EMPRESS THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12608, 19 November 1926, Page 3

EMPRESS THEATRE

“THE BLIND GOODESS.” The programme. ■which commences at the popular Empress Theatre todav is certainly: worthy of all • the good things said about it. “The Blind Goddess” and "Black Cyclone” are the two features. In addition a picture of the funeral of Sir J6meß Carroll, and the latest Rathe Gazette, are shown. The mock pageantry of the law in America, and the unequal struggle between right and wrong, form an interesting and powerful theme for this new romancedrama, “The Blind Goddess.” The story in brief portrays the thrilling romance of a young prosecuting lawyer, who is forced to sacrifice the girl he loves to adhere to his ideal of duty. The action is laid in a background that ranges from the grim routine of the criminal courts to the «mart social atmosphere of Fifth Avenue's exclusive homes. Everv sequence is a climax in itself, and each sequence as it is unfolded leads up to the tremendous courtroom scene where tho daughter demands the life of a woman who later proves to be her own mother. The well-chosen cast includes Jack Holt, Esther Ralston. Ernest Torrence, and Louise Dresser. Box. Inc wild hoTse. who was last seen in The Kins of Wild Horse*,” is the star of "Black Cyclone,” which is said to be even more sensational, amazing, dramatic and spectacular than bis first picture. ‘Black Cyclone” is as refreshing and invigorating as the wind which swept the Nevada plains where it was photographed. It is a clean, vivid picture of the life of a wild horse, and if it is thought that it lacks drama, one has only to see Rex making love to Lady, a coy thoroughbred. or see Rex’s spirited fights with a mountain lion, a wolf pack, and the 'filler—a villain if ever there was one in birsefiesli. The picture of the funeral of Sir James Carroll is most impressive, and shows the Maoris paying their last respects to their beloved friend and the man who did so mush for them.