AMUSEMENTS.
£V £ BYBOD VS PICTURES, “A WOMAN OF STONE" MONDAY On Monday next at the Princess 'I liealro tt special l-iist National Feaitnc will lie presented starring Alice Joyce. .Marjorie Daw and {.live Jlrook in "A Woman of Stone." Frank stiiylon. tin- well-known novelist, in responsible for the shiny ol “The I’a ".ion.ale Ailvenlniv'’ |)iicinre title “The Woman of Slone.’ The [Jot is woven round ilie sincere ami pa-sion-ale love of Adrian St. Clair lor his
beautiful hut (old. unresponsive wife, Min.-illa. and the seem s are laid part ieiilnrly amid 11i" 11 society and slums l.otidoii. Tile action is quick, and 11.is si• s rapidly from one tense episode in the next. While the .situations are mn-t uiiiisiial, they are so didicately handled that not evi n the most relined seiisihilit ies could he offended. The stellar role of Mrnsilla is played hv that ini omparahie screen actress.
.Mice .loyie. Her chan ierisation of Ihe cold and mir. sj .oiisive wife. and. later, when she deseovers that- she really loves her husband, is a truly remarkable delineation, a lift one which will add much to Miss Joyce's alien. |y brilliant reputation, which dates hack in early Victorian days, ( live Brook portrays Adrian St. Clair, and lie brines to the (dial nrlerisal ion a strength and masculinity which is rarely -linwn by a leading man—even 'the best of them. We do lint hesitate in predict a glowing future for him. The role of Viekoy, the little slum girl who falls in love with Adrian, is taken by Marjorie Daw, who needs no iut rod net ion as a most capable and loving actress. A startline and wonderful story. It is a great novel made inia a still greater moving picture. “The Woman of Stone'' from Frank Slayton's daring story “The Passionate Adventure." Mariia.ee a failure, life a lore, he found excitement in the lower strata ef society. A vivid and compelling portrayal of what wre: ka.ee a cold woman can brine to a man's life. The latest in Topieals. \ Trip to Otnki (scenic! and “Roys will he Hoys" (comedy) complete, the proem m me.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1925, Page 1
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354AMUSEMENTS. Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1925, Page 1
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