AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3567, 1 September 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TOWN HALL PICTURES. "THE CEY OF THE WEAK." Fred Mills Enterprises present Fanny Ward's greatest screen success at the Town Hall on Saturday. Fanny Ward's own opinion of tins drama: "In this photop'iy I have done the best acting of my career. I consider 'The Cry of the Weak' is my screen masterpiece- —better than 'The Cheat' —better than 'Common Clay'—better than 'The Yellow Ticket ' —it is a human document.'' The judge with thirty years' experience on the bench believed that there is good to be found in the worst of us. The District Attorney thought there was only one kind of criminal, in which class there was no such thing as repentance or regret. "Once a crook always a crook." The weak cry out to the strong for mercy. If society denies them the divine attribute they must perforce continue their original activities. A suggested solution to this great social problem is offered in "The Cry of the Weak.' '