AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19365, 23 July 1925, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

MUNICIPAL PICTURES. “A WOMAN OF PARIS.” FINAL SCREENING It is the unexpected, unforeseen happenings in life that tend tv make living interesting. In “A Woman of Paris” Charles Chaplin’s drama of life, which was screened to another large audience at the Opera House last evening, are the unexpected happenings of the photoplay, showing something new and different in the motion picture, creating new and added interest to this form of the public’s entertainment and recreation. In the first place it was unexpected that the justly famous Charles Chaplin should even temporarily desert his comedy roles for the production of the serious drama. It had been unthought, of that he would produce a photoplay in which he himself did not appear, yet these and more unforeseen happenings have come to pass, and it is the unexpected incidents that appear in “A Woman of Paris” that make it the most interesting photodrama yet produced. In this Charles Chaplin production for United Artists Corporation, the movie fan w’ho can always anticipate the next incident or what will follow is going to meet with a reversal of form. Chaplin outguesses one at every turn. Where one may visualize a scene to or what will next happen, one is treated to something entirely different, yet there is never any feeling of disappointment, so quickly does one realize that he is witnessing something just a little better than he anticipated, something new, something more interesting, something altogether away from the stereotyped form of movies. “A Woman of Paris” is a distinct departure from anything heretofore ever presented on the motion picture screen. The final screening of this great picture will take place this evening. In addition there is an excellent supporting programme. Box plans at H. I. Jones and Son’s. Commencing at the Opera House tomorrow will be screened a special double feature programme headed by “The Shooting of Dan McGrew, ’’ from the immortal poem by Robert W. Service, a hurricane of thrills from the moonlight of the South Seas to the bright lights of Broadway and the Arctic Lights of the Ear North. The second feature “A Woman's Secret,” is a drama that pulsates, mystery that bewilders, adventure that leaves you gasping, intrigue that grips—all in a typical Mae Marsh role depicted in her own inimitable artistry. A fascinating I picture; an enthralling story.