THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16348, 4 February 1924, Page 3

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

EVERYBODY'S. , I Of the many pictures of the Far North which ' have been exhibited on '.the local screen, few come within comparison distance of the newest Dustin Farnum vehicle "Bucking the Barrier,:' , which William Fox has produced and I which met with unstinted approval cm Saturday night. The tense frighlnoss "f ' the Klondike gold mining d'siih.ls is , exuded from the shadow? on llie Serocn ' and thrill the onlooker nncanni.y. '"B'jc-I: ing the Barrier" deals with the ' wanderings of a eonrpc'.css Kismet • taking Kit Cnrcw (Dustin Farnum) from the rough, outdoor life of tho Klondike mines to the finesso and • polish of London society, only to hurtle him back to the rigid, pitiless cold of the northern wastes, depressed and disil- , jlusioned. Arlino Pretty is Fnrnum's leading lady. "Timothy's Quest" throbs with interest and blends tears with smiles. Seldom, if ever, has there been a story of like whimsicality, wholesome- ' ness, sudden surprise and tender de!inea- ' lion of human nature. And the lending roles are essayed by two amazing j children—Joseph Depew and Helen Row- ' .land. In addition a rattling good iSun--1 shine comedy "Clothes and Oil," and a ' I delightful Fox News were shown This < programme will be, repeated again to- , night. I , i PALACE. I Elsie Ferguson,/in tin thrilling melo- ■ drama. "Outcast,'* supported by David I Powell. Mary MaeLaren and a splendid cast, will repent their successes at the Palace Theatre; to-night. Another melodrama on the bill is the sensational Russian story, "Bavu," played by Forrest ■ Stanley, and a superb ens'. The supporting programme includes a clever farcical comedy. "Pej o' the Movies," which shows a remarkably clever child star. The International News and the other attractions are {tucked with interI'fist. Elsie Forgusson's thrilling jump from a ship and rescue by seaplane makes a breathless climax in the "Outcast." Miss Fergusson's forte is emotional acting, and tlie part of Miriam gives her j plenty of scope The story revolves around twp persons, one a man, the other i a woman; both have started on the I downward path to most-the dregs and the other failures in life, when b« chance j'h.jv moot, and fate decides that the I woman will love the man devotedly. I Then having some purpose in life she r >■••his her way back to the lenders, dragging the man she loves with her. Just when everything appears to be safe, comes the other woman, married to a millionaire, and bent uuon winning back the other man who had almost forgotten her, and who- was saved from the deepest degradation by the heroine. From this on if. is a fight: woman against woman, till the manhood of the man springs to life. _ "Bavti" is a melodrama of the sensational events that are happening in 'Russia to-day; every scene has its thrill or its fascinating mvstery. There is not a dull moment in the sfory.