AMUSEMENTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 May 1917, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA^UUtiE. On Friday (to-morrow) and Saturday evenings, and at a grand matinee to be given oh Saturday ■ afternoon, Nonna Talmadge and Charles Richman will be presented in the 5,000 ft Vita graph Blue Ribbon feature, “The Battle Cry of Peace.” “To keep peace, prepare for war,” says an old maxim, and this is the theme of “The Battle Cry of Peace.” Much controversy in the United States and elsewhere has raged round what is alleged to be the unpreparedness of that country for war, and the question involved is one of world-wide interest and concern. The picture named is aimed at showing- that the best policy for America to pursue is to make ample provision to successfully wage war ’ l . ... .. A 1 iflnoli mio l it

against any other nation wlucn inignt come against it, and not only docs it deal with this problem, but it provides a love drama and also battle scenes, founded on the present war, which it is claimed are wonderfully realistic. The production has been prepared on an elaborate scale, and depicts the shelling of New "iork by a hostile fleet. It is stated that some 38,000 soldiers and others appear in the picture, and that the incidents described in some of the scenes l are unusually thrilling. The story tells how the daughter of a. “peace-at-any-price” advocate of New York is. engaged to be married to a young man, who is a supporter of the policy of being prepared for war. The father of the girl objects to- the engagement on account of 'the views held by the man. However. the day comes when shells from an enemy fleet crash into Now ork, with tragic results ,and, incidental to the capturing - of the city, the peaceadvocate is falsely accused as a spy and shot, while the young man is bayoneted before the- eves of his sweetheart. From this point the story is worked out to,a happy conclusion In an interesting manner. TOWN HALL. Edmund Breese, supported by an all-star cast, will present for the last time to-night the Metro masterpiece, “The Spell of the Yukon.” Friday’s star attraction is a o,oooft produc-

lion by the Fox Company, and introduces Frederick Perry, Jean Sotheni, Stuart Holmes, Dorothy Bernard and George Alison, who comprise the most talented quintette ever presented on n local screen, in the sensational drama, “Her Hidden Past,” a. gripping .story which tells about tho career of Pierre Rameau, the son of a poor gate tender, who becomes 1 , through a natural aptitude in the medical profession, the foremost physician and surgeon in Pans.. Conch ita, his wife, whom he loves above everything- on earth, dies leaving him an infant daughter. Rameau is incon. soluble. He keeps the room where hi R . wife died inviolate, visiting it on every anniversary of her death. Many years later, on one of these visits, he discovers among her letters evidence proving that his wife had been unfaithful, and that Pamela, whom he had reared from childhood to budding womanhood, is not his l child. The shock almost unbalances his mind. He drives the girl from his home, and refuses to go to her even whan she is believer] to he dying. His l best friend, Dr. Talavanne. almost drags him to her bedside. As ho enters the room the girl stretches out her arms to him. Rameau is conquered. Like a fmnd he labors to save her from d-Wh. bringing all Ids science and

skill to bear, and in the end lie is successful. Frederick Perry, star of 1 “On Trial” and other recent dramatic ‘ successes, far surpasses in this produc- , tion any of his work on the speaking ■ stage, and the supporting company is one of the strongest ever brought together upon'the screen. Episode 3of the popular serial, “Greed,” and a ' host of novelties will support. j MINERS’ HALL, RUNANGA. - The Darcy-Smith fight pictures, ; which will be screened by McLean's , Pictures at Runanga to-night, are ] claimed to be the best light pictures < ever screened. Every round of the j fight is shown most clearly and the varied fortunes of the combatants fol- ] lowed in eve it detail. Tastes other

than sporting will be entered for iu the fine accompanying films. There will be a five-act Metro entitled “Ihe Notorious Gallagher” and the second episode of Hie popular serial, “Greed.”