MRS. LANGTRY AT THE OPERA HOUSE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20115, 30 June 1914, Page 8

MRS. LANGTRY AT THE OPERA HOUSE.

The ingenrity of picture producers in devising new plots that are likely to meet with tho approval of the majority of picture patrons, is evidenced in the series which made its initial introduction to a Wanganui audience at the Opera House last night. Besides displaying two dramas of more than ordinary merit* —one by the Vitagraph Company entitled " Thieves," and tne other, "His Neighbour's Wife," by the Famous Players Film Co.. the programme introduced scenic, topical, and comedy subjects, all of a high standard. The Vitagraph Company in its contribution to a splendid collection of gems in the '"movie" world unfolds a clever drama of modern times, and being full of unexpected developments serves to keep the spectator keenly interested. First in oriier of m<>rit however, is "His Neighbour's Wife," produced by the Famous Players Film Co. This great combination were responsible for the masterful production, "The Prisoner of Zendu," so much enjoyed by several thousand people at the Opera House last week, and by following up his big success on that occasion, with .» photoplay speoiallj featuring Mrs. Langtry,: known the world over p.s "The Jersey Lily," Mr. Will Jameson has given farl-her demonstration that he intends to put only the very best on his screen. "His Neighbour's Wife" is a magnificent piece of cinematography; and provides a powerful sermon emphasising Mrs. Langtry's g-'eat dramatic ait. The stoty of rhe play grips from the start. The theme is an old as the world, but as new as to-day. It circles round the adventures of a Colonel, and his intrigues with a neighbour's unfaithful wife, and reveals the self-sacriilee of the Colonel's wife in the effort to save.her husband's unworthy life when in jeopardy. The story has a satisfactory finale in that tiie wito succeeds, ami having been brought to realise his own falseness, tne Colonel pleads and secures his wife's forgivenes. There are but a few in Wanganui, if any. who have seen this great actress actually on the stage, and the presentation of "His Neighbom's Wife' gave the big audience last night an opportunity of witnessing Mrs. Langtry in the title role. The company is not a one-stai one. Each member of it is an artist of repute, whilst the staging and mounting of the play is particularly fine. This great exclusive film will be repeated in conjunction with a most interesting supporting series at the Opera House again to-night.