THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15714, 4 January 1922, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

PALACE THEATRE. The new programme presented at the! Palace Theatre, to-day is one that challenges the best that has been shown at this popular picture resort. The two main attractions, "The Girl of the Sen." and "Life." , the great spectacular. Paramount -Art-craft n'clodraimi, are magnificent features, thrilling scenes abounding in each. The story "The Girl of the Sea" concerns Mimi, the daughter of a scientist named Verrilf, who, when dying, left all his pi'operty to his wife. Among the assets is a gold mine. -Mrs Verrill offers the captain of the schooner a third interest in the mine to lake hero civilisation. The se'hVmer is wrecked, and the daughter of Verrill ifwashed ashore, where she lives lor years on the natural resources of tin- island How she is discovered, and dives to. where the schooner is lying and recover;', the proofs that.the captain and his confederates .sank the schooner to enrich themselves, and how she eventually falls in love, are only minor incidents in a story that never loses its interest. Betty Hilburn is charming in the leading role :• she is very pretty, and her swimming and diving, feats' are remarkably brilliant. "Life," is a smashing melodrama with plenty of big sensational scenes. The story concerns mostly Billy Reid, a handsome young sldck- ■ broking secretary. He marries, secretly, the daughter of his employer. The son' of Billy . Reid's employnr is infafrmted i with Muriel Berrisford, an advent mess, and to gratify her whims, he forges his father's name to a cheque. The forgery is blamed on Billy. At a big ball ghvn at the' Stuyvesant millionaire home some one fires and kills the millionaire, and this leads to many exciting situations. The production is on a most lavish scale. The supporting films arc particularly good, and of a 'varied order. A matinee will be held to-morrow at 2. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

An unusually large after-holiday atten dance? marked, the matinee session at Everybody's to-day. Commendation in respect of the leading feature,. "P>.irefisied Gallagher,*' was general. As "Barefisted Gallagher'' William Desmond has a. happy-go-lucky role. The .-•• ~.•/ lias lots of peppery action, at I!! <- same time carrying a. brand of hum a- yvJ.ScJi. gives the popular, big star pleay el •)>- portunify "lor the 'manipulation <;• bis fist-;, and delightful Irish smile. There is ;i pretty girl who lias .flU'riV;' stagerobber in'the disguise of a liny ; a bad Mexican who comes to grw! -vlcn "Barefisted" dangles him by his i< rs with his head, in a creek r.rlcr .. desperate fight,' and then get* "hot. 'hen lie tries to robthe stage aiid place the evidence on■ Gallagher, aiid nuiiy [inn '■'■ bus types of the Catlle-eounirv.' •a. higher sets a .trap for the robber. A tense ■dramatic situation develops when he learns that the girl he has fallen in love'with is the robber for when Ik. 1 las set the death-trap, and he rides out to warn her. Agnes' Vernon, a Mule ;ot,ghrider. plays the girl-bandit, while Frank -Limning makes ,the meanest >i<:i'sc&n villain ever shown tin the. s-.-iccn. Eqv.ally popular was the second presentf.ion, '•The Twin Pawns." Mae Murray's winsome, and atfrati.ive person.-vliv-y .has earned' Iter' the title of the: "Maul omanv moods." In "The Twin Pawns' she has every, opportunity to disnlav these many moods, playing twin sis tors, whose respective, environments arc to! illy diversified, and throughout the actios: of the drama Iter dual roloe call F-r characterisations whioh run almost the entire gamut of • the human emotions. In addition "Prince Pistachi" (comedy), "Gut of the Ink Well" (Goldwyn-Bray cartoon), and Pathc Review were shown. This programme ■ .will be repeated tonight, .z! ■ i