AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3354, 5 December 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN halt: pictures. TO-MORROW NIGHT—"THE MATING OF MARCELLA-i" Tb-morrow night the star attraction, "The Mating of Marcella," will renew the acquaintance of the Taihape public with that charming actress, Dorothy Dalton, who takes the part of Marcella, the unfortunate. The man who loved her intensely was married, and Marcella could have loved him, to, if he had not been married. Though she remained true to herself, she could not fight against the pitiful pleadings of his sick child. Nor could she fight against the scorn and re proach of the wife "who didn't care." But she braved all those. She sat by the dying boy's bedside through the night—she gave him the mother love he needed, but was denied —there in the house of the man she loved. The story is intensely intersting, and some of the scenes are so pathetic tftat there is an irresistible appeal to the hearts of all women, particularly of mothers. How the social plot was laid against Marcella, and the happy ending, by which she married the man who loved her told in a vivid and appealing manner. The photography and scenic settings contribute a considerable portion of the charm to a really delightful story. In addition to this drama a further instalment of t?ie "Railroad Raiders" serial will be shown, entitled "A Woman's Wit." Sennett is also well to the fore with the latest scream, "The International There will also be' a Gazette and Travelogue.

THE KING'S TO-NIGHT. What would you do if a charming little girl suddenly appeared on jo\it doorstep, dressed in" a crinoline, and stated she had come to stay. In Goldwya's "Glorious Adventuire," Mae Marsh is the particularly winsome young lady who lands herself on the rich bachelor in this manner. He does not send her away, and what follows furnishes a toothsome romance, convincingly presented in the Goldwyn manner, which always means the best. Wyndhaiii. Standing and Alec. Francis support the dainty star in a story that teems with romance and real heart interest. The whim-girl of the screen, as Mae Marsh is called, will in this picture excite your sympathy, and good entertainment is promised. Tomorrow night Rex Beach's masterpiece "The Barrier.''