AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1929, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

“THE ENEMY’’-TO-NIGHT. Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer’s special production, “The Enemy,” which is to he shown at the Princess Theatre to-night, deals grippingly and convincingly with ttye psychological, not the physical, side of war, and sharply contrasts the glory of the front line trenches with the hunger, fear, and despair of the civilian population, following a young war bride through her desperate struggle to “ keep the home fires burning.” The. personality and sound histrionic talents of Lillian Gish lift her great role into the regions of supreme artistry. It is alive with romance, with disillusionment that is inseparable from war, with all that is good and selfless in woman and her love. Miss Gish proves with clear-cut emphasis she is still undoubtedly the screen’s most inspired and appealing (feminine star. “ The Enemy ”is not a war picture. It is the story of a love that withstood the onslaughts of war and those insidious enemies—loneliness, hunger, and poverty. As the young wife and her soldier husband, Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes are an unforgettable couple. How they became separated by war, how they struggle to find each other again, and how at last they are re-united by the man they had called “ The Enemy,” is told with simple sincerity in this unusual picture based on one of the most successful stage plays of recent years. / The supports include topical, serial, and comedy.