AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“WHY GIRLS I. FA V K HUM Ik" MONDAY “Why Gi11... Leave Home" i iip-i, date in its various situations, settinp and technical details This is a pi, lure that we approached rathe

septic-ally. with the idea that it might develop into a moral lecture, a pictorial preachment, with a deal of maudlin melodrama. However, it is

quite a fen l Ik-r in the respcctivt caps nl' producer and director. (lint they have made a first rat entertainment from a play, the ihenu of wbicii fins linen worked lo deatli upon stage and screen. After the first lew lent, the offering strikes its stride and Imilds a. drama, tlio appeal of whieh carries lunch '■fore.' and realem. Pictured with considerable insight, (he pers]>ectiv(‘ is as clear as sunlight. and the result is that the feature entertains beyond all expectations. What lakes place could reasonably happen, ami is undoubtedly happening, in hundreds of homes every day. The theme simply (joes back to the principle of rearin'' a child and serves lo fe.aeli parents tile delicate task of bringing up children is as human a way as possible- which is to play with them and enter into their confidences. appreciating the fact that the undeveloped mind of voulh is hitlldy impression.,l,lc. There is no recourse to platitudinous preaching. nor fabe .sentiment. I- v-rv scene is clearly dC'fined and has a* definite place in the action and incident. With the technical equipment above reproach, it has only been necessarv for the ea-l to interpret the roles as closely related to life as possible. This they hnv< done and Miss Ntllson and her competent east go through their scenes so that every note 1= well emphasised, From the moment that the idrl haves the environment oi her home, because of a stern and crotchety father to the time when a reconciliation is effected as lm sees the light of understanding. the picture holds mu at strict attention because o' its dram a tic sweep, suspense of the action and the intelligent portrayals ol tilt ■ east.