'THE GRELL MYSTERY'

Evening Star, Issue 16716, 24 April 1918, Page 4

'THE GRELL MYSTERY'

QUEEN’S AND KING HOWARD THEATRES. A cleverly climaxed and exciting detective drama-, ‘ Tho Grrll Mystery,’ is the big film in the new progrannno now showing at the Qwen’s and King Edward Theatres. This is a Greater Vitagraph drama, starring Earle Williams, and tho story is founded upon a certain well-known murder case. A certain wealthy clubman, a. sort of amateur Sherlock Holmes; has the theory that every criminal leaves a elms, and in applying this theory to his investigation of the death of his friend Robert Orell he comes upon startling presumptive evidence (hat tho deed was done by the girl ho loved. Tho story- grows iu fascination and perplexity as it proceeds, and there are several tUvAling ‘denouements. In partial explanation ft may be said flint too fnvcsffgator presently comes across the paradox that the nnmlcred man is not dead, and also that tho supposed perpetrator could not, have left the. tell-tale finger-prints, fin.ee flic wore gloves. Two new Vitagruph .actresses make their bow in this play, and both are- acclaimed unusual beauties, and Miriam Miles takes tho role of Karfe WlllifimaVi .swarthcart, and Jean Dimiar is the fiancee of the .supposedly murdered Orell. The eighth chapter of ‘Tho Neglected Wife’ furnishes another good drama-, and there aro the additional attractions of a good ‘Gazette’ and some comedy films.