ROYAL PICTURES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2366, 10 December 1921, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES

You’ve seldom seen sueh a torrent of power as surges through “The Scoffer,” to be shown at the Royal to-night. Stannard Wavne, imprisoned for his friend’s act, played false by his wife, and venting hi?; fury upon them both years later in a God-forgotten trading post, in Alaska. Dr. Richards, coward, thief of his friend’s wife, cringing in terror from Wayne's vengeance. Alice Porn, love-profligate, first Wayne’s wife, then Richards’ mistress, tied to him by the last shreds of a waning passion. Margaret Haddon, girl of the snows, seeking with her love to find a responsive glimmer through the cloud of Wayne’s hale. Boorman, brute, slayer of his own wife, yet flinching before the whip a. girl holds. Could your faith in Providenee ever be shaken by misfortune which might lie visited upon yon? If your faith were shaken under such circumstances, could you remain strnnged very long, the answering of these two momentous questions forms Ihe basic principle upon which is founded the story of “The Scoffer.” Extra: “The Fatal

Sign.” On Monday Louis Joseph’s Venue’s popular novel, “The Bronze Bell,” will be shown. This has been adapted to the screen by Paramount, under the direction of Thomas 11. luce, and presents a stirring picture of Hindu activity in British East India. Because of the dramatic interest of the story, its beauty and massiveness as a production, the feature is sure to evoke much comment. The story deals with a rebellion against British authority, which, however, is an incidental feature merely, for the powerful love romance dominates the action. Much of the action develops in a Hindu Temple, and in America. Courtenay Foote and Doris May are delightful in their portrayals of the leading roles. The prices of admission will be Is and 2s, plus tax, children half-price.