THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15317, 13 September 1920, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

THE SILVER KING

Tly. Palare Theatre drew an onormciia crowd to its .doors on Saturday, wKea Ilie -colossal production of "The Silvir King/ and the powerful Charles Uav drama, 'mil Henry, >- were ilie chief attractions. "The Silver King" is undoubtedly one of tho sci-eon masterpieces of the year, arid exceeded oxpecftit.ons with its network of thrilling scenic (lisplaMg. The. popularity' of "The Silver Xin I ;'' lias never waned. It- • Introduces' "a clean, sweet world of normal decent people m fate the spectator becomes keenly In'.erestcrl, and watches with the greatest, satisfaction tho fate that overtakes "The Spiilor," Elijah Coombes Geoffrey Ware, and others who • conspired against' the happiness of Wilfred and his wife, Nellie Denver. There jlre no impossible' ..situations m the, play; the characterisation is so good that the characters seem to live atyl b*ea,tue their livos- with the *on- • lookers. There are 'so 'many, exciting moments' -in the play that it -is difficult tn say which is the most gripping-, but the railway smash, the race fur tho *)erby are outstanding effects that will be retained m the memory. "Bill Henry." . which : features Iho popular Charles.. Ray, is. a stcvy ail action which ■makes for v bright, cheerful an«l sn;ijipy entei-tainmcnt; it. is ti talc of an .•nj)))';---tious youth /find -a Ijijr inv<-irfioh. wrifTon to delight ovo.iyono who n lilies a rousing play.. The. -love .si-encs w .. jiroMiiy woven, ami the final .climax Is ♦particularly attractive. . The supporting pr---gramme contains a number of excellent subjects.

EVERYBODY'S. The usual experience of a fully-booked circle and. a big demand- for other seats tar exceeding the supply^ was the condition of things at< Everybody's on Saturday night. In addition to cecinp a fcripieteature picture prograiji.'iie;: yie audience had -.the pleasure of hearing a former «nember v of ?tho Carl Rosa Opern Company, Madame Annette Hayward, who had proved^a, successful with the singing m connection with "The Miracle Man" picture. "New York Luck" is a Pathe feature, a five-part- comedy-draraa 7 with William Russell m the", lead. It finely depicts. the adventures of a yflay-dreainer. He was a small-town boy who would not write home a hard luck story, so he wrote a romance and lived it, incidentally winning tho city girl of his dreams. The play. is clever arid original, with a swiftlymoving plot. The Butterfly drama . Eternal Love" is a story which carries one from the fresh^ spring fields to the Latin quarter of PariSi some of the characters reminding one of the friends of "Trilby." Ruth Clifford and Douglas Gerard play the chief . parts. . Paul, an artist, visits a village and discovers m Mignon " an ideal model. Mignon falls iri love with tho artist, and he .promises to return. 'Again-^iri Paris, Paul wins fame fojK the painting, but m the gay surroundings forgets the girl. Migiiori reads of, Paul's injury m an accident. Tho girl, believing she can aid Paul, walks to Paris, only to discover hirii tho centre of ta wild 'studio, party. She runs away. < She is befriended by an old man, who; proves to bo a famous artist. He dies', leaving her, his fortune. Paul becdnves very ill. Finally sho goes to. him, arid her lovb is reawakened.' "Tho Pool of Peaches" is" a joyous cpmedy m which niahy pretty girls take part. Mnda^o Hayward; was recallea with much enthusiasm, her- songs coriiprisimj "Annie ■batarie;" "Killarney," and "Ho>^o,i Sweet Home," and her 'jnanner, of pingring these old favorites* was quite a rtvelation to niany.v To-night Miss Kor^-'v, the fine pianiato ■ who was m, "Tim Miracle 'Man" orchestra, takes, up a. similar position m Everybody's orchestra.