MARY PICKFORD AS "RAGS."

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3563, 25 September 1916, Page 2

MARY PICKFORD AS "RAGS."

1 The loading feature- to bo screened at His Majesty's Theatre "to-morrow evening is entitled-"Rags." The interpretation that Miss Pick lord gives to "Rags" is'quite inimitable. Her portrayal of the spirited, loyal _ little creature, always reads to fight in defence of three.she loves, stands oiit as one of the "Biggest performances of the .screen. After st brief prologue, in, which "Little Mary" plays the role of a deserted wife, there is a lapse of years, aiul in an excellent scene the audience is introduced to "Rags," the offspring of the unfortunate marriage. It is a scene which immediately establishes the.r.attire of tho character, and is also distinctly humorous. A stray do 0" is being decorated with tin cans by a gang of boys. "Rags," wearing an old pair of overalls, and somebody s cast-off blouse, straightaway becomes the champion of the much-abused dog. There is. a charming romance in the girl's attachment for the young Easterner at the conclusion of a sharp contrast, revealing "Rags" transformed into a young lady of wealth and fashion.' 'Hie story ripples along buoyant and enthralling, at times pathetic, but at other times evokes waves of laughter. Tho "Patho Gazette" with the latest animated news is an acceptable icclusion.