AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 5 October 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THREE STARS

‘ ‘ The Dark Silence. ” this is a remarkable film, giving Clara Kimball Young great opoprtunity for her wonderful power of delineating emotion. The story at first proceeds on lines that strike one as not unusual. Then, suddenly a great series of dramatic situations develops. The heroine is faced with a problem “Shall she assist her husband to regain his sight, well knowing that if he does, she may lose his love? The film is rich in extraordinary photographic effects, among them notably being several glimpses of the mobilisation of the French armies and peeps at the enormous Parisian crowds in the huge city squares. If there is one thing harder to fit to an actress than a gown, it is a story or play, and of all stars hard to please with a film play, Clara Kimball Young ranks with the first. “The Dark Silence,” was personally selected by the great artist for her appearanceunder Capcllani, and in writing the scenario, Paul West its clever author, had her in mind in the arrangement and construction of the plot. She plays the role of an art student who goes tc Paris to complete her art course. She is exquisite in these scenes, bat her wonderful beauty is no less apparent in the garb of a Eed Cross nurse. ‘ ‘Heaven pity me when he Knows,” This expresses the agony of the tortured heart of the heroine of “The Dark Silence.”

EVERYBODY’S

“My Country First’’ a patriotic picture of remarkable appeal will to-night be screened at Everybody’s This picture which is six reels in length, has owing to its enthusiasm stirring subject matter proved to be a very popular picture. It is more than an entertainment. It is a picture with a purpose which should be seen by everybody. Supporting this star feature is an interesting topical Budget and a laugh-To-morrow Saturday commencing at the matinee the wonderful picture production “The Divinity of Motherhood’’ will be shown. It is a picture that should appeal forcibly to every section of the home circle, from the grandamamma to the latest arrival in the family. Briefly it is the story of a woman who preferred the vortex of pleasure to the joys of maternity, and who found out as the years went by that she had sacrificed the larger for the lesser, and that v while other mothers were living a life of happiness with their growing little ones, she was doomed to the barrenness of a lonely desloation. Incidental effects include a number of exceptionally pretty child effects, showing the gathering of the babies from) \thc flower beds, the old gooseberry bushes under which every baby has been found since Adam delved and Eve span.” This picture will be supported by the beautiful Greek myth, “Diana the Huntress,’ 7 introducing the famous classic dancers.