THE PICTURE HOUSES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14590, 27 April 1918, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES

EVERYBODY'S

The dangers of the life of the modern .smart set. are treated' with merciless tandidr m ".A" Woman's .Way," the society d rfima made .by the " World Film . Company,, screening at Everybody's to-night. Ethel Clayton' 3 is the heroine; 'arid {he role is one m 'which she is supreme. She portrays, a country . beauty . who marries a city man of wealth, and is bored by the We 1 of the gay circles': 'Slowly they ..drift apart, untiJL. the, husband. /becomes entangled; WTtti' , a .clever adventuress. A motor-car; joy _rJd,e- leads ,to\an accident, and there is a prospect , of scandal. The wife resolves to fighfc the woman tath. her; 6wn weapons',' gives a- dinner'' party, and dresses m a way that aniiizeß everyone, mer" wit and beauty ■ maH e' 'her the adniiratiqn of. the "'party.. The husband, disillusioned., endeavors, to sdek reconc.ili; atiqn, ; and, is treated, to. plenty, .of cold fact.,. The- stpry .is cleverly 'told, and is fulFof dramatic moments., Men Jague Love is splendid m the role rif the lover, whtle Cftrlyle Blackwe.ll is excellent as the, strayins -husband. The settings show the most lavish nnd costly 'surroundings of the rich society idlers of a morterri great <Sity. Included m the programme "is another entertaining- chapter of "The /Secret KingdqnL',' . entitled "The. Shark's Nest,"', a second of ;the Government -fllms, "Alpine Regions of New Zealapd,", and a rare good ,Pathe Gazette. ? „ ■. .-' ■■. "' - \ '';' . ,. '.'"., ; OPERA ; ;,HOtIS^.. J, ' :. ■ '„: '■/'. '■ Ttict special week-end feature ■ at ; ;the Ope.ra House to- n ight . will be .■-, ."Wolf Lowry;" m which Williani Si, Wart ap-* pearSfc as the he§) m a dtama of the won-, derhil . tattle " fanbhes; ( qf .Western America.' WhiieJiailt was preiyaring to go'piWbn'-the 1 range ■with a crew of cow punchers he was much 'amused at the difficuity experienced^ > by a puncher ln^ roping his horse. Thobwnor:flnaHy tired of Jchasin^ the h6rse jand, hearing ,th^ jibes of •the spectators,; left, the enclosure. Seybral:*; cowboys attempted to rope the locoed pony, but. lailecl. ' Finally Hart,, who had seen a "flivver" outside the gate, 1 called Smith and instructed him. id drive -into the corral/ He then mounted to the rear seat and, standing,/ with^rope reajcly, ordered Smith to chase the horse full speed. "It was some experfehec," saicl Haritf later. "The ground . was . covered with deep ruts. But the cow pony' sa\y the -"flivver," and he acted as it lie j was half scared to death. We finally got hirij in, a corner, and, then it was all flyer, though he sure did give the machine) aii i,avyful jolt when ;he~- reachfe'd the end ! of the Tope." The popular Margery Wil-j son,', who is the h,er6lne; has, for the flrsi time in 'her screen 1 career, : cooked arid served a meal "m fxill'view of the atidience.'f And she is one of the few film favorites who. are real culinary experts; , having graduated from .high • school with 100 m domestic science.

TOE PALACE;

A ; complete change of programme at the Pajace to : night will be headed by "John Glayde's , Honor, " . a yathe masterpiece m flve parts, with 'the celebrated English actor, C. Aubrey Smith as' John Glayde. The play pf Alfred Sutro,.. of which the production Us an : adaptation. Is too well known 1 to .require, any, -special .comment as Jto- its' merits, having enjoyed a .long run on the stage both 'm England and America. C. Aubrey Smith plays the role of John" Glayde- forcefully anfl artistically. The production \as . it appears qh. the screen will fbe welcomed, bepause'v itIs the -story, of a, strong; masculine, character, -i : .'its people'; do J .thoroughly,. human things,; and the paths where theit 1 rational and less rational moments Jead them ' Are threaded through dttractive fecene^. • The : dramiitifc .action' of. : tfctq pViddjictloji' ' Is good. The. story 'of the ; man whose 1 sense of hondr demaridetr/thatt 1 he .ioster the iiltei'ests of the /stockholders '-of his : pany' to the exclusion -of> aU, pleasure or any sense o^ Social; or! domestic"! duty I'toward1 ' toward the woman he had; made his. wifei ami the. foolish, i wife whose pique .threw her into the arms , of \ another man, Vis forcefully t01d,,-. and c'anhpt fail /to-be, dnjoyed m its screened ' Version. An. added attraction ' on ,to-ni gilt's ' series is- episode five 6f -"The Purnle»Dcnniino," ; tliis : Chapter' being entftiecl, "The-DenVori- |rom .the Skf." N This sensational^ number ;is r ".full of bombsi aeroplanes', and adventure, and shows 4. dai'e-deyil : act ;" by Lucllle,>< Loye ,when she attempts to 'rescue Hugo in 1 midadi 1 . Comedies and, . qthersi complete a very fine programme. . ; '.'.'• ; .