MOVING PICTURES

Southland Times, Issue 19102, 21 November 1923, Page 10

MOVING PICTURES

When a petted daughter of luxury is left suddenly with nothing in the world but the gorgeous gown which adorns her charming back it is time for quick action. Maybe she’ll act rashly, unconventionally as Agnes Ayres does in “The Daughter of Luxury,” a sparkling and brilliantly produced masterpiece coming to the Civic this week-end. She plunged pell-mell into a turbulent tangle of adventure—and a love affair with Tom Gallery. Zasu Pitts has a fine character role in this one.

“Love in the Dark,” with Viola Dana, makes the new programme at the Civic sound particularly attractive. This is rattling good comedy drama of the kind that Viola knows so well how to do. There is plenty of speed and pep in the story, which has quite a few surprising twists to it. Cullen Landis, Arline Pretty, John Harron and little Bruce Guerin are in the supporting cast. Peter B. Kyne wrote the story of “The Long Chance,” which is now on at the Civic. The name of the author should be sufficient guarantee of something wortji while, and when it is realised that the leading roles are played by Henry B. Walthall, Ralph Graves and Marjorie Daw it will be readily conceded that Civic patrons are in for something good. Valentino’s next will be “Camille,” a modernised version of Alexander Dumas’ classic. Nazimova appears in this with Valentino. The combination of these stars and the story resulted in a phenomenally successful season at the King’s Theatre Wellington, recently, the business done creating a new record for the House. “Camille” will be seen at the Civic soon. “The Shock” which comes to the Civic on Saturday for an engagement of three days, is said by metropolitan critics to be one of the most unusual pictures produced in months. The principal male role is played by Lon Chaney and the feminine lead by beautiful Virginia Vaili. These two stars are supported by an excellent cast including such well known players as Christine Mayo, Walter Long, Jack Mower, Henry Barrows, and James Wong. A reproduction of the ’Frisco earthquake is one of the big thrills. Hoot Gibson has just the kind of role that he has always wanted to play in “The Galloping Kid,” his latest Universal starring vehicle coming to the Civic. It is that of a tramp cowboy with an unusually interesting philosophy of life who gets by on his sharp wits alone. He lands the pleasant job of chaperoning a cattleman’s pretty daughter, portrayed by Edna Murphy, and finds that he has been missing something for many, many years. The story is one of the “Misfit” series written by William H. Hamby, well-known contributor to the American magazines. Elsie Ferguson made of “Outcast” her greatest success on the legitimate stage. This success has been more than duplicated in the pictured version which is to be screened at the Civic next week. Hubert Henry Davies wrote "Outcast” several years ago, and so great a success was it acclaimed that it was soon translated into many languages, and has been played in a great number of countries. The story is of a man who goes down into the depths and is reclaimed by a woman, whom he seeks to cast off when he becomes rehabilitated, only to find a real love, which brings understanding with it. David Powell, William H. Powell and Mary McLaren are in the supporting cast.