ROYAL PICTURES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2231, 27 January 1921, Page 2

ROYAL PICTURES

A doctor, a celebrated scientist and a native of India, is hopelessly in love with an aristocratic Scottish lady, whose young sister is about to be married. Before the wedding the young bridegroom receives a letter from an Italian vendetta society, which he had joined from curiosity. Ho*postpones the wedding, and goes off to India, where he contides in the doctor, telling him that he had drawn the lot to execute an t.) If ending Italian judge. The doctor promises'to save him, and .on the way to Italy, disguised as a native servant, he drugs the young man making him seem dead. A dummy is thrown into,the sea, and the young man escapes disguised a> a sailor. But a man and woman of the society follow the doctor to Scotland, where they quarrel in the presence of the doctor, and aftci the woman, in a passion, stabs the man to death, the doctor promises to do what he can to save the murderess. The story ends with the parting between the Indian doctor and the Scotch girl, who confesses her love, but states that she dare not defy the prejudice of race. “The Man Beneath,” to be screened tonight. On Friday evening, and at Saturday's matinee will he shown the English star with the cheery smile, James Knight, who gives a remarkably attractive rendering of the principal role in the Hanna production, “Big Money,” an all-Eng-lish picture, with striking novelty of plot, and beautiful scenes and settings. The story is taken from the well-known novel, “A Run for His Money,” and is a winner in every sense. No one will regret < seeing •‘Big Money”—it is all-satisfying.