THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15090, 12 December 1919, Page 3

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

— . -. — — - . i EVERYBODY'S , Norma Talmadge in # "The Devil's' Needle," 'ancl Mary Miles Minter m the great newspaper story "Powers that Prey," together with the Railroad -RaidH ers' serial and the Max Linder comedy, "Max Wants a Divorce," which have} commanded good houses at. Everybody's, J will be finally presented to-night. j To-morrow's change will be' the Select} drama, ''Romance and Arabella," fea- j turing Constance Talmadgej, and the j Metro masterpiece, "The Hidden Child- j ien," starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison, m "Romance and Arabella," Constance Talmadge, as a susceptible young widow, with her weather eye alight fpr a "second," provides saucy delightful .entertainment m hQr various escapades and .her many and varied suitors. For the "first time m their screen careers ) larold "Lockwood and May Allison will appear "In a great historical production, "The Hidden Children," adapted from the famous novel by Robert W. Chambers. The suppoxts-ivill be .Qf a high class and fully m keeping- with the above fine features. THE PALACE. The current programme at the Palace ihas been received with delight by the audiences.' William Farnum features m : "Rough ahd Ready,", and has the character of a-strong personality. Indian Joe's struggle .with the hunter'-* trap m which he is caugW is realistic, while the, -tremgth necessary to carry the old miner through the snow is part of this able actor's clever featuring of the charaoter he represented. "Private Peat" is the story ot a young author who went through two years v of the war. The Paramount film based on this novel is a perfect" screen expression'of the best work. To-morrow's change of artists hold, two big stars. Halo Hamilton, featuring m "That's Good," has. a. story of ro-ie humor and wit, showing that ap. easy-going and happy demenour often covers, a [••iatiir_ as dyiYalfttc. -' a'nd elecTnc;"*as a thunder storm. ,T„ere is a romatic (heme running rtbrojtgh the play that is unusually "clever. "The Marriage Ring," with Enid Bennett, the young Australian star, featuring as the wife of an unworthy husband, gives her a part that enables her to exercise tlie great gifts of emotional work she. is celebrated for. The supports are good. . L