ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2071, 23 December 1919, Page 2

ROYAL PICTURES.

A packed house is anticipated at the Royal to-night when “The Sentimental Bloke” will be screened. Fully a million people in the Commonwealth and New Zealand have laughed, and sometimes cried, over (he eolocpiial sentiment of the Bloke, and followed his career from two-up player to orchardist under the guiding iullueneo of Doreen. Now those characters are to he brought before the 800,000 weekly patrons of the motion pictures, for C. J. Dennis’ story, “The Sentimental Bloke," has been adapted to the screen. And it has been done well. - .£ .Mr Dennis himself chose Mr ArtfiJ '■‘l ur Tanebert for (be role of the' Bloke, and Miss Lottie Lyell as Doreen, and those characters have ,; mdy to appear for a few minutes in. (he Him to provide positive proof of (heir right to be there. The piclurc itself is a distinct achievement, jelleeting (he whole spirit of the book, with every word of sub-titles taken from “The Sentimental Bloke," and thus even more firmly , establishing the connection between book and picture. To-morrow night, “Opportunity,” featuring Viola Dana, is the chief attract ion. It is one of the brightest and cleverest film stox’ies yet shown. A special programme has been obtained for Christmas night, and on Friday, “Satan in Sydney,” a revelation of that side of Sydney that ~ * most people know nothing about.