"Filial Piety" at the Carlton Cinema The private screening of "Filial Piety;"" another production by the motion picture department of cee reterea Ravtew Oy La two place at the Carlton Theatre yesterday afternoon, As with its predecessors, "Filial Fiety" is an excellent piece of work and a credit to the B.-A. T., leaving little room for adverse criticism. "The acting is good, the direction of the picture could not be better and the lighting effects excellent. However, like most films of Chine: production, there is a tendency to Americanize not only the piete but the actors, the playing, costumes and the customs as wel This is a subject upon which have repeatedly dwelt in the past because we consider it a pity most that the Chinese cannot stick to their own costumes, the picturesque id styles and even' the present day styles, instead of aping the foreigner. Why will they constantly make; use of foreign costume and customs? When will we ha fa picture, under Chine show the hero and the heroine in Chinese national dress, and depieting Chinese home life and the every-day customs of the Chine: people as they really are? There is plenty of talent in China, and con eiderable scope.
'The picture deals with Chao-'Chun, a returned student with mod-com ideas; Kwelsling, the beautiful, betrothed' to him in their early childhood; Lucy Tong, the modern, Up-to-date girl who charms and delights everybody; the stern mother who insists "upon her son. carrying out his early engagement.
Lucy Tong and Chaochun, meet each other on board the ship bring-ting them back to their homeland from the land of their studies, both western and up-to-date, They "fall in love at first sight" and reluctant ly part each other as the vessel nears its destination, promising to meet each other often. Cha lun enter upon his career in his fother's mill, but he and Lucy lose time in seeing each other. Her parents place no obstacle in the way. Fate decides, however, against their union, for Chao-chun's mother intists upon his immediate man with the beautiful Kwei-ling, Lucy's father telling the young man that must find his own way out of the difficulty. He tries open defiance and stormy meetings result, Dut he is sent away. Upon his return, he finds that, according to! Chinese customs and laws of etiquetta, he cannot refuse to marry Kweiling and so he acquaints Lucy'
what has happened, In despair, tthe tries to console herself for her: lege by amusing herself with another man, but her better nature revolts against this form of amusement. Then, throwing everything aside, she enters a hospital to forget her sufferings in the sufferings others.
The beautiful Kwei-ling bemoans her husband, who cannot forget! Lucy, and her inability to win the love of Chao-chun. Seeing her husband only at fleeting moments, she pines away in her rooms,
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