AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3446, 27 March 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

3 THE ‘KING'S. “VIRTUOUS VVIVES.”

“Virtuous Wives” is a remarkable production in every way. It is lavish and startling in every detail, it is a story of the society that delights in treading on thin ice. It is lovely Anita Stewart's lirst production under the banner of First National, and it is an adaptation of a story that reached the wonderful circulation of two million copies. The authors, Owen Johnson, in the story showed a wonderful knowledge of_ women, and his picturing of society’s definition of virtuous and marriage, could only have been garnered fromawide knowledge of his subject. ‘Anita Stewart, as the young society dilettante, the only one of her set to whom pleasure is young, is a revelation in‘ screen artistry. The caste reads like a. benefit entertainment, for rarely has such a collection of stars been brought together for one production. “The Fighting Trailf’ will also be screened. The episode is perhaps the most exciting to date. .

OUR PIOTURES——T OVVN HALL.

BILLIE BURKE TO-NIGHT‘

With the dcnouemcnt of its plot as astonishing as it is sudden, “In Pursuit; of Polly,” Billie Burke’s new Paramount ipicturewhich is showing to-night only at “Ours,;” is a distinct novelty in the way of photoplays. The utter absence of the obvious is a characteristic of the story which is spun in such a way as absolutely to baffie any attempt at :1 «solution. Undecided love-—thl'ce suitors—:ln(l the most thrilling love chase in racing Cars ever picturised. \Vith three 10Vers it had been impossible for Polly to choose, so she races for it, and now the very man she hate(l——whonl she thought had been thrown far thellind——wa:s close upon her. She saw his luring eyes; she felt his loathsome prcscncc——and wild—cycd she dashed ahead away from it—-right into the arms of a stranger, who—but you must see the rest. “In Pursuit of Polly” will commence about 9 o'clock to-nic-‘~rt and will be preceded at 8 by the latest. comedy, travel and topical films.