THE PICTURE WORLD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16507, 7 August 1919, Page 3

THE PICTURE WORLD.

| THE PEOPLE’S. ' MADAM PETROVA. "THE LIFE : MASK.” j Peter Milne, whose criticisms :iro usui ally so severe writes: "Mine. Petrova I tackles the murder mystery plot in ' "The Life Mask,” her latest picture, ! producetl by her own company, and it presents one of the most skilfully knit i plots of this type which the writer I has seen. Events preceding the mur- 1 der aro handled with a lino disregard lof values. And even though the proI duccrs have stared that there is to bo 1 I a murder the interest is accumulative ! and tho suspense increasing in proporI lion until this point in tho story is reached. Hero the author has deftly '• shadowed various of tho characters with suspicion, and tho unravelling of the •mystery odors entertainment as sustaining as the first half. The author has triumphed, lie has written a fine picture, and the picture has been quite ideally presented. The season concludes to-morrow. EVERYBODY’S.' MADGE KENNEDY AND TOM MOORE. A girl selected a name at random from a telephone “book, and in order to prove her ability as an actress ; pass- ] ed herself off as tho widow of tho ] man owning the. name. This is tho , theme of "The Fair Pretender,” Madge J Kennedy’s latest Goldwyn release, now . showing at Everybody’s Theatre. How ] the supposed dead husband materialises . in real life and causes embarassing complications, which are ably contributed to by Tom Moore, makes a rich comedy with humorous situations. Another episode of “Tho House of Hate” is included on this programme which shows finally to-night. THE EMPIRE. MARY PICKFORD AS "STELLA MARIS.” TO-NIGHT. Tho big Artcraft special feature, "Stella Maris,” commenced its local season at tho Empire this afternoon, when a special matinee, was held at 3.30. j This picture has for its star dainty j Mary Pickford, in a dual role, as tho j, daughter of love and tho child of hate. As “Stella Maris” you will be given an opportunity of seeing the versatility of £ Mary Pickford as tho sensitive, beau- | tiful, and sympathetic and loved by all | “ Stella Maris, in which character sho !j----displays acting abilities of marvellous j appeal, sincerity, and depth. But her "Unity Blake” is a wonderful bit of character drawing. She succeeds by sheer art in making tho lumdiback s beauty of soul as apparent as her physical ugliness. It is a wonderful performance, humorous in its appeal, so in contrast to that contained in the other character she portrays. Through re- . markable photography both characters aro shown on the screen at the same time, and effects aro obtained which have never heretofore been successfully , attempted. "Stella Maris” shows again to-night, to-morrow night, and at both matinee and night sessions on Saturday, j Seats for any night can now be reserv- . ; ed at Collier’s.