EVERYBODY'S.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1917, Page 7

EVERYBODY'S.

'A NOTABLE FEATURE. "The Pawn of Fat'?" has registered ono of tihe liigpest picture successes screened here for some time past. At both sessions' on Saturday the theatre was packed to its limit, and the audience were kept- in $ state of enthusiasm from lieginning'to end. Tlio. first twd acts of "The Pawn of Kate;" are in a genuine high comedy spirit that sparkles continuously with that spirit of vivacipus entertainment sadly lacking in most screen stories, and tliese lead up gradually to'the more dramatic scenes later in the play, which evolves itself into a consistent and poetic tragedy of two lives, Which by a peculiar dramatic twist turns out happily in the finish. P'crre Dufrene and his pretty wife are living in a state of perfect happiness in a little Normandy village; Pierre amuses himself with drawing sketches of his wife mid her friends, and the different animals 011 Jie farm. He is not by any mean.-' an artist, hut lie finds enjoyment in his crude pictures. To the farm comes a celebrated Parisian artist, Lftssalle, who sees :P'ierrc's beautiful wife, and at once marks her for his prey. The concluding scenes of the story show Pierre having his revenge. These .Scenes are intensely dramatic; they , result in the death of Lassalle, hut before he dies he exonerates Pierre's wife, and the play has n happy ending. Other films on the same programme are: "Observing for British Big duns," "Winter Scones in Sweden," "fiamnont War Graphic," and "Kernel Knut Wins a Wife," an amusing Frank Daniels comedy. The same scries will 'be shown again to-night and to-morrow, Seats may he reserved at. Collier's.

PAULINE FREDERICK IN "THE SPIDER." ' Xext Wednesday the Famous Players' superb drama-, "The Spider," will be presented at ''Everybody's for the first, time, with the celebrated actress, Pauline Frederick, is the chief character. Miss Frederick is one of the latest world-famous actresses to desert Dhe speaking stage for the greater scope offered by motion pictures, and in "The Spider" New Plymouth pieture-gojrs will see her in a part admirably suited t< her exceptional abilities in portrayal of emotional, highly drama-tic and coldly indifferent episodes oF this remarkable picture. As a n/Wing picture actress Miss Frederick has quickly ascended to- the highest pinnacle, and her success in "The Spider" will shortlv repeated in "Sold," '-Zaza," "Lydia Gilmour" and "The- Eternal City]" to be screened at this theatre.