AMUSEMENTS. POLLARD’S PICTURES.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS. POLLARD’S PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT

This evening (Monday) the beautiful Florence La Bailie will be featured in the Pathe Gold Booster play—“ The Pillory” to be screened by Pollard’s Pic stmts at the Princess Theatre. The “Pillory” is a sad story of a woman’s life. Most ingenious use is made of seriptual tests in the fine drama. In the mouth of old Deborah (a strong character) these quotations are used with dreadful effect to harden her resolution to expose tiu* past of a woman who is trying to atone by good deeds. Florence La Bailie is a most attractive heroine, and hoi girlish grace is full of charm in every scene, The story is very natural and of the intense order. The scene in which Deborah bursts on the guests at the -Judge’s house and tolls them of the sin of the hostess is terrible in its dramatic intensity. The well known actor, Gale Brenner, plays tin* part of the heroine and a: good supporting east give a capital pourtrayal of the play. The drama is full of human emotion and genuine pathos. The sad story of a woman’s past teaches the lesson : “Judge not people by what they have done but by what they are doing.”

PRITCHARD’S' PICTURES

IT RSI)A Y.—“PAMELA’S PAST.’

Ono. of those unique displays which please patrons of Pritchard's Pictures so greatly will he presented at the Opera House on Tuesday evening, when Maud Fonly and Irvine Cummings will apear in that great emotional drama. “Pamela’s Past,” adapted from the novel “Pamela Con grove, which comes from the pen of Francis Aniynr Matthews. The story tolls of Pamela’s heart being won by Lord Chartcris, the head of a gang of smugglers, who, ns a return for the consent of Pamela's father, promises him admission to the ranks of the smuggling gang. He consents and is afterwards betrayed by Chartcris, and is put to death in accordance with the penalty of those times. Pamela swears to avenge her father’s murder, and stabs Chartcris, who is wily enough to protend death. Pamela joins a dramatic company and rises to an eminent position in her profession. The Duke of Harlow proposes marriage to Pamela, hut she declines, thinking that her past renders her unworthy of the love of an honourable man. The Duke takes Pamela to a grand hall at Trevor House where the load of guilt is lifted fro.ni her heart when she discovers her lawful husband, who is as unscrupulous ns ever, and determined to steal the Trevor jewels. Pamela is suspicious and keeps watch. She discovers her husband in tl‘lo act of stealing the jewels, and he adroitly removes suspicion 011 to Pamela, and only Harlow takes her part. Charteris’s plot fails, and he then kidnaps Pamela, hut is pursued, and shot by Harlow. Pamela is rescued, and consents to marrv her reseller, who is the only man she ever loved. A big budget of supports will also he shown, including Paramount Gazette, Paramount Travelogue, War Topical, and Christy Comedy; while the full Orchestra will also he in attendance to add to the pleasure of the evening’s entertainment.