ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2323, 1 September 1921, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

The play, “The Point of View/' to be screened to-night, is by Edith Ellis, and has been screened by Selznick with line effect. Elaine Ham-mer-tern is the star of the production, and it may be truthfully said that she ha- never had a role boiler ,-ailed to her talent and personality than i- found in the attractive and womanly character of Marjorie Tliorncroff, the heroine of the story. The director, Alan Cro.-land, has taken pnrlieular pains to develop the dramatic atmosphere of the story, no doubt being left in the mind of the spectator as to the character attributes of each individual, from the hoy Maitland, who is the soul of democracy, to the parent Thorncroft. -1 niggling blindly with unhappy circiim.-tanecs under the influence id' Ihe erroneon- point of view of the aristocrat. A- an extra a further cpi-ode of "The Silent Avenger" will be -civonod. Mary Boland, who is featured with Lucy Cotton in the Sefeencrafl- production of "The Prodigal Wife,’’ to be -hewn to-morrow night, care- little for whether the -lory pro-cut- her in Ihe most allraelive light or not, so long a- it providethe opportunity for real acting, and contain- a me—age that will touch the heart- of audience-. In "The Prodigal Wife” Ali-s Boland is called upon to depict a woman wlm iulterly destitute and .wretched. Fnderjy the dramatic force of the. -lory i.- a beautiful object lesson of the value of ideals. The manner with which Alls- Boland bring- I hi- purpose home to the onlookers i- a signal tribute to her own ideals, and to her remarkable talent as an actress.