THE PICTURES.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s entrance into the domain of pictures was an event in the dramatic world, and a surprise to all the critics. He has, however, made an amazing success as a film actor, and one of his greatest performances is as the father in ‘ ‘ The Old Folks at Home,” to be screened at the Pictures on Thursday. The story is founded on the oldest of all themes, parental love, and its pathos is intense. The acting of Josephine Crowell, as the mother, rises to tremendous heights in the last trial scene, where her impassioned appeal for her son’s life is successful. Mildred Harris is dainty and convincing as the country sweetheart of the old folks’ son, and she has ample scope for her reserve of emotional power The “unwritten law” plays an important part in this play, and its nse is powerfully lent to acquit the son of the consequences of his hot-blooded crime.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7915, 7 August 1917, Page 2
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