ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2412, 1 April 1922, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

Stewart Edward White isperliaps the most popular author of his kind in the world/to-day, and not the least popular of his much-read novels is “The Leopard Woman,” which has been picturised by J. Parker Read Jr. In the title rple of this feature, Louise Glaum is starred with the virile and powerful House Peters playing opposite her. The story is set in the locale of the African Congo, with all its wild lavishness of scenery and beauty, its negro characters, its wild animals, and its torrid heat. The story tells of a strong man’s fight against the ' wiles.of a beautiful and cunning woman. An extraordinary* romance 'springs up between the two, and a great diplomatic tragedy is averted through the woman’s realisation that she loves her enemy. Harold Lloyd will - be seen in a comedy, “Hand to Mouth,” and “The Terror Trail” will be screened, all at usual prices.

j; On Monday, Jewel Carmen will be presented in “The Silver Lining.” In this fascinating romance by Roland West, in which love and law come to grips* beautiful Jewel Carmen, as “The Angel,” gives to the sensational role all that gripping vitality which marked the actual occurrences upon which the picture story is founded. As told by a United States secret service agent, two waifs are adopted from an orphan asylum. One is taken to a home of wealth and refinement, where she is given all the advantagages of unlimited money and high social standing. The other, known as “The Angel,” is reared in the home of skilled thieves and educated in' the .devious ways of defying the law. But tricky fate, with sar-

donic humour, brings the two former

inmates o£ the orphan asylum together, and the thrilling contest of -v* the society - belle and the girl of crookdom to win the man that both desire brings about a climax thril- - ling and unexpected. "Usual prices.