AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3442, 23 March 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

I THE KING’S. I ‘ ‘SHACKLED. ’ ’ i “shackled,” a drama. featuring 1 Louise Glaum, is a. skilful presentation lot‘ ‘the play Written round the familiar ‘figure of the lady with a past. The ‘story possesses its full quota of high * lights, with excellently maintainea sus~ pensc from first t 6 last. Miss Gl-aum plays the role of the woman Whose shackles are broken through her own love and sacrifice, with that sincerity and depth of feeling that are always to be found in her work. She is as thoroughly at home in the character of the lady’ who is sinned against as she is in that of the lady sinning. A competent cas-t supports the star. An excellent L.K.O. comedy. “Dry Goods and Damp Deeds.” is also shown with this picture. i OUR PICTURES-—TOWN HALL." ' THEDA BARA '_["O-MORROW NIGHT. The great. William Fox photoplay' “Du Barry,” in which Theda Bara aoés her most brillianlt work, will appear at Our Pictures, Town Hall, tomorrow night only. This play is the most. Wonderful creation of its kind that has ever been presented on the films. All that Miss Bara has done only gives a. suggestion of the charm and elaborateness of this great p!'od‘.!¢.’.tiou. 1-liss Bara has discovered and revealed ‘a thousand little details of the womanly toilette which will be im-

mensely interesting to every woman. These secrets are revealed upon the s(<l'ee-11 in :1 most fascinating way, and make the film adclifionally attractive to all whom Women eliarm. In this play Miss Baral does her best work. due to the fact that she has graspe-ll the. possibilities of the drama and has entered inio it with a spirit which only she possesses. There are myriads of’ gorgeous scenes, each filled with brillianey and charm.

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