AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3325, 1 November 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

.9 ...__.... TO-NIGHT. . A fascinating and simple story, -admirably presented by-two popular and talented artists is “Her Great Chance,” at select feature in which Alice Brady and David; Powell are starred. The I)l'gduct.ion is up to a select standard, and the undoubted ability of the stairs makes it unusually attractive. To {L shop girl whose ‘home is not a bed of roses, :the aifeetion of a millionaire ’s son shollld look attractivie, but ‘Alice will have none of it, and only wlien. his escapades. have caused the paternal vials of wratli to overflow, and he is cut off with the proverbial sll'illing_, does she consent to marry him. How they face poverty together, and finzally are crowned with the success, that follows assiduity, malies a. charming picture. A feature of the production is some novel and fine photography. It is a great combination—Alice Brady and David Powell. The Vehicle is worthy of them, Sielect’s “Her Groaitr Chance,” 9Jn:d' both. furnish ample evidence of careful and artistic portrayal. .

TOWN HALL PICTURES. WILLIAMS. HART IN “THE TIGER MAN.” ' 7 Of the many characters taken by the fzamous film star, Willialn S_ Ha}-.1',. that of Hawk Parsons, in “The Tiger Mun, ” showing at we Town Hall -tio.:“ligiél'l"'t‘*-, is unquestionably his’ gl-eaLtest triumph. Bandit, thief, moral despot, whose'Vol‘y soul in infamy; la lluiinaiiiigel', sleek and powerful, imbued with the cunning and =ls l-I‘oßoh€l'olls as his forest. namesake. absolute ruler of his domain until “-the” influence was brought ‘IO bear, such is the character of Hmvk Parsons. He set ouf to‘ captiire a beautiful girl, whom. he loved and desired with all the passion’ and intensi‘ty of the primeval, sand "then when he had secured her, The purity and‘ imiocenee. of his intended victim :I.pp‘ealecl to some unsiispected cl_lor'd ill‘his moral: being, and tllen—-—the. (lenunciatioii and restoraution :to the liusband of the beaurt.if{i4l_gir_l__lle—.ha(lset out to destroy. It his “ill__tlliVsv great‘ scene 't'lluf. Hart rises to heights of powers qxtiained few

actors. Aifogether the drama is thrilling in its indicents with a pathetic

appeal to the uhc-art zthat cannot be denied. It would be little short of a great dramatic loss ‘to miss seeing this splendid picture, superbly acted by the foremost artist of the day. The other characters are ;-also stars, and as Ruth Ingram, the heroine, Jane Novak acts the part with great power. The. Sunshine comedies have already aachiercd a reputation locally for their mirth-prof voking powers, and the one to be screened to-night goes. -one belter than the previous best, being a scream from start to finish. Among the other supporting films is :3, very fine travelogue, which is most interesting, as well as informative. The box plan is at Pratt’s book sh-op‘. _