AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD’S PICTURES.

FANNIE WARD IN-,“THE CRY * , QF THE 1 WEAK.”

On,Monday a Rathe super feature starring Fannie/ -Ward in her> greatest creation “The Cry of the Weak”—.a drama of gripping and intense moral interest. “The Cry of the Weak” contains an enthralling, interesting; story with a big gripping and humanitarian theme. It emphasises without “preaching a propaganda.” The theory, tjjat a great mupber of - the crimes which .are committed to-day are based, on vengeance against the hardshness of, .society-, and that many criminals if given the proper .opportujnity may he retained. “The Cry of the Weak” will make a very profound appeal to all classes. Fannie Ward asserts! that in “The Cry of the Weak” she has' done the best acting of her career. She considers Mary Dexter.in “Tho Cry of the Weak,” as her screen masterpiece, l;etter than “The Cheat.” She should surely know. From start to finish the story is a vivid page of real life, showing how a girl brought up jin slum surroundings rose superior to her environment and how her -weakminded brother remained in- the underworld until reclaimed to a better life by a devoted sister’s love. Another of Outing Chester’s beautiful scenics will also be shown, entitled “Getting. Cassier’s Goat.”