SYDENHAM PICTURES.
On Monday next the management will present the famous Players great film of Miss Gaby Deslys, wnose magnetism and seductive personality, combined with her marvellous gifts of symphonic and ecstatic dancing have placed lier on the pedestal of fame and notoriety. "Her Triumph'' has been specially written for the great artiste, and might be a real story of her life, so graphic and convincing does it appear. It is no patchwork of incidents bunched together to show the talent of the artist as a dancer, but a, real, throbbing story of a woman's persistent efforts to ascend the ladder of fame. She is supEorted by Harry Pilcer, who also makes is debut as a film actor, as a- dancer in conjunction with Gaby. He has earned wido world celebrity; and assistedl by him in "Her Triumph," Gaby Deslys demonstrates her wonderful skill and charm as a d'anseuse, a performance that lias made her the siren of Europe, England and America. Each of the oilier characters in the drama is adequately, .filled, while the stage setting, especially the great music hall scene wherein Gaby does her worldrenowned danc:?. materially assist in completing a groat and wonderfully fascinating production. The box plan for the (icaf-on iv at and tin."re i* no extra fee for booking;.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11669, 8 April 1916, Page 7
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215SYDENHAM PICTURES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11669, 8 April 1916, Page 7
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