ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2137, 8 June 1920, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

To-night, at' the Royal, June Elvidge will be seen in a powerful World film drama, “The Bluffer.” The story, briefly, is:- Sybil Van Nm-dcn discovers herself penniless on the death of her father. Vaughan, her father’s partner, whom he cheated along with others, cynically advises her to bluff if through, and innocent of the world, it is all Sybil can do. A money lender stakes her and she makes a match with a supposed catch, only to find that he, too,'is a bluffer, like herself, and he forces her to prey upon Aforan, a wealthy Westerner. It is Vaughan who finally rescues her from the quicksands and leads her to happiness, hut not until her adventures have been many and desperate. To-morrow night the Jewell sixpart [day, “The Co-respondent,” will ho screened. “The Co-respond-ent’ is pielurised from the play of the same name by Alice Beal Pol-, jock, and is produced by Ralph W. luce. In settings, lighting, direction, photography and titling an unusual degree of excellence was attempted. Ralph W. Inee personally directed the production, putting hdo it the best fruits of the thought and experience that has given him an enviable position among (he pioneer screen directors of America.