PRINCE EDWARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 308, 20 March 1928, Page 15

PRINCE EDWARD

“THE UNBORN” Probably one of the most discussed psychological plays of its time is the special attraction which will be shown at the Prince Edward Theatre to-night. Dealing with the great problem of birth control in a refined and dignified manner, “The Unborn” has created a stir wherever screened. Essentially a woman’s picture that has been described as “a page from a woman’s soul," the film tells of events in the life of a small town girl, who marries a wealthy young business man from Chicago. Convinced by false friends that she is not good enough for him, the girl returns to her aunt in the country, broken-hearted and about to become a mother. Her husband, convinced that she has deserted him, divorces her, and is drawn into a marriage with a worthless woman of a fast set. The first

wife’s baby is bom in great poverty and without medical assistance, and becomes the sole care of the little . mother. Meanwhile the second wife, surrounded with every care and expert attention, rebels at the pros- , pect of motherhood. Her husband discovers

her pleading with the family doctor, and in a very tense dramatic scene denounces her for her cowardice. From here the story works up to a tremendous climax, and is filled with engrossing situations, superbly enacted by a cast of sterling American players, including Alee B Francis, Caisson Fergusson, Margaret Bannerman and others.