AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 27 October 1916, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S. Last night the enterprising management of Everybody's Pictures p’jtsented another capital programme, the feature being Mary Pickford in a five-act drama entitled “Fanchbn the Cricket.’ ’ In the “Moving Picture World” of recent date Mr Stephen Black reviews the picture as folloWs;—“Carefully weighing my words and use them with a conscience I reel that any tenn other than perfection would be inadequate in appraising the merits and the artistic value of this feat are It captivates and fascinates, and before ve know it we are beguiled into happiness. Other good supporting pictures make np a programme that shouldn’t be missed. ‘ ‘ WITHIN THE LAW, ’ ’ Commencing to-morrow at the matinee at Everybody ’s Theatre there will be introduced by the J. C. Williamson Film Company an elaborate photoplay adaptation of the famous American stage drama, “Within the Law.” This notable production i s favoured by the fact that it is enacted in pictures bv Miss Muriel Starr in the leading role, and the identical company that w r as associated with her during her triumphal tour with that play through Nev Zealand some time ago. w

Bayard Veiller wrote “Within the Law” with the object of revealing the elasticity of the American law, and the scandalous administration of the law in that country. It oncerns an orphan girl, who, though quite innocent, is convicted and sent to gaol on a charge of having stolen goods from her employer. The trial was a travesty, and'it taught the girl a bitter lesson. On her release she joins a gang of criminals, who prey upon society in such a manner as to be immune from arrest, as they keep within the letter of the law. To be avenged upon her former employer the girl lures his son to marry her. There is a poweful dramatic scene in which a police spy i s shot dead by a burglar using a patent silencer on his revolver. The plot is so skilfully evolved that the interest i s sustained right up to the curtain falls. In addition to this big attraction the management will present their usual Saturday programme which comprises “Without a Country” H-a three-part spnsationaj, Nordisk drama—Charlie Chaplin in a two-part comedy entitled, “A Night in the Snow”; and a war topical. The management claims this to be their longest programme and greatest attraction to date, and expect a record house. There will be no* increase in prices. THREE STARS. * Never in the history of pictures in Taihape has a picture been shown to cause more amusement and merriment than that shown last evening to a full house—“ The Submarine Pirate.” The picture is more than amusing; it is a work of art. It would bo impossible to explain it here; you must see it to realise the whole affair. It will be shown again to-night, and will be supported by the first of the Triangle star features, entitled, “The Coward.” It is one of the newest and greatest of the Triangle plays described as a powerful and exciting story of the American Civil War. The play is enacted in a gripping and creditable manner. Frank Keenan takes the part of the fire-eating old colonel, and adds appreciably to his long list of successes. Charles Kay is the cowardly son, and his impersonation of a man governed by an uncontrollable fear is particularly striking —the attitude of the man, the restless look in his eyes, the drawn, face, the twitching fingers being very realistic. Some interesting and artistic effects in costumes worn by ladies in the last century are worked in. The exactness in detail is such as is found in few cinematograph pictures, and does much to make the production an exceptional work of art.