AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 28 September 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. To-night the public of Taihape will have the opportunity of witnessing the first Goldwyn picture shown here. The King’s proprietary • hold the sole rights for the pictures produced by this noted firm, and “Baby Mine,” to be shown tonight is the first of a scries that will be coming along regularly. The plot of “Baby Mine” is in no way intricate, but it is treated with an exquisite French touch, and with the French love for a delicately spicy situation, so that it becomes a fascinating story swaying in a hurricane of hilarity. Madge Kennedy as Zoie is the child-wife, matured physically, but still with the disposition of a cheerfully irresponsible youngster, who causes all the trouble by a thoughtless lie regarding an entirely innocent luncheon with her husband’s best friend. That lie leads on to disastrous results until her husband leaves her. This is tragic since she is passionately fond of her new young hubby and in order to -win him back she arranges, with the assistance of two friends, to go baby-shopping. They hire a nice new one and telegraph congratulations to hubby, but the wire reaches him too soon, and a hitch occurs in the arrival of the hired baby. In trying to adjust matters before Zoie’s husband returns homo they merely get things more and more tangled until they have the premises overloaded with babies, imitation mothers, real mothers, policemen, superfluous husbands and sundries It ends by Zoie telling hubby that none of the babies are hers but that if he will have a little patience. . . ? Madge Kennedy wins us completely by her sweet and loyal disposition and the other parts are all perfectly pourtrayed. This picture will be shown at the Matinee. The supporting subjects arc good, and will be shown in the following order and time, “Secret Kingdom,” (only one more), at 8 p.m. sharp. Gazette at 8.30, “Land O’ Dreams,” at 8.55 a.m.“ "• ' v '• J