PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16086, 11 April 1916, Page 6

PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS

j r ' HAYWARDS. To the. enterprise of the modern moving ! picture producer there apjiear.s to be no I bounds, but, in ' The Juggernaut; a sensaj tional drama, now- being .screened at the I Octagon Hal I, tho Yitagraph Company | have produced what is surely tho record J •'thrill" to date. An express train is I seen to crash over the cud of a. broken j bridge into a. lake, the engine and long j carriages toppling over in qui to a spitio"- > chilling manner. An explosion occurs in j the water, and then passengers are seen I madly struggling to break their way out lof the almost submerged carriages. Num- ! hers swim ashore, and others are rescued lin a boat. Leading up to this catastrophe |:s a story full of interest, John Ballard, j district attorney, determines to fight a j big railroad corporation which, has sacri- ! Seed numerous lives at the altar of the i almighty dollar-, taking action in .spite- of j the fact that the president of the corpora. . tion is an old college chum. The presi- ! dent threatens to denounce Ballard for ' killing a. man in his youth if he persists | in his action, but this does not deter tho j attorney, and a timely letter from a I -''crook" revealing the fact that tho man j was not killed by Ballard clears the way. j The action is begun, and during an adj joiimnwut the president 'phones his | daughter (who is in lovo with tho attorney) ;to bring certain papers t» him. She ! starts in a motor, which breaks down, and I this Jorcc-s tier to continue her journey in j the ill-fated train. She is in the wreck, j but rescued by Ballard, and all ends well. There are some excellent supporting pie- ! hires, a. jungle comedy in which two "e'du- [ i-ated monkeys" act in a. wonderfully human manner, some animated cartoon's being particularly good. PLAZA. The powerful Pasquali drama of gipsy life, ' Souls Aflame, 1 is proving a very big attraction -at the Plaza Theatre. It relates Hi three big reels the passionate love storv i of the gipsy girl Zillall and a. nobleman, whoso eonsmnmaition, long delayed bv ' Zingari treachery and devious "circumstances, is attained in a triumphant finale, 'the baron first, meets Zillah when, she is bemg molested by Aleeo. a prominent member, of the gipsy band, and in the romantic circumstances of his intervention love is born. But the baTon is alreadv engaged to a countess, and there is at onto a bitter struggle between love and I conventional propriety, which leads to a dramatically painful se-me between Zillah, the countess, and the baron, in which the gipsy giil is humiliated and cut to the sod, although the net result is to break 1 tho engagement between tho two. In ': bitter grief Ziilah runs away from her clan, and becomes a star artist in vaudeville. One night the baron recognises Ikt, and though she is at iirst scornful of his humble attempts at reconciliation, presents- the lovers inevitably drift into each other's arms. But this is not tho end of their troubles. The discomfited Zingati Aleeo lias tracked Zillah down, and witnessed her meetings with the baron. Ho writes her demanding that rhe meet him, or he will have he./' lovvr killed. Aleeo compels her to return to camp, but when ho presses his obnoxious attentions she snatches his knife and stabs him to tho heart. Then she makes her dash for liberty, with the whole camp in pursuit. 'lll© chase through the forest is one of the big features ~oF the film. As a last resort Zillah fires the forest between her and her pursuers, who aro caught and perish. There follows a big final si.-cne, in which Ziilah stands trial, and a dramatic reunion of tho lovers. Other good subjects on the programme are the Charles Chaplin comedv 'The Bank' ami the fourth episode in 'Tho Black Box' serial. GRAND. A cinema version of tho famous stoiy 'Tho Iloosier Schoolmaster' is the headline subject at the Grand Picture Palace. Here is an ambitions attempt to translate in terms of photography tho power for good of a virile, strong, and original personality _in untoward circumstances. Tn essence it is a study in subjectivity, but the shell of the story is so full of" color, life, and incident that the character of the schoolmaster is thrown into strong relief, and provided a brilliant opportunity for a character actor of the phenomenal ability of Mr Max Figman, the big figure in the drama. Miss. Lolita Robertson "is also j splendid in tho role of Hannah Thomp- i son, a beautiful character placed in a i pitiful position. Tb? whole production, | indeed, deserves high praise, and if merit j is any real factor in tho vicarious patron- i age of the public (and surely it is), the Grand should do big business. An interesting industrial film, showing 1 the making: of e!av nines and a eeod comedv complete the bill. 'The Cub,' a World film drama in five acts, is the main attraction at 'Everybody's. A Chaplin comedv is included in the'bill. At the Empire Tlmatro the Excelsior film 'The Path Forbidden' is well sup-! ported by several other films. 1 Tho sensational ' Jucrgernaut' film is a! sure draw at the King Edward Theatre. The railway smash is a particualrly thrillincr incident. The Queen's Theatre continues to attract a fair measure of patronage. The current programme is headed by a Broadway i feature entitled 'The Tigress.' j