THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

-** > ,7 .'• ir THE PALACE.; Two' '6*l the leading artists ;df the Jam- ' oifsilrj'icture "The Whip" will '.be seen " to■oifflit^.t the Palace m a splendid World's prilubtion, entitled "The Crimson Dove.'t These ;.. lire June .Elvldge and Dion Tith-erq-iige',,' ■' who are supported " by ■„ Carlyie Blackweir m a role that suite him, weil. "Slip .title of "The Crimson Dove", is ingenious, and is intended to convey the mixture . , of good and evil m the. hearts of }he , Jieroine, who is . a notorious and seductive singer. A superb story is writ-, ten ,; rbymd this lady's fortunes. Brand Cameron, a minister, is compelled to re- : sign ;frbm his church. He' secures a position iii' the North woods, and asserts the i'riile of right. The men of this lawless Vcbnfimunity suspect him, and set {fire, to lils^ 'church, thinking he is inside. ; A* mighty 'scene shows the minister, , through a hferbic action, as the idol of the wrong-, doers":, VThe Iron Claw" appears. again, this : ;,(?na."pter relating to the search for.-^ valuable map and. the heroine's perilous 1 , adventures. .-.'.. 7"; .7* Y,7'-:j Y'VlY* . O£ERA ' HpUSE.7 V - 'V'Y- | .There is a big' demand for reserved seats lat Miller's, where box plans are'^hew avaUawe 'for all exhibiUohs of E;; J.7Car^ roll "Where are my Children^* a faring indictment »of. premedltatedV.&&struction of the/hhborh, which -hegih-S:: at the . Opera Housev to-night Vahd. holds' the. sheet until Saturday, with " matinees Von Thursday and Saturday, at 2 o'clock.. Com trovcrsy oyer the film arose at Dunedin, where 'the Evening Star asked: "How 'does Mi\,;jplfrjg.. the cerfsor 1 , justify his passing of -the; picture 'Where are my Children?' whijch drew over £1000 m Christchurch last, -.week?" In opposite vein the Otago Daily n Times wrote: "The enormous loss of huhfian life that is undoubtedly the V most.{ distressing, feature with the present war gives special point and emphasis to the picture 'Where are my Children?' - \yhich was -screened • yesterday, at the Octagon /Theatre. The problem • dealt; jwitli. is. ithat of threatened suicide bf race, a largely contributing factor to ,; which, is the inclination of many? married people m certain spheres of life' to '-shirk their responsibilities in.the wwary r of ,My- ,' ing qhildren, and the au thor J -who is also a good-, ileal 'of a propagandist, has .handled the subject boldly, courageously, ' and vwithal delicately and reverently; Tlie > .ptcture possesses potent possibilities foi* - goqtt; and fe>v, will he found to disagree i. -with, the propagandist, who has executed l, a,, powerful Indictment of a pernicious rleyjl-'t", The : Aim is one that grips, and.it , ..is magnificently acted and staged." Tlie 5 ecrisbr has ordered that none between the ages .of six "and .eighteen years shall be ' ■iflmi^tedi -. \yith a picture of shch wonderV fill; Yrierit and established - reputation bumper houses are assured. |V [ 4 y EVERYBODY'S. "" Double roles as a* rule are. not popu- '. lar,, ' but Frederick Warde iii "Hinton's -. Double,", the premier attraction showing • tor'night . at. Every body.lg, does • work that J is,- so 'remarkable m emphasising the. coh"l.trast.between the two men that he pory..trays. that it might' almost be two sep--5 arate men, very much alike, who are . playing-, m the-, drama. "Hinton 's • Double" t has been reviewed by American critics,. as , the greatest film put out by •'• the 'Pathe studios. It contains a wonder^ 1 f ul. love* story, and an b>*bjirial plot, Hin- • ton,, a rascally tstockbrokei'Y- is exactly J like t ; Joshua, a . gehtle-mihded, ' old clerk f wh 6. is persuaded* to' impersonate the j scoundrel, and serve a term of imprison- - ment, on "the promise that hts daughter r win; receive. £100 >: per- month; £The bril- } liant plan of iW stocjtbrokerj breaks .. down; for Joshua;-' is pardoned Yand finds ' that,.;; the promise^ had never been kept. • Scen.es of tremendous dramatic intensity 'follow, and finally the terrible wrong is t righted. The supports are of a diversified I nature and comprise "Gaumoht Graphic," . : "Bears and Bullets," Vitagraph comedy. . "Russian Industries," educational; and a . Keystone comedy, "Self-Made Hero." *a*MHnM_M_Mi