LYRIC PICTURES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 May 1918, Page 2

LYRIC PICTURES.

—Friday Evening—

A comedy drama full of strong touches is unfolded in " Pots and Pans Peggie," the Pathe Gold Rooster play starring Gladys Hulette. Peggie takes a job as lady help, and becomes involved in a series of amazing adventures. She is tormented by the son of the house who is a dissolute man about town, and ia the tool of a scheming millionaire, infatuated with his sister, and scheming to sell a United States secret to the enemy. Peggy contrives to outwit the plot while, busily engaged at the same time in running a love affair between the daughter of the house and a very inelegible young man. The play contains delicious touches, the scenario being written by ■ Agnes Johnson, a young lady whose fame is far and wide as the maker of original stories for photo-plays. The supporting cast contains Wayne Arey and Kathryn Adams, two Pathe stars who are earning laurels in pictufedom. There are in addition two very clever children, Helen and Gerald who contribute some quaint and fascin- ■ ating humour to the lively action of the piece, —Saturday Evening— " A Perilous Love "—chapter three of Gloria's Romance—Gloria Stafford daughter of Pierpont St afford millionaire banker, and sister of David Stafford, finds herself in love with Dick Franeau and is rescued from a band of Seminole Indians in the Florida Everglades by him In reality Doctor Royce saved Gloria, and is likewise in love with her. When Pierpont tries to pay Franeau off with a cheque for a large sum, the young broker declares it is Gloria he .wants. To prevent the affair going further, Pierpont bundles Gloria back to New York,. and later sends her to a fashionable boarding school, it being understood that she is not to see or communicate with Franeau for five years, and if at the end of that time they still love one another, they may marry. Gloria spends her five years dreaming of Dick and enjoying a girl's pranfcs arid college, but Franeau goes into partnership with Frank Mulry on the stock exchange and finds business a losing gamble. Lois Freeman has married David Stafford in the meantime but flirts outragiously with Franeau, Lois and Franeau are to meet at the Opera for a quiet chat. Gloria returns from school, and her father and she visit the Opera. She is amazed on coming face to face with Franeau to find her idol has even failed to recognise her, having completely forgotten her. The big star feature, "The' Beggar of Cawnpore," will also be screened on this programme. —Tuesday Evening— "The Vagabond "—Charlie Chaplin is an itinerant musician, who, after a series of comic adventures in the city, finds that the competition of German Bands and hurdy-gurdys is too much for him, and he tries country life. Unfortunately on his travels he serenades a travelling band of gypsies with his violin. The gypsy leader unknown to Charlie holds captive a beautiful young girl, kidnapped from her parents years before. Charlie becomes interested in the girl, and incurs the enmity of the leader. In a series o^ excrusiatingly funny antics Charlie rescues the girl and drives off with her a m a oanvas-topped waggon. SCharlie isfWk however, rushed by a buxom country^ maiden who is infatuated with him, and making a quick choice between life with, the fat one and " going overboard," We dives over the side. A splendid Vitagraph drama, "The Enemy," featuring Peggy Hyland, will be shown on this programme.