LYRIC PICTURES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 February 1918, Page 3

LYRIC PICTURES.

—Friday Evening—

" The Woman Next Door "—After careful viewing of George Kieine's potographic production, the predominant impression is that the story is well connected and clearly told. One never loses the thread for ian instant, so that attention can be thoroughly centred on the other important features of the procuction, This, of course, is attributable to the talented adaption of the drama to photoplay purposes, and to the cameo precision of the sub-titles, letters, etc. When Jenny Gay is telling Tom Grayson her story of the wrongs inflicted by the villian, Jack Lake, the intelligent spectator cannot fail to observe and appreciate the deft manner in which i concurrent incidents of the photoplay J are introduced. Heretofore, so far as my observation is concerndd, it has been the custom to have the pictures tell such a story continuously, but in this instance time is considered an important factor, and so the other incident, which takes place contemporaneously, is introduced at the proper moment. These breaks occur without impairing the continuity of Jenny's story, by the use of carefully-worded sub-titles, and they contribute largely to the pleasure of the spectator, because they furnish, at the proper time, sssential links of the main story. —Saturday Evening— " The Bad Boy "—Thejstory of the degeneration of a lad is strikingly unfolded in this unusual Triangle play. Robert Harron takes the leading role, and is well nigh perfect in it, The first scene shows the incorrigible Jim at school, always in dire trouble and the disgrace of the village. Harshly treated by his father he runs away, and then beoomes the associate of a bad and dangerous gang of criminals. The change in his nature and the sudden realisation of where his deeds are leading him, come about with beautiful naturalness, and ! the play will be greeted by all picture- I goers as something quite out of jthe ordinary, Mildred Harris, Triangle's 16-year old star, is the most exquisite /heroine, both in the early scenes where she is at school, and in later years when grown up she still has faith in Jim, and eventually brings about his return to better things, The settings of the soenes are wonderful, particularly in the night robbery at the Bank. —Tuesday Evening— ° The Velvet Paw "—American politics at their stormiest form the leading motive in this big feature. The heroine is a beautiful young woman wh,o is skilfully converted by a clever old scheming politician into a dangerous feminine lobbyist, She ruins one career after another, but real love conies tq her at last and'she realises the infamy of the game she is playing. The Congress scenes are fine, and the film ir remarkable for splendid pictures of Washington, the Capital, and the other magnificent Assembly and Government buildings of the United States. There is also a genuine peep at President Wilson (without his typewriter), and the whole investiture of the play is mO st cqnvinoing. House Peters and. G ft ii gane are both s-.en to great advantage.