AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES. “ The Weaker Sex,” featuring Louise Glaum, Dorothy Dalton and Charles Ray to be screened by Pollard’s at the Princess Theatre to-night is a thrilling Triangle drama of excellent quality. The story proves that, if a woman is more able than a man she is sure to be victorious, and relates the career of one Jack Harding, who was the stepson of beautiful Mrs Tildeu who was a woman lawyer until she married a man of her own legal profession. Jack, living a reckless life, becomes entangled with a Cabaret singer. One night a pistol shot puts an end to her life and her ambitions and at a time when she was endeavouring to steal the boy’s money. Jack Harding is arrested on circumstantial evidence for the murder of the Cabaret singer. The case is complicated by the political obligations of his father, who is compelled to prosecute bis own sou. 111 this dilemma .Mrs Tilden who loves her stepson, comes to the rescue from her retirement and is retained as consulting lawyer for the defence. In a masterly crossexamination she gains a verdict in favour of her stepsoii and restores . him to his father and happiness. “ Love’s Reward,” ; tlie last episode of “ Gloria’s Romance ” will bring about the close of a great and charming film novel.