PALACE THEATRE.
“WEST OF THE WATER TOWER” AND “HOODAIAN BLIND.” Glenn Hunter, the newest film star will be seen for the first time here at the Palace Theatre to-day in tiro remarkably thrilling picture of the most, widely discussed novel of tiro year “West of the Water Tower ’, a tremendous story of reckless .youth and its. .ove and the dramatic consequences. May McAvoy is at the head of (he lady members of the cast. The second attra’ctiou on the bill is •Hcodman Blind" in which the popular Gladys Hulettc is the leading star, supported by David Butler and one of tlie finest William Fox easts ever assembled. Tlio supporting programme is a special one and includes the latest Sunshine comedy, the Fox News, the Paramount Gazette and the World News. “West of the Water Tower” tells the big story of the son of a minister who displeases his lather by liis association with Beatrice Chow', a daughter of one.of the wealthy men of the town. The young.couple are driven into a secret marriage. Through an irregularity tlie matter of the registration of the marriage was delayed. What follows makes a drama that throws the searchlight on the narrowness and the false modesty of a certain section of- a community. It is a daring, absorbing picture about one of the most widely-discussed topics uf the day. With the dramatic force of tli is picture is c oupled the name of a new star, whoso personality has made him famous. “Hoodman Blind” is another tremendous drama with the action laid in England. The whole of the William Fex east went to /England to produce the picture which is based on the thrilling melodrama written bv two of the greatest English dramatists. It. Was one of the most thrilling stage melodramas. The shipwreck scenes, the beach fights and the primitive passions that are depicted in tlie picture have stirred every audience to the depths. Every scc.i.o has a thrill -and a purpose all its o-,r". and the pr 'duetion is oil a most lavish scale. The matinee to-day starts at 2. Tiro plan is at Muir’s.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9853, 5 November 1924, Page 6
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