MAOSILAND PICTURES.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 6 August 1920, Page 4

MAOSILAND PICTURES.

< • PAME AND FORTUNE.’ ’ An extremely interesting and thrill ;„ K picture is to be shown to-morrow night, with Tom Mix ns the star. The plav, “Paine and Fortune,” is the best thing Tom Mix has yet done. The story tells of a young man who, born ill the wildest part of the woods, suffers from the roving spirit. Alter vents of wandering he returns home to timl his father dead and an effort being made to client him of his inheritance. The conspirators try incidentally to murder him. but he escapes and jails into the hands of a young woman who nurses him back to life and with whom he falls in love. Put the real activity of the play is centred around a group of men who have left the town to liecome part of ii. new oue. Tom Mix espouses the cause of the new town, and when the leader of the old gang tries lo steal the girl the hero loves, there is a series of fights that stand out even in these days of heroism, both reel and real. “GINGEE MICK.” The extraordinary and instantaneous I success of “The (sentimental Bloke” j which broke all records in pictureland | and which continues to pack houses i throughout Australasia, is sufficient re ’ commendation for its sequel. “Ginger j .\!ie|;.’’ This second Australian six- ! reel screen classic, presented by E. .1. i Carroll, is even better than its famous i predecessor. i The story is skilfully woven around | the three cenarol figures. Ginger Mick J (Gilbert Emery), The Bloke (Arthur I Tauchert), amt Doreen (Lottie Lyoll). without sacrificing in any detail the incidents accorded in tlic original verses by 0. .1. Dennis. The departure of Ginger Mick for the war, and his glorious deeds and death at the front afford splendid opportunities for dramatic contrasts between the simple home life of the Bloke and the clamour and tumult of the battlefield. It is this departure- from the ordinary routine of things that adds extra interes! to “Ginger Mick,” and at the same itine enables the producer to achieve magnificent photographic results. The doings of Ginger Mick—“the rorty boy’’—“the naughty buy”—his troubles with the “cops”—his methods with the “Chows”—his rough love-making with his sweetheart. Rose --his departure for the front —his life • n Gallipoli—his cobber. “Keith,” “who wears perjarmer soots and cleans ! his teeth”—his glorious finish, and the | reception of the news by those who I .“understood” and loved him form a tale that will stir the emotions of every Australian heart. • The' film will be shown at Otaki on Wednesdav.