IMPERIAL PICTURES

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

IMPERIAL PICTURES

"LUCILLE LOVE/' No. 7.

The now programme to be presented at the Lyric Theatre- to-night will bs unusually interesting, -having the seventh instalment of the adventures of "Lucille ; stalment of the adventures of "Lucille Love," the fascinating girl of mystery Supporting this great kinema, serial will be a powerful star drama, entitled "Ashes of Love." The first part introduces Zalata, a, dancer, who through the untiring efforts of Fred Willard, s theatrical manager, lias become a huge success. Charles Donald, a. man -who will gain his- end by any cost or any means, is infatuated with Zalata, and- is untiring in his efforts to. meet the dancer. Willax introduces Zalata to 11-oy Norton, a dramatic critic. Donald sees Norton, leave the theatre, and hie determines to gain an introduction- through the critic. At first the dancer refuses, but under Norton's threat is .induced, to do so. , Zalata meets Donald at a fashionable. restaurant. The latter's advances are renulse<l and"t)pnald's face is slapped. Zalata dashes from the place, becomes lost and finally sinks to the ground. An early morning pedestrian, finds her and carries her into a near by convent, where she is cared for (by the Sisters of Charity. Three days later Zalata leaves and takes with a note from the nuns to the effect that she has been under their care for the past three days. Willard had entered' the restaurant with some friends, in time to see Zalata slap the attorney—and vanish. He thinks- her false to him, and when she returns'to her hoarding house h'e refuses to have anything to "do with her. The landlady ejects her; complying that se does not care for girls of her class. Zalata has lost the note from the Sisters, and her accusers refuse to make inquiries at the Convent by 'phone. Later wfe see her living down her sorrow, and acting as a governess. The children worship their pretty teacher( One day a little boy is naughty, and in anticipation of" feeing punished lie drops dead from heart disease. Zalata is accused of murder, and things look <lark for the friendless girl., Donald, no,w district attorney, at her trial, demands a- conviction, although the evidence had. that the child's, death was natural. Zalata recognises, her accuser, the man who is the cause of a] I her suffering—and she agains slaps: his l face and openly denounces him. The jurv acquit her, and Fred Willard tries to atone for his suspicions, but Zalata; now hardened to the ways of mankind, enters a convent. The humorous element is also well to the fore, the eccentric Follies comedian, "Pimple" (Will Evans)' appearing in a 100 ft star comedy, "Pimple, the Counter Jumper."