ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2309, 30 July 1921, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

Proclaimed 'bv critics to he the most delightfully original screen comedy of the year just faded out. Constance Talmadge’s “Love Expert” lives up to its repul titiouevury minute of its six reels. Popular conception is the theme note of tlnpie ture. For instance* this is the day of experts, and what is : monnatural, if unexpected, than a “Love Export,” and Connie is the young, romantic school girl who lakes it on herself to develop the original science of the heart and its emotions. All the scenes wherein she unwinds the plot of the story, and in order to get for herself the man she loves, has to get married off Iwo impossible sisters and a deaf and decrepit old aunt, are productive 0! screams of laughter. Yet with all the farcical comedy that is introduced (here D a grain of possibility that makes the picture all the more delightful entertainment. Prices, fid and Is Id. On Monday an extra special attraction will be featured, the exceptionally fine film, “Kathleen Mavrnirneen.” This picture is a concrete film example of what most producers strive to accomplish but fail to obtain. The picture version of the poem may he said to have no superiors and few equals in the field of motion picture production. The old Irish poem has been translated into scenes of exceeding beauty and realism. The Irish peasantry, the 1 uive’s home, the ladies and lords, and the Hashes of Ireland's picturesque cottages form an effective background seldom seen, even in these days of unusual picture making. During (he screening of the picture “Kathleen Mavoimieen” will be sung. Prices: Is Id and Is 7d.