EVERYBODY'S.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1917, Page 6

EVERYBODY'S.

. ! . "THE PRICE OF FAME." i A MASTERPIECE. ! I Tlio Greater Vitagraph Company have made the most of an engaging theme in the five-reel "feature" film play "The Price of Fame," which was shown with the new programme to a packed house at Everybody's Theatre on Saturday By ingenious technical artifice Mr. Marc MaeDermott, who plays the two leading parts, appears simultaneously in both roles in a number of scenes. The twin brothers William and John Thatcher are both impersonated by Mr. MaeDermott. The story is a plain homely one, free from intricacies of plot. There are two brothers, one William, an ambitious successful man, and John, a ne'er-do-well, both most devotedly loved by a dear grey-haired mother. William dislikes John, and induces their father to banish him from the home. John decides to make a fresh start, and by dint of determination becomes an associate newspaper editor. A State election . is in progress, and William Thatcher is one of the candidates. An influential director of a water supply company, who is president of the newspaper company, orders the editor to forward the interests of William's political opponent. John, who is under an assumed name, is instruteed to "roast" his own brother. Mindful of the mother's words that he i was always to remember that they were | brothers, John's spirit revolts, and lie | publishes an article greatly in favor of | William's candidature. Ho is discharged from his position, but William shows : his appreciation by paying John to write j his election speeches. The newspaper company president believes that William had been clever enough to "buy" the editor, and as he was apparently astute enough he decides to assist him, so that I his water company would afterwards ; gain yaluabl* concessions through less-

T ! lation introduced by Thatcher. William is seriously injured in a street collision, which, by the way, was a most realistie affair, but to suit his new friend, the company president, he persuades his brother John to impersonate him, and thus carry on the campaign. William dies, and John i 9 made the nominee of the Republican party, thereby making his election assured. He then- casts off the unworthy scheme with the water company and meets a well-merited return to the Senate. There is a captivating love theme introduced during the closing scenes. Views of a disastrous Hood are shown, incidental to the action of the play. Naomi Childers, a dainty young actress, takes the part of William's fiancee. Auxiliary subjects embrace an important Topical Budget, "Love Under Cover" (a splendid Keystone comedy), and "Fruitful Canada" (an interesting travel industrial item). To-night wiil be the final screening.