LYRIC PICTURES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 13 June 1918, Page 2

LYRIC PICTURES.

—Friday Evening—

" Hinton's Double " — Pathe •Go IdRooster plays have . always kept a standard, but in this picturel-the studio has turned out what is reviewed as its masterpiece by the "American critics. Erederick: Warde, ;as the hero, is seen in a double role which is a, supreme achievement of character acting. It enacts the part of a confiding goodnatured old clerk who is exactly like a rascally shar«broke, John Hinton. The latter persuades Joshua to impersonate him and serve the sentence in goal which he has earned, promising to pay Joshua's daughter an income to keep her in luxury. The false-hearted scoundrel breaks even this bargain, and leaves her to destitution. The rest of the story is full of dramatic surprise, and contains a strong and convincing love story. The photography deserves special remark, and there is a number of remarkable interior scenes, especially of the prisons. Kathlyn Adams is a charming and beautiful heroine. ■ —Saturday Evening— _ t " The Wharf Rat "—Carmen Wagner is an orphan, the daughter of a musician whose career was ruined by the nagging of her stepmother. Her grandfather, a violinist also, hates all women because of his son's ruined career. He tries to save his grandaughter, whom he" adores, makes her a woman : hater, and brings her up disguised as a boy. While in this guise she meets and becomes friends with Edward Holmes, a law clerk. Carmen and her grandfather run away and become vagabond musicians. Edward Holmes, consulted by the stepmother, is delgated to find them; He airests the-wrong couple and is discharged. •In this plight he meets Carmen and her grandfather, who live in a derelict vessel and make a living by violin playing in the street. While proj tecting Carmen from a drunken sailor j Edward is badly hurt, and is taken .and j cared for in the old hulk. They outwit . the other detective employed by the stepmother, and all ends happily. • •• —Tuesday Evening— Miss Gail" Kane iri'the World Film, drama, "On Dangerous Ground," a splendid dramatization of a' great story. Containing many strange scenes in Alsace-Lorraine and on" the Belgian frontier, it is a Wonder-play of the War in which a young doctor finds himself in a network of Secret Service intrigue and assists a beautiful' French girl spy to escape. The war j scenes are particularly good, while the acting and photograpyare of a very high standard.. The supporting programme • includes a splendid comedy. , —Wednesday Evening— The five-part Metro drama- with the attractive title " The Dawn of Love," is a; striking romance of daring ''and desperate adventure in connection with a" band of modern smugglers who"succeed in getting large quantities of silks, furs and laces past the Customs. Mabel Taliaferro, whose consistently good work is gaining great popularity, is seen in a splendid role that suits her, admirably For a large part of the picture she is attired picturesquely.in a costume that has all the convenience, of boys' clothes, with feminine grace added—she isimown as « Jack " and is altogether a clarmmg little tomboy. Besides,a novel love there ar. many beautiful and v artistic touches and startling situations, f including the burning of a' lighthouse^ and a dramatic scene in a smugglers'V^lf cave along the coast.of Maine '' :-&■:' " Blastincr " f«^ +:„—,. . . rfv"