EVERYBODY’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9854, 6 November 1924, Page 6

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE

KATHERINE MACDONALD IN * ‘CHA STIT Y’ ’. O VERWHELM ING SUCCESS.

As a rule screen beauties are not called upon to do much except to be photographed to ( the best effect, lit is a matter which usually involves much posing, elaborate lighting effects, and gorgeous costuming, hut in “Chastity” the First National attraction showing at Everybody’s Theatre, Katherine MacDonald the “American bea.uty of the screen” docs some acting that ranks amongst the finest of her motion picture performances in its emotional effectiveness. While accustomed to expecting remarkable delineations from Miss McDonald, one is overwhelmed by the artistry of her performance in every particular. Cast as an employee of an art decorator’s shop. She is seen in both rich, and poverty-stricken environments, and she gives faithful characterisation to the contrasting roles. The cast, which includes Huntley Gorman, Gunnis Davis, Frederick.. Truosdell, Edthye Chapman, Jane Miskinn, and Russell Ford, is an ideal one. The Mermaid comedy ‘“Blazes” is from start to finish a swiftly moving, comedy filled with innumerable “stunts ■ which are particularly novel and clever. Travelogue, “Trout Fishing” (interest) “The Rural Cinderella” comedy, English, and Bathe Gazettes are the other supports. These attractions will he repeated to-night-.