"WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN."
HIS MAJTfISTY'S
The Universal film " Where Ar,e My Children ?" which is to be screened at His Majesty's Theatre for a season of three nights beginning on Thursday next, for a limited season, is a pictorial warning against .race suicide. It is claimed that there is nothing in any way indelicate or offensive in the manner in which the subject is dealt with in this picture. At -the same time, as no good purpose could be serve 6* by admitting those; of tender years, the Film Censor has decided that no person under 18 years of age shall witness the film. Described as a powerful screen sermon in five acts, "Where Are My Children? " created a most profound impression upon many thousands oF spectators in Australia, and is now doing the same thing with great effect throughout this Dominion. Th.c plot.is said to form a scathing indictment against the social evil of race suicide. Daring as the theme is, those who have seen the picture declare thai; there is nothing gross in it. It is a story of a woman's selfishness and her terrible remorse, of an unsuspecting: husband yearning for children, but sympathetic with his childless wife. The silent tragedy of it all is said to wring the hearts of all beholders. In contrast is shown the happiness of others surrounded by the children they desired and welcomed.
"Where Are My Children?" has broken all records at Auckland Wek lmgton and Christchurcli. The'surest way of securing a seat to see the great drawing card is by reserving early at Upton's Music Warehouse, the Avenue. '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17005, 5 June 1917, Page 6
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268"WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN." Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17005, 5 June 1917, Page 6
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