LYRIC PICTURES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 April 1918, Page 2

LYRIC PICTURES.

—Friday Evening—

•' Kitty Mackay " —Lilian Walker makes a bonny Scotch lassie in this delicious Greater Vitagraph drama. She dances a fine Scotch reel close to the camera's eye, cracks a succession of perfectly delightful Scotch jokes, and frolics and dimples through the story until the tragic moment when she thinks her life is to end in dismal heartbreak, Sadly she. returns to slavery after her pilgrimage to the homes of the rich and great, and in thess scenes her acting rises to great heights. However, the story has a glorious ending, and we find, everybody supremely happy as the "end' appears on the screen. The plot is an original one, taken from the play of the same name which had such a unique English and American run at the leading theatres, and the cast is a powerful one. Charles Kent, as the old lord on whose shoulders is the responsibility of so much suffering, does fine work, and Jewel Hunt as Kitty's Scotch chum is perfect. —Saturday Evening— Gloria's Romance—("Lost in the Everglades ") chapter 1. CastGloria Stafford BILLIE BURKE Dr Royce Henry Koiker Richard Freneau David Powell Frank Mulry William Roselle Pierpont Stafford Frank Belcher Lois Freeman Jule Power Gloria Stafford, daughter of Pierpont Stafford, millionaire banker, and sister of David Stafford, goes to Palm Beach, with her family to spend the winter. Here they meet Judge Freeman and flis' daughter Lois, old friends, and Gloria is introduced to Dr. Stephen Royce, a goodlooking young physician who is attending Judge Freeman. Gloria resents the tasks set by her governess, and welcomes the assistance of Dr. Royce in solving her algebra problems. David Stafford grows to admire Lpis Freeman, but finds that lie has a rival in Richard Frenau, a young broker. One night Gloria slips away from beneath the watchful eyes of her governess, and goes for a spin along the beach in her brother's big racing car. Suddenly the steering gear goes wrong and the big motor swerves straight out into the Atlantic, Gloria manages to get out of the car, and wet and begraggled sets off for the hotel afoot. She loses her way, however, and dawn finds her wandering in the Everglades. —Tuesday Evening— " The Rise of Susan," starring Clara Kimball Young—Susan's father dabbles in the arts, and by her work in a fashionable shop their home is maintained. One day she is late and is discharged!1 but as the model is suddenly called awjy she is re-engaged for that position. P. When Mrs Lucket calls to see some gowns she is much struck by the new model, and when the Countess who was to be the guest of honour at Mrs Lucket's reception that night, sends a note of apology, sayit would be impossible to attend, Susan is prevailed upon to appear and impersonate the titled guest. There she meets Glavering Gordon and the two fall in love, much to Mrs Luckefs disgust, as her daughter has set her heart on having Gordon. On the wedding day Susan exposes the sham of her title and swoons being taken secretly to a hospital. She takes up nursing. Nina and Gordon are married, and six years pass. Ninon becomes deranged by drugs, and Susan is assigned to nurse her. A happy ending follows.