AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 27 October 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY'S .To-night another double feature .programme will be presented at Everybody's. Bertha Kalick, one of t-iie greatest ,of actresses and the only dramatic artist in the world who can be seriously considered as the successor to Sarah Bernhardt appears in the recently released photo-drama "Slander," presented by William Fox. Mme. Kalick plays the role of a mother who loses home, husband, and children through liaise accusation. The deadly poison of slander has Hasted her character. All that she loved has been taken from her. The husband has taken the children by court decree. One of the scenes finds her thus stripped of her all. Her children are to pass her on the street and not permitted to even look at her. Another big item on the programme is a Famous Players comedy drama "A Girl Like That," featuring Irene Fen-wic-h and Owen Moore. A "Victor Moore" comedy entitled "Some Doctor," and the Paramount Gazette complete a real 200 per cent programme which should be seen by everybody.

THREE STARS

A clever jewel robbery forms the central incident in the smart Triangle drama "The Honourable Algy" now screening at the Three Stars. The crime takes place on a steamer in the Atlantic and the shipboard scenes are wonderful pieces of realism. "Algy" the hero is a sound piece of character acting by Charles Kay, the handsome Triangle star, who wears a monocle with skill and looks the part of a young English aristocrat to the life. The story is neatly constructed and has a delightful ending. A lordling in search of a rich heiress is the character delineated by Charles in the title role of "The Honourable Algy'-* "Noblesse oblige" is a motto that gets various treatment at the hands of the two aristocrats Lord Eockmore and the Honourable Algy, the hero of the smart Triangle play. The fourth episode of "Gloria's Komance" will also be shown, There is also a splendid Gazette. The whole programme is for to-night only.

"INTOLERENCE."

D. W. Griffith's latest masterpiece, "Intolerance," now at the height of its popularity all over the world, will be seen here for one night only on Thursday evening, November Ist, at the Three Stars Theatre. In it Mr. Griffith has traced a universal theme through four periods of the world's ancient, sacred, medieval and modern time s being The scenes of the four distinct stories follow one another in rapid succession. There is no attempt at historical sequence, but the events are shown as they might flash across the mind in an effort to parallel the life of the different ages. "Intolerance" shows that, through all the ages, the same passions, the same joys and the same sorrows have obtained, and Mr Griffith symbolizes them by the cradle endlessly rocking. Through it all, the events shown are caused by the intolerance of man. The scene of the modern story is laid in an American city and shows the effects of so-called reformers to stifle personal liberty. The story of the sacred time is laid in Judea showing episodes from the life of Christ ending with the Crucifixion. In the medieval story is shown the massacre of the Huguenots. The ancient time is in the heyday of Babylon and its destruction by Cyrus and the Persians. Age s before the existence of New York, the Assyrians had realised the practical advantage of laying out their streets at right angles to each other Their houses, less lofty than our own, were constructed of brick and stone and metal. The Royal Palace, of which one sees so much of in the Griffith play was on one side of the Euphrates river which flowed through the city. Facing it stood the enormous temple of Bel, six hundred feet in length. It was surmounted by a huge and imposing tower. In the temple, so history states, was an idol, an altar and a throne which were made of pure gold. The box plan is mow open at the Three Stars. There is no extra charge for booking. In order that residents of Taihape and the district will see "Intolerance" on the same lavish scale as the residents of the big . centresj .J. C. "Williamson Ltd. announce they are sending here their own special machines operators, orchestra and staff, while the prices charged here are lower than the cities.