MAORILAND PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 26 April 1920, Page 3

MAORILAND PICTURES.

THE BALCONY OF DEATH

The Hyuopsts of (he abow picture, to br-> shown to-morrow night, i- as fob low.*:—A sportive widow. addi<■ted to card- and slow horses, lias gambled away her fortune.! and i oiiseqiiently she cannot provide any dowry ''or her daughters. The elder daughter, in love with a young lawyer, i- jilted by him, on learning that she is dowerless, and the mother decide- to take both girls to Monte Carlo, to woo elusive fortune. by means of a sudden windfall in the shape of a dividend ot ill'", the result of a tip she had torn some distant relation. On the way to Monte Carlo they meet with a wealthy count, who falls in love with the lady of the blighted hope.-, and msrric- her. When they are settled down the bad man of the piece, in the shape of the lawyer, appears on the scene and throws up tt the young wife her alleged horrid past. As she has not yet told •her husband anything of the previous affair, she if at once alarmed, and on his pressing her she submits and makes a promise to leave with him. intending, however, to tell her husband everything and go away alone. The importunate lover turns up at night, just as she is departing, and drags her on the balcony, which subsides, killing him and badly injuring her. Her husband, understanding everything, forgives her. and all ends merrily. '.iThe Death Dance," a big feature, will also bs shown to-morrow night, and as it is a sensational story, splendidly portrayed, should command attention. The settings are good, while many lovely frock- are shown. On Thursday. Dug. Fairbanks, who figures so much in a divorce cr..-e with Mary Pickford. will appear as .-tar in the great thriller. "Say, Young Fellow." Particulars next issue.