ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9874, 23 July 1923, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

“PRISONERS OF LOVE.”

Betty Compson, the never-to-be-forgotten Rose of ‘’The Miracle Man,” won her standing as a. star 1 in this wonderful picture, and now her first picture in which she plays the leading role has been completed under the .title of “Prisoners of Love,” which will be screened at His Majesty’s Theatre finally to-night. This is a story with a daring theme, for it makes a' plea for the indiscretion of men, and finds charity for the unfaithfulness of lovers and husbands. In the role of the girl who must live to learn, who suffers much before she finds herself, Miss Compson has a great role that is reminiscent of her work in her former great success. She is presented in the role of Blanche Davis, a girl who is possessed through inheritance, of a dangerous degree of physical attractiveness. Forced upon the world when she discovers that hefi father is buying the silence of a woman, she is called upon to fight a great battle with overwhelming odds. The story has a subtle yet poignant nature, and carries a moral, and a lesson for many a young girl of to-day who is gifted with beauty.

“THE FAST MAIL.”

Lincoln J. Carter, who wrote both the stage and screen version of “The Fast Mail,” has 'written and produced moro stage thrillerls than any living person. The screen version of “The Fast Mail,” produced by William Fox, will be at His Majesty’s Theatre tomorrow night and Wednesday only. The story is laid in the South and the action opens with the Dixieland Steeplechase. Of course, there is a hero and his fair lad} 7 love, and the villain scorned. And this immediately leads us to the crooked work afoot at the race. They’re off! Horses plunge and riders fall. But ever the hero races, still pusued by the dark-hued villain. Neck and neck they race, and then at the turn. As a further complication a murder is committed. The villain escapes, taking with him the hero’s love, for he is no other than the rejected suitor. And now, in hot pursuit come the fast horses, the speeding automobiles, the churning river boats and last of all “The Fast Mail.” Through all this storm and strife our hero wins through to success and in the nick of time saves the fair heroine, not only from the base villain. but from the flames of the burning hotel. The picture is a; melodrama pure and simple, but very well produced. It offers more thrills per foot than any other picture shown here for many a dav.

No advance in usual prices. Seats should he reserved now at The Bristol. All reserves 2s 2d.