THE SILVER KING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15315, 10 September 1920, Page 5

THE SILVER KING.

HIS TO-MORRQ^ ;" The. plan .for "The Stiver Kinfe 1 * %fc Muir's for" the performance at v His Mapesty's Theatre , to-morrow is filling rapidly, and it is advisable to book- easily to make sijre of Bebing this great mttsteri piece of picturisatibn. In additidft 'M "The- Silver King* Charles Ray ■" wiiljfee presented m flthe ' fiverroel. dramatlm play "Bill "The SlTver King" ieatures William Fav(?rshdm; as Wilfred 1 $3>h>' yer, and Barbara: Castleton as NelHe D^M ver, with 'a :_upppi ; ting cast chosen fi-biti the best 'Hhglish stage performers,^ ffd play is more / ptpular to. New Zef(iah;d2 ers than "Tbfe, Silver King," and: thift mammoth production of, the fine dratttliic screen version of this hqs advantages^oVci the speakiiig stage. Tliere is, of coUrto, a gi-eater variety of scene, with more/'doi tail. Again the racecourse, is depicted with all its breathless excitement. ;> #he m,urd9r of Geoffrey Ware^ is. swift, sa/V&gei the act of a desperate, 'hunted man.-y^tit the human element is equally powerful to stir .the emotions. The men with; v, a' charge of murder on his mind fleeing tpfe country; his return, rich- but f ullof fhideous memories I the poverty m which ihe found his f aniily. These ishake .'the 'fteal't to the - depths. • pno of the big scenes m the -play is an oasis m the desert. .Dbrj^ wr, almost dying ■', of 'thirst, sees aybeftutiful jiool.of cbld-.iwater m tho scorching sands. He bends dbwil to drin!^, but the .water*.. vanishes' 7 before his eyes. The scenb of the* happy/ reuniou between , Dbriver; and his wife is one of the y most touching portions of this, wonderful stdly. "Bill Henry," whichi features Charles. Rfty, is- the best production this popular phryer •has screened. The. supporting -progi'dn^mo is especially chosbn. The performance will start at 7>45 irfiarp, , The box plan is at : Muir's. :.;' 'y -'•.•:"'-''•' -' : ■■'..' '-V., .