MAORILAND PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 15 October 1919, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

"THE SPLENDID SINNER." Mary Garden (the Remarkable) appears in "The Splendid Sinner." a Goldwyn masterpiece, to be screened at Otaki to-morrow night. Mary Garden is spoken of as one of the greatest living decorative actresses, and in this great play she appears to advantage. Following is a brief synopsis of the play:—Dolores Fargis (Mary Garden) becomes disgusted with tho mode of living provided her by Rudolph Von Zorn (Anders Randolph), and rebels. Leaving him she takes quarters in the suburbs and there meets Hugh Maxwell (Hamilton Revelle), a young doctor. It is their mutual love for music which brings the two together and shortly they are married, Dolores keeping silent regarding her past. They move to the city, where Hugh finds it a hard struggle to succeed. Eventually Von Zorn locates her and shortly afterwards ruins her happiness by forcing his attentions upon her. Hugh learns all and departs. He joins the Canadian army and sails for France. Dolores, enlisting in the Red Cross, is placed in service back of the German lines. Hugh is brought in mortally wounded a prisoner. Important despatches secreted OB his person he entrusts her to ac: i. rto Allied headquarters. She is caught -..*"• taken before the 3erman cbraraander, .v>«i proves to be Von Zorn. Be offer* her and liberty if she will come back to hkft These conditions she refuses and g-"S before the firing sqv&d. 'A DESERT WOOING." This fine Paramount picture will be shown at the Otaki .Theatre on Saturday night. In this play Enid Bennett poiirtrays the role of a jaded debutante in a smart social set, who later develops into a Tesolute, loving wife in the Far West. Her powers as an actress of the first class amply demonstrate themselves. Miss Bennett's artistry, reinforced as it is by sweet charm and irresistible/magentism, neve* wa,s displayed to better advantage than in this fine photo-play.