PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 15817, 31 May 1915, Page 1

PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

PLAZA. The new programme at the Pi»/.a, Picture Palace should prove a great Into to picture "fans," including as it does so noteworthy a top-line attraction as the latest Chaplin coinedv 'Charlie's XicrH Out, a clean 2.000 ft of genuine inn. The comedian has never appealed in any subject better .attuned' to his comical genius i and it would bo difficult to challenge the I statement that he eclipses even his own earlier performances in ' Dough and Dvnaitr.ite' -uul -The Pro|x>rtv Man.' Charlie's .flight out consists of an excursion, round the cabarets with a companion, and the complications in which thev become In- ■ volved would keep the sorest-hauled misanthrope on the laugh. The .supporting hlms are novel ami varied, embracing Flower of Faith' (drama). ' Cavalrv in the Making', (topical ar.d educational). .Arabs (ait?.- (eomedv). and all the.latest war news as depicted in tho ' Eclair Journal.' Th« theatre is open from 1 p.m daily. KIXG EDWARD. Tl ' e " ew Programme at the King Inward Theatre is featured bv a. Vitajrraph drama entitled '413.' in which a splendid story of diamond smuggling is disclosed, the number "413" is the working number 01 a jewel smuggler who trade, with a band of desperadoes at a strange reiuhvT 0 "-., . The leader himself is known as • 410. but. through the jealousy of a girl the place is raided, and one of the cane shot dead. The smuggler chief escapes in Jus automobile, and an e.xciiiV' eha*e follows Finding that his pursuers are gaining he steals an empty train at a railroad station. A telegram is , Pl! t ahead and when the train driven by "415" at a furious rate strikes an open switch it ploughs down a. 50ft embankment and Piles up at the bottom a comnlele wreok ilio supporting films include' ' A Horseshoefor Luck' (comedy). -The Man in the Vanity (drama!. 'Performing Hears' (clever animal study), and the latest war gazette'

THE OCTAGON THEATRE. V with the curious title of t is the mam attraction at the Octagon theatre this evening. \nita Stewart is featured in tjiis film. The storv tells of one Baron Baivellos. n diamond smuggler, who brings a parcel of gems safely through the Customs and delivers them to "41o"-the head of the cam:, the baron is in love with Elaine Mail daughter of a diamond merchant His suit is not favored, however, and Elaine becomes engaged to a secret service the baron plots with ThrK ;ul p j von ; turess to compromise Elaine's fiance, and he sell. Mamo v,s,t.s her in prison, and obtains information that leads to the clearing of her fiance and the raiding of the smugglers headquarters. The mysterious "413." in <mdeavorin.r to steals a locomotive, but the authorities wim ah ead, and the engine is switched off t, e hue, resulting i„ a . terrific smash up. .{lie identity of " 413.", ...wnivealed provides tiifi groat surprise „f the. piece,' £hieh oIW-iso ends hap,uiv. Othe • finisonh.s programme are 'ln the Grip IJuke Kahanamoku at Wellington.' '• A "Zr7 for -!;«'-V "The Man in ,l,e •■»>lt (an cxeitnnr Kalom drama), ami tlie war news (new facts filmed). Tho orchestra have new and ~!.-..,,;,,„ .. n i„ r , '.inns. • ,•<■■''- NI'. ; W QUEEN'S. . The N( !w Queen's Theatre ;K op™ this ™& trom 10 a.m. daily, and the « ,e"iallysliouid fill tii<! house every 'H,,. Place of honor ou top ll{ ~;„ ,„•„ iii&haTo( [ hy the Keystone Mm «ly -Love. Speed, and ■l.hnlk and the Kale.u drama. 'The Derelict, both hnc examples of the cinema art Love. Speed, and Thrills' i ri one of the most, strenuous and sensational farce* de vcloped nn tho K-reen t „ date. There is n hero, a heroine, au<l a villain of tho deepest, dye, and the whel<« thin-- is a mo<t ingenious lmrie&iue on melodrama, quite "i the nest class. -Tho Derelict' is •,, iwvertui and poignant storv. Foster Uadivin seeks to ruin his partner't:ii„ Um m order to possess his wife, and insidious laslnoii plies l lls vi.titn will, a ' drug. Imum falls so low that his witV a,,,! , Itihl eavo him. hut, at the bottom ~„„._, <)t ihe ladder a .spark of manh.-vi.', revives' and ho determines to break fr.uu tho habit- that letters him. To give lilni.s,4f a sheet anchor m tamo of temptation, he übdurus his little daughter and disappears uit-h her Mis Clinton .> fr.uiti,- with a „d Gladwin is so affectr-d bv th<; riiin he lias brought on tho family that, he sets out to find Clinton and r-'-establi.sh him. Tho ending is appropriately happy. Amongst oilier attractions are ' Night'*" Adventure ' (<lrania), ' Cutev'.s Vacation' ;,o„iedv) and the 'Topical Budget."