls uniaue and its pivdt situation' equals l In intensity* vany thing hitherto met with iin the picture world. Hickman, discovering the hero m an equivocal situation with his wife, says: "Yon hound, .is there, any reason why, | should not* kin yotiryma ;t.he -rei4]^!is: *'Ye„. There is a girl m the. Tombs .Recused . of murder, and I am going to defend her.l ThatgWl i's'my. danglxtfer. tJrlnt- me the time for her defence, and I Hvill make any.reparatipn-you demand." J-JKeenan is' granted— the Tes'pite, and £bes>to plea&i for hi§' 'cTattghter's *iife^. Me '*hayc : ooi\trived ! to flllj. the .Jury-box witl! married .< merit and appeals' 'in,, la vor- of he;c^ll'fe "the law , of decency.' 51 Keeha^,'- hOvveveii finds himself m the postitidn^bf'^appea^ ing to have transgressed ;Uhai\yery law that hej hds.so. elbrjliehly supp^rtijd. Hqw he settles his 6Wn accourif with HfcKm.in after the trial is told m the Concluding scenes.. • • 'The'plWy p'o^ses*ses •*; moye ' thaii ordinary power and dramatic ffeffect.' ; N0 opportunity 155 missed '"by ".aiijJr'L'6'f trie playersdA flneMnstalrn^nt of thfe^G&ria's Romance" serial Viii infeluded t#'-t , fi'e : * ! -ifi'oJ gramme..-- ' '-....•' '■'*..-■.. %'■■■: