AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3381, 9 January 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

I THE KING'S. ' One of the great film masterpieces ’of all time is being screened at Tll6 ;King’s» to-night only, where’ Om‘ icial Wife,” the de luxc Vitagraph super-feature starring Clara. Kimball !Young is being shown. With her is 3» [supporting cast of -unique strength‘. ?E:;.l-Io Williztlllg plays the part Of Sacha, the young Russian aristocrat. who falls deeply in love with the alluring Nihilist /Queen Marie. , Harry Morey is the fhul-ried American’ traveller who dares to adopt as -his temporary wife the iascinating stranger, and dainty "Mary Anderson and Rose Tapley have splendid feminine roles. Rogers Lytton plays with force and dignity the striking part of the chief‘ of the Russian Secret Police. . The"drama is breathless with excitement from first. to last_ The perilous situa. tion of the man Who, having go£‘«into~ Russia with his false passport and his dangerous and lovely companion, cannot get out again, is full of possibi.!.i~ ties, and no guess can be made as to What is to happen next in this story of surprises upon surprise. The dressing is gorgeous, and the settings‘ superb. The chorus: of enthusiasm over this great -picture can be well understood; A real flash light upon the Russian police method of dealing With‘ Nihilists and other revolutionaries is‘ thrown during tllcfilnling or “My om. cial Wife,” the Vitagraph de Juxe special feature now being sci-eenerl at the Klngzs. Clara, Kimball Young narrowly makes her escape from the Nihilist Council Meeting to see a.‘ brother Anarchist meet with :1 swift‘ and terrible fate. “The charm of 32 child and the brain of a diplomat" Is» the description given of Clara. Kimball Young as the Nihilist Queen “Marie” in “My Oifieia] Wife." This ball scene is one of eutstan-‘ling costly magnificence. “Betray me and you go to Siberia with me,“ tllreatens Marie, the superbly lovely Nihilist leader, when the man she has enticed into travelling with -her as "man and wife, threatens to say who and What they really are. He llas no optic.-11' but to keep silence. 'l‘hi.<f is takenfrom “My Official Wife," the trr.-men-dous drama of Russian i:ltriguei'cow screening at the Kings. The climar: of “My Oificial Vvife” is one of the. most terrific ever conceived i)- drama, and the last event in the love story of‘ Sacha. the Russian nobleman who sacrificed rank and property for the Nihilist Queen_ is one that makes the pulses beat fast. Clara ‘Kimball Young rises to great heights of emo-, tional power in this noble scene. Norma Talmadge, the popular favourite appe-.ars~ to—morrow night in a. Might First National release “TheHeart of VVetencr_’~’ 7