KING’S THEATRE
“LOVEY MARY.” “Lovey Mary,” Bessie Love’s latest offering at the King’s Theatre, is a film of the highest quality. Bessie Love is first seen as an orphan, and it is tvhile she is under restraint in the orphanage that her baby nephew is entrusted to her care. The child’s mothei claims her infant after it has been cared for by “lovey Mary,” but the latter refuses to part with it, and to escape the unfriendly attention of the law,, leaves the orphanage by night and seeks a sanctuary at the Cabbage Patch. From then on events move quickly, and the picture is not without its comedy and* pathos. The artistic handling of the. picturo both by direct tor and actors, who show a rare delicacy of touch and insight into tfae beauty of- the original work, gives a production of the highest There is a strong cast, and william Haines is in the leading male role, and his romance with Mary is one of the bright spots of the picture. The supporting programme is goad, and includes a news, screen New Zealand scenic, and a comedy. The orchestra supplies appropriate music. '
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 4
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193KING’S THEATRE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 4
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