"BABBLING TOUNGES"

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15043, 10 April 1919, Page 7

"BABBLING TOUNGES"

The Ivan Corporation is to be congratulated on the super-drameu "Babbling •Tongues " which is being- screened . at Hayward's. It is. & story of,,extraor-" dinary force, and conveys one of. the , most powerful indictments ever conceiv|ed against scandal and the terrible conI sequences which can follow from' such I trifles as a veiled remark, a. lifted eyebrow, a secret nudgS, ana all those other I trifles which added together can Become a mountain of evidence against innocent , people. The cast is a powerful one, and is led by James Morrison and Grace 1 Valentine, who botn do fine work in difficult roles. The story is-that of the husband, the wife, and the other man In this case all three are honourable people, but babbling tongues, on no evidence at all soon connect the wife's name with that of the friend, and as a result the husband eventually died through a duel wound, while the wife and friend are /driven into each 'others arms as outcasts from society. The dramatic power of the story is unusually strong, and tEe picture stands out as one of the really great ones from every point of view. Picture-goers and others interested in the result of the referenI dum on the licensing question which , takes "place to-day wilh be pleased to 1 know that arrangements have been made to announce the returns immediately they come to hand, and therefore one can be kept informed of what is taking place in other parts in comfort and view a nrst-class programme at the same time.