THE STAR THEATRE

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 February 1918, Page 2

THE STAR THEATRE

—Saturday— " One of the Many," starring Frances Nelson, is a great moral pantomime. On the screen is flashed the story of the struggles, the sorrows, and the regeneration of Shirley Bryson, the little manicure girl whose love for her invalid mother blinds her eyes to her duty to herself. It lays bare the pitfalls that beset the path of young girls who go out in the world to grapple with modern conditions, Especially it flays • those who take the attitude that a rich man can do no wrong, that youth, beauty; and innocence are fit commodities to be^ ' sold over a counter—or across a manicure table. It is unsparing in its denunciation of those parents, who, secretly walking in forbidden ways themselves, display hypocritical anger at the shortcomings of their children. " One of the Many" preaches in plain terms the doctrine that "they who sow must also reap." Withal it is a powerful and fascinating drama. —Wednesday— Burton E. Stevenson's world-famous detective novel "The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet," has been transformed into a remarkable and exciting picture under the title of "The Pursuing Vengeance." Sheldon Lewis has made a masterpiece of his interpretation of the agile-witted and elusive Crochard, " the Invincibe" and famous International gentleman crook. From the moment he steps upon the screen he grips and holds his spectators. It is one of the most startling and sensational pictures ever screened. Not till the last moment do the spectators of this masterpiece have the least opportunity to guess the denouement so surprising and unexpected is it.