AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, 11 March 1922, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

COSY DE LUXE. “SALVATION NELL.” A picture painted in the colours of romance, humanity, and interwoven ■with joyous thrill of love, with a touching pathos and crowned with a climax that touches the deeper chords of emotion is “Salvation Nell” the famous Edward Sheldon play. It will be the First National feature attraction at the Cosy de Luxe Theatre to-night. Against backgrounds of New York’s lower East side and of the splendour of upper Fifth Avenue Whitman Bennet has produced a cinema story under the direction of Kenneth Webb that is wholesome, human, and exalting. Few will soon forget the unselfish and devoted character Pauline Starke; the weakness and the ultimate triumph of her lover, Jim Platt, played by Joseph King; the •honest and straightforward figure of E. T. Langford as Major Williams; the pluck and persistence of Hallelujah Maggie, portrayed by Evelyn G. Carrington; the cold and heartless saloon-keeper, Sid Govern, characterised by Charles MacDonald; the snaky and brutal Al McGovern, played by Matthew Betz, and the- follower of the philosophy of the misguided Myrtle Hawes, portrayed by Gipsy O’Brien. “Salvation Nell” is as true as life itself. PARAMOUNT. “The Silver Car,” which will be the attraction at the Paramount 'Theatre to-night, is a melodrama with an international atmosphere carrying several surprising twists amid much rapid action. It is a visualisation of Wyndham Martyn’s famous novel “The Secret of the Silver Car,” and offers Earle Williams an exceptionally fine role in which he can display his versatility. Kathlyn Adams, well-known leading woman, has been cast to appear opposite the star. She is the blonde type of unusual beauty required by the story. The entire cast is made up of the 'same strong calibre which has. characterised the Earle Williams productions. There are many big scenes in the feature several of which are very N'-ectacular and thrilling. The plot offers exceptional opportunities in the ' 'iy of scenic backgrounds, as many of the scenes are located at the famous ancestral castle of Count Michael Tempsvar in Croatia.