PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16032, 8 February 1916, Page 7

PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

HAYWARDS'. Th.a Qctagon Theatre was packed from floor to gallery last night, when the new week's programme, headed by 'My Old Dutch,' was released. 'My-Old Dutch' is a 2,000 ft film, featuring Albert Chevalier, Florence Turner, and Harry Brett, and is a tale of coster.life in London. The story opens with a scene at a coster's picnic, by the Welsh 'Arp on a Whit Monday. One happy couple leave the giddy throng. They are Joe and Sal, homeward, bound. Scenes are then shown of their the proposal, preparation for the. weeding, and then the wedding. .A year passes, and a little baby blesses the humble home. The child dies, and this is the first great sorrow of the loving couple. But another child is born, and grows to a fine boy. Sal inherits £5,000, but they decide' to use it to make their son a gentleman. The boy, however, becomes a waster, and breaks his mother's heart. He goes away to the goldfields to "make good." Hi's parents have become poorer and poorer, till the workhorse claims them. The son returns with a fortune, traces his parents o\it, and provides for their happiness and comfort for the rest of their lives. It is a simple story, but full of interest, humor, and sincerity. Mr Percy James's song, 'My Old Dutch,' towards the close of the picture was much appreciated. There are a number of excellent supporting films, all of which will be shown again this evening. GRAND THEATRE. Heading the new bill at the Grand Pictures is ' The Trumpet Call,' a dramatic story of a woman's degeneration and the awful price she paid. The atory opens with Redruth, a young man, discovering his wife in a night club. H* takes her home, but she laughs in his face, and next day Tuns away, leaving a note_ saying that she was tired of a quiet life.' She later, by her attractive appearance, ensnares another young man named Cuthbert, whom she marries, and callously desdrts him when he loses his money. Cuthbert then falls in love with a girl called. Constance, and reading in a newspaper of the death of his wife, persuades Constance to elope with him, her father being strongly opposed to tho match, as he wants his daughter to marry her cousin Richard. Redruth joins the army, and swears to be revenged on his wife. Fate brings the adventuress faco to face with Cuthbert, and he tells Constance he is not legally married to her; and he, top, joins the army. The cousin, Richard, now presses his "claim on Constance, who at last consents to marrv him. Redruth, who has taken to drink, breaks from the barracks one day, and pursued by the guard, takes refuge in a room, where he finds his wife. Mindful of his revenge, he draws his knife, but his purpose is stopped by Cuthbert, and she confesses that she was already married when she persuaded Cuthbert 'to marry her. There are a number of excellent supports completing this programmer which will be rescreened this evening. KING EDWARD THEATRE. • The non-arrival of the first half of the present week's programme at the King Edward Theatre last evening made it necessary for other films to be substituted. 'The Valley of Lost Hope,' a Lubin mining drama, was the big picture of the programme, and some very exciting scenes are worked into the story. A pretty little love story runs through the play, and altogether the film is esculent. Other pictures shown were ' Paths Gazette,' 'Green Apples,' and 'Hunting a Husband.' This programme will probably be shown until the usual bi-weekly change on Thursday. ° 'What Happened to Jones,' a World film comedy, featuring Fred Mace, is now showing at Everybody's Theatre,' and is proving a popular draw. The Queen's Theatre is showing an attractive programme this week, heading which is 'Trapped by the Flames,' the eighteenth episode of "The Million Dollar Mystery.' Other pictures screened are ' The Honeymoon Pact,' 'Never Again,' 'A Matter of Second,' and the 'Topical Budget.' . . 'Family Divided' is the title of the big picture at the Plaza Theatre, and is a story, as the advertisement says, " brimful of heart interest." ' French Victory, Champagne,' a fine war is, also screened, and a number of supporting subjects.