THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14609, 20 May 1918, Page 7

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

PALACE PICTURES, f- -There was 'hie liouse at the Palace on Saturday night when the tine injw proaiannnc was shown. The chief picture, a. Metro production, , was "The Jury of Ji'ate,"'wltli that ■jiopu^ar : artist MabelTaliaferro in. the "leadiiie: role. - 'pie sfory? tells of .a , boy and, a . girj , . tl*e ,t>vf it .childieAi .of, .Henriy li'abbrdle.' ol '.the G ; ah-* adlah W.ildwQbds ' ,' The- jboy. is - tl^e" idol of the old"mati f s heart. Blindness "coine& on tlie 'father yirlth old' ai_,eV The tjoV is ttiowh'ed' in; tne: v r6s'Jdm_J' ( v .'torl|ent;'. the ■girl v escapes' af ter' 5 a 7 flght' ' tor , life To save her fa<her's' : reasonV' i Jeaund cuts off ..lier .--hair, Jesses., in,. her, br,other r s> clothcsj anil pretends. tpV lie, Jacques, giving* out that Jeanne' was^drb^vhed.V "Then, her lover comes and she; cannSt explain, and not until her . falther's death is ilie way open .for; her tosgo to her- lover. Another special feature is.*;'The Pendleton Roundup," which displays -some wonderful rid^ ing and.vtlare-devil feats. In Episode 8 of th s e rr serial '"TJlxe Domino,"; LuciJi.e,l,bve agaifl, cleverness in outwitting a l^ost o^ Vdetectlves: ' ■ ". A ! flne' : Topical, Budget ' completes a ftret- j elass programme, which will be repeated *o-night."i ' '" V '. j EVERYBODY'S. j Tho .commencement . of the holiday season 1 for the public school was sighalised in a mailed manner at Everybody's on Saturday .night, when the popular Bessie Love made a triumphal return to tlie screen in the circus, comedy-drama, "The Sawdqst Ring." There .U a dramatic story, to interest the^ adults* but the children become engrossed \vi,th the Jtiumot^ous features. 7pf the romance, ' and the view's of a mammoth^ circus "on tour. Through a misunderstanding.' the .'-"wife of a great circus proprietor "leaves lier husband, and wltH her? dJiught^r she faces years of poverty^ The 7 mother's illness and the j. drunkenness Yot a - boy's fat her result in* a boy a^Sd girl running off with a ul v ,bld grey horse',' and setting up a little v circus *of their own. The pangs of hungea* drive them to a' summer boardinjrhonse to seek food. They provide great fun far the -boarders and are sent on their Way- rejoicing. Tliey venture Into , a< hh? to.wn aiid by their publicity methods take' the , Wind out of the sai^.iO.f ai Wg circus, and finally the girl is the means of effecting a reeoufciljiation -.between' hfi? *p,a»jent's:".^cissif* Love7>yih"s aU ; h^ar,ts by f actih_*; tho boy's role' fs spl^i^dlyand the -old grey norsd Ttfe'dome's' a great favorite, it is a picture that will be remembered with7"t)leasure. „The pro-' gramme a capital (gazette and the final episode ,of ( "The Secret Kingdom" serial. The 1 -curtain is rung down with the, triumph of the rightful king, Phillip, who embraces Princess Julia. "You .liu ye ;cQiue. into yo,ur^.kingdom, o my King," she says,; ajad he tenderly answers,' "All my kingdom is within my arms. "The programme will ,be repeated to-iiight and .to-morrow night. 1