AMUSEMENTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1917, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA H0U8& Sir Herbert Beerboßm Tree in the Triangle Ince super-feature, "The Old Folks at Home," is the big attraction at the Pollard's Picture display tonight in the Opera House. Rupert Hughes, that master of fiction, that word painter of life, tells a simple, heart-appealing story in "The Old , Folks at Home.*' It is> a story of sweethearts,: in the Indian summer of their existence, who have lived through the seasons of life, loving each other and the world at largo. They have unbounded faith in human nature. This faith and love centre on their son, who they hope will carry On to posterity their ideas of living and loving. Their ambitious fcon, however, strays from the protection of lib nest, and before long is caught in the toils of the hawks of a wicked metro polis. The efforts of the parents to save him and the sacrifices they make brings a sob to the throat and tears to the eyes. Mildred Harris, Lucille Young, and Josephine Crowell are featured in leading roles, and in conjunction with England's great actor give a magnificent rendering of an emotional drama that is full of senaa. tional scenes. The "unwritten law" plays an important part, and its use is powerfully lout to acquit the son of the consequences of his hot-blooded crime. "The Old Folks at Home" will be screened to-night and Thursday.

On Friday evening a great Ytfugraph Blue Ribbon feature piny will by presented in "The Battle Cry of Peace," with Norma Talmadge and Charles Richmau in the leading roles. This picture played an important part in the American "preparedness'' campaign, and is aptly termed "an epic of patriotism." 'J ho whole production is a lessor on the disaster o"f following tiie '"peace at any price"' policy Thousands of people, including many battalions uf the National Guard, and forty battleships, cruisers, and destroyers take part in the production. .Several notables, including Hudson Maxim the inventor, appear in the production. The aim of the picture wan to stir the American nation to a sense of its danger, and sno, cess k proved by the fact that the authorities were so impressed that they placed one hundred million pounds on the Estimates to mrdvQ America's Navy the second bcht in the world. towSThall. The brilliant star, Edmund Breose, who helped to make Metro famous, will be soon at McLean's to-night in that company's gorgeous adaptation of Robert' W. .Service's celebrated poem, "The Spell of the Yukon." Tho pictured story deals with Jim Carson, the foreman of a sweat shop in New York, in love with Helen, the stenographer, who returns his l°ve. Jim lias had several quarrels with the superintendent, and when they carry their altercation to the owner's, office

! Jim finda Helen apparently in the [ embraces of his employer- Jim nnV i judges her, and later when his 6mployer arranges to have it seem that • he has falsified his accounts-, in order ' to get him out of the way, Jim \ answers the call of the north. Arriv- ■ ed in the Yukon, he seeks a friend who '. has preceded him there, and finds that he has just been killed by a half- ■ breed, leaving a baby boy behind him. Jim adopts the boy and they become deeply attached to each other, while Jim is amassing a fortune in the goldfields. Jim's one idea is tu square accounts with his former employer, who has wince married Helen, and ho comes to Now York lor that purpose. Jim finds him heavily involved in Wall Street, and with his fortune crushes him. Temple, his former em. plover, wiiidft Helen- to Jim begging for mercy, Jim insists on full revenge until he learns that tli'e daughter born to Helen is his own child. H<nv the daughter and Jim's foster sou accidentally meet and fall in hive, aind how after their union Jim leaves, for the North, alone give a romantic touch to the climax of supreme appeal. Durin.f the screening Mr. W. MoGrath will recite the poem, which made Service famous. The complete orchestra and a special selection of supports will accompany the - siar. Friday's new display will be headed by a. 6000 feet William-Fox super-feature, ''Her Hidden Past," trie leading roles l of which are portrayed by that talented quintette, Frederick Terry, Jean Soili. . eran, Stuart Holmes, Dorothy Bernard, and George Aleson. ; MINERS'HALL, RONANGA. •The JJarcy-Smith light pictures, which are claimed to be the must- -J successful moving pictures ever taken '

of any ring encounter, will be presented to Kunanga sports by McLean's Pictures on Thursday. It wasa fast, tierce battle, lasting 12 rounds, and Daroy had to admit that Smith was the fastest man he had yet met. Other tastes than that of the sports will be catered for in the gigantic rive-act Metro, "The Notorious Gallagher," which stars the celebrated duo, William Nigh aMd Marguerite Snow." The second episode of the popular serial, '•'Greed," will also tie screened, along with a programme of new items.