ON THE SCREEN.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 69, 14 February 1918, Page 2

ON THE SCREEN.

" Bawbs o' Blue Ridge." A dainty maiden who has been brought up in total innocence of all that love means is the central figure of " Bawbs o' Blue Ridge " the brilliant Triangle drama to be screened at Matamata on Saturday. The role is taken by Bessie Barriscale, whose shapely form is quite easily discoverable in the quaint garment of tags and tatters that she wears in her wanderings on the mountain side. There she is discovered by a pilgrimage-making city novelist. The little heroine soon forgets all the lessons that her mother taught her, and finds that she is is a woman with a woman's feelings. One quaint scene is where she appeals to the mountain oracle, the owl, as to whether she is to marry the handsome stranger or the old miser, who has discovered that she is entitled to a fortune. The latter character is a fine piece of dramatic work, his fears that he is to lose the happy owner of a pass-book and her fortune being splendidly portrayed. Another special attraction is a long Keystone comedy, entitled " Pinched in the Finish." This is a film of 2110 ft., which is said to be unequalled as a laughter maker. A Gaumont graphic completes the programme.