ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1671, 6 February 1917, Page 1

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“OUR PICTURES.” A story of matrimonial misunderstanding brought about by “the green-eyed monster” jealousy, is the latest; Triangle play, which heads the hill at the Town Hall this evening. Beautiful Bessie Barriseale whose acting in “The Golden Claw” and “Bullets and Brown Eyes” has made her such a favourite with picture lovers, is the woman who has a passion for suspecting her husband, and who thereby nearly brings herself Ufe-long misery. During an interval in the production of “The Green Swamp” Miss Barriseale said to an intervievvet: “I am getting more and more concerned about the story that is to be told and the story’s message. As far as lam concerned, I want my plays to say something to men and women. I want them to count as an influence in other lives. To me there is a great responsibility in the making of a photoplay. The good picture reaches an audience of millions. It ought to carry a great message of thought and helpfulness when it does that. While I was creating the woman in “The Green Swamp” I never forgot that jealousy was something vicious, even when it was natural. The public, has had enough of young love, dressing up and curly-eurls, and now demands the story with the punch and the actor who can deliver it.” This grand drama will bo supported by a splendid list of films.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

The change of programme for Wednesday and Thursday evenings is headed by a powerful drama entitled “The Pawns of Kate.” Pierre Dufrene, a peasant of Normandy, and his pretty wife, leave their picturesque farm for the gay world of Paris, confident that in Pierre the world is to discover a new artistic genius. Pierre is really the dupe of a wealthy Parissian painter who has fallen in love with Pierre’s wife. Lassalle, the Parisian, plays upon Pierre’s artistic; ambitions and lures him on to become at last the butt: of a cruel jest. His illusions shattered, and his faith in his wife dimmed, Pierre turns upon his false friend and takes partial toll for his wrongs in physical violence. In the depths of despair, Pierre is about to seek solace in suicide when arrested and confronted by the man he has mortally wounded. In his dying moment, Lassalle atones, and the reconciliation between Pierre and his wife comes in a scene of deep pathos and compelling heart interest. The supporting items include a good number of the Gaumonl Graphic, “Winter Scenes in Sweden (scenic), “Kernel Knutt Wins a Wife” (comedy), “Observing for the British Heavy Guns” (operations on the British front in France).