EVERYBODY'S.
LA ST NIGHT OF THE WORLD FILM, •" HER GREAT HOUR.'' Tiie World Film Corporation baa scored another decided success in the gripping melodrama, '"Her Great Hour," screened at Everybody's last night. It is a strong dramatic story of love and intrigue, with a happy denouement, and Holly IMntvre scores a big success as Nan Perrin. the girl who is first accused of theft and later arrested with a murder charge hanging over her. How her innocence is established, and her marriage to the prosecuting attorney provide all the elements tor a highly interesting picture-drama. To-night will -be the last screening of this successful photo-play. COMMENCING TO-MORROW-A GREAT FILM TRIUMPH? Commencing to-morrow for a threenights' season, the management will present the magnificent Fox super-ttlm, Romeo and Juliet," featuring the greatest of all cinema actresses, Miss Theda Bara. Shakespeare's immortal "Tragedy of f.ove," portrayed by a cast of wellknown artist?, with a setting more sumptuous and magnificent than anything yet done in motion pictures, furnishes Miss Bara the first opportunity she has had for portraying the young girl whose heart overflows with joy and enthusiasm. The story of the play tells how the lovers are married secretly, because of a feud which has long existed between theii' families. Just after the ceremony Romeo becomes embroider in a duel with Tybalt, a cousin- of Juliet's, and kilis him, with the result that he is banished from Vcrcna. Juliet's father tries to force her to marry Count Paris, and the girl, in desperation, takes a heavy sleeping potion, which makes her parents think her dead. Romeo also gets tidings of the supposed death of his wife, and hurries back to Verona, There in the tomb of Capulet's, he takes poison, and falls dead beside Juliet's bier. The unhappy girl, awaking from the effects of the potion, finds him there, and kills herself with a dagger. "Romeo and Juliet" will be screened for three nights, and seats for either performance can now be booked at Coliler's.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1917, Page 6
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