THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1916, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

A WORLD FILM MASTERPIECE. 'SEALED LIPS.' . The world Film Corporation lias quite recently turned out ;i film de resistance which adapts to the picture sheet'under the crisp title of ''Sealed Lips" the world famous novel "The Silence of Dean Mailland." ThJi will show at the Empire to-night. A less pretentious film of the same name lias been seen here before but that picture bears no resemblance to this massive production by ille World Film Corporation. This great st'ory of two men —of the minister who disgrace his cloth and of the other plain man who demonstrates all the grandeur of character that martyrs are made of—is tuo well known to necessitate its repetition here. Of course, there is u woman in the ease and she is not An angel by any means, but she pays the price as erring: women always do. It is claimed that the cast of players is amongst the strongest ever associated with i'lm work. Mr. Arthur Ashley, who presents a fine character-study of the erring dean. Mary Charleston, who plays the temptress responsible for the minister's fall, William Courtney, who is credited with a grand performance of the man who suffered in silence, and Maria Wills, as the Minister's sister, "the woman who sorrowed," are all distinguished members of the jcading theatres of New York. Such a photoplay so splendidly presented cannot, fail to attract very big attendances. The "Cub" company will be represented by its big comedy success, "I-irry's Millions,'' in which George Ovey, who rivals Charles Chaplin, raises endless laughter. "With the British Forces in France' and "Ancient Monument of Britain Glory" will complete a remarkable programme that, owing to other star attractions, can only be screened to-night.