AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, 6 July 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES. 1 EMPIRE THEATRE. The Emoire Theatre was well.attended last evening, when a programme of j varied and interesting films was screen- j *d. To-night- the star feature will oe j the thirteenth cj> sodo of the popular > Thanhouser serial. " I'he Million Dollar ; Mystery." This chapter is cntuW , <4 Th« Secret- Agent from. Russa. Ex- I itscerated at the fai.ure, the Star Cham- j ber of "The Black Hundred'" in Russia , sends a secret -gent from* that country. , H s arrogance jiikL boastfulness rile ; Braine and O-ga. He goes about Ins j plan to capture Florence. Olga '_alls . on Florence, and reads a letter expla.ning his plans. His scheme apparent .y ; works well, and he rushes into the i meeting of the 'Black Hundred loudly ; proclaiming that he has Florence lie i turns to- tear the wi~p from her head. . and finds —net Florence, but Olga. '1 here > w'll be a good supporting programme o; ; various pictures. Richmond will be j visited? to-night. ] THEATRE ROYAX. PEOPLE'S PICTURES. The Theatre Royal was filled by ? large and well-pleased audience last night. when "The Woman Who Did" was finally screened. To-night a com plete change ct programme will __ 'v shown, the leading film being a "W-ar-:-Film/' presenting Vivian -Martin. en titled £ 'The Arrival of Perpetua." Per petua is a rich little girl, an orphan, with a guardian very much older th=: herself. This man is an absent-minde" dreamer, unaware of his responsibility to-Perpetua. The girl wanted to live i" her guardian's house, 'but instead eut to her father's half-sister's. Miss Mijerdic. an angular spinster of 60, w:t* a predilection for monkeys, parrot--cats, add dogs. Perpetna is not bapp* in this antique environment, so she rmu away and forces herself upon her mocd' guardian. Thaddeus. He endures he: for, a time and finally ships her back t his sister's. The pretty, girl is pursue-; bv several suitors whose ardour cool -when she is said to be not worth a cent And here the mcr,dv guardian steps in He has loved the girl." but her wealt' has prevented him from declaring hi affection for her. But now "that she i. -noor, he doesn't hesitate to offer bin' l self. In a story of this character it_i obvious that the refined artistry c-f Mis Martin "finds adequate scope. ! his bear tiful sir! shines in every - film in wliic.she is'seen, but when the entire frarm■work of the play has been especially de signed for her, her pleasing personality stands out all the more markedly an.' distinctlv. This picture is supported b- - an. excellent series cf dramas, scenic? topicals. etc.