LYRIC PICTURES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 29 November 1917, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

—Friday Evening— "The Scarlet Oath"—Nihilists and their enemies, the Russian Secret Police, figure prominently in this splendid World Film drama. Gail Kane plays a dual role in this fine play, and her power of painting intense emotion is called upon for tremendous effort in some of the scenes in this melodrama. The story ends with a great dramatic punch, the real destroyer of Savaroff, the Russian Departmental chief, paying the penalty, while Nina and her sweetheart are re-united in eternal happiness. The scenes in Warsaw are most wonderful, and were taken prior to the German occupation of the unhappy Polish capital. The supporting films are a fine selection. —Saturday Evening— " The Captive God " —in which William S. Hart is starred on the Triangle programme, is the story of a little Spanish boy who is cast upon the shore of Mexico early *in the Sixteenth century, when that country was dominated by the Aztec Indians. Never having seen a white person before, the natives, a tribe called Tehuans, bring him up as a God and call him Chaipa. On reaching manhood he is given authority over his entire tribe. He falls in love with the priestess, Tecolote, and she yields to his advances although she is quite unworthy of him. Then the Aztecs,-s^r that under the White God tie Tti-.uans are very prosperous, and start fortli to conquer them. The Aztec army is under command of Mexitli, chief General of Montezuma, and having conquered the Tehuans he carries oft Tecoloe as his personal slave. Chiapa follows as a spy. In the garden of Montezuma he is wounded by a guard, but Lolomi, the beautiful daughter of the Emperor, saves him. They fall in love. Then is brought about a sequence of thrilling scenes with a smashing finish. —Tuesday Evening— " Daphne and the Pirate " —the Bride Ships of France —Captivating and bewitching Lilian Gish, makes a welcome re-appearance in this charming oldworld production by the Triangle Fine Arts Company, under the direction of D. W. Griffith. It is a story of the days when Louisiana .was a French colony, and bride ships sailed from France across the pirate-infested seas with girls destined to be auctioned as wives lor the French settlers. These were the days of wigs, of powder and patches,.the belaced and scented roue, the rapier and the duel, and every detail of fascinating romance which the genius of D. W. Griffith has limned orr the screen, is historically perfect. The story opens in old France, where Philip dv Mernay, son of a noble house, appears at the zenith of his career as a handsome debonair profligate, to whom all pleasures come easily. He meets Daphne, the daughter of a gamekeeper, and piqued by her cool independence and maidenly rebuffs, arranges for her abduction. Duels and complications follow, and a dramatic train of events places Daphne in a bride ship bound for far Louisiana, and Philip in the midst of a pirate crew. You^ should gee what follows.