AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 16 December 1914, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES. T.a>i evening at the Theatre Royal an exceptionally good programme was screened, including two .star dramas, each over 8000 ft. in length, some beautiful scenic and interest films, a Topical Budget. and a most amusing K< yston comedy. 'l'he management regret, that owing to the non-arrival of the Arahura t -day. the programme originally mho ■ tised for to-night will not be available until to-m"!'i'i>w. but wc can cordially iei iimmt iid the programme shown last night, to all picture-goers, and feel .miic ■ hat those who. owing to counter attrae t 011s hist night, were not able to see it. will be pleased to hear of it.s. repetition. "Tilt- Cabaret Dancei " is a very power- j fid Kalein drama .featuring Alice Joyce in her first appearance as a dancer. She j takes the part of Liliee. a dancer who j has married the son of a clergyman. Pi.s--ess.tl by the idea that she is ruining his •:fe, she 'leaves her husband. He seeks •ier out and saves her life, but, is blinded himsol?'. How Lineo helps her husband through his period of blindness, and how the two finally find happiness, is shown in a wonderfully appealing climax. "'.l he Path of Genius" is a beautiful picturestory. telling how Ruski'n. a young artist. | V/anders into an English tavern, -weary and without money, ile offers to paint a sign for something t<> eat. While there in falls in love with Mildred, the tavernkeeper's daughter, but her father bids him he gone. Years pass, and he Has become a famous artist, and his paintings are hung in the National Gallery. The old tavern-keeper dies, and his daughter takes the old sign-board to an art dealer, who recognises the signature of Ruskin, | unci shows it to the now famous artist, j He has neva! forgotten his early love, j so he bu.ys the sign-board, seeks out Mildred ,and all ends happily. t

Wo regret that owing to the noil-arrival of to-day's boat jit will be impossible to si'ow in -Motuelj to-night. Our vis;t will. therefore, i"e p<st poned until Fri c! i >• nig hi.