AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, 4 August 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES.

Last evening a very fine selection 1.1 films was screened at the Empire Theatre. To-night the principal attraction will be the seventeenth episode of "Th. Million Dollar Mystery" Thaiiliouser serial. This chapter, which will 1■• shown for the first time, is entitled "Th.Battle of Wits." The Black Himdi.-i are determined to "get" Norton. !>• clever spying they learn of his lie.:;sent to interview-a certain General He;.derson. Only by remarkable nerve ;-

their treachery foiled. Escaping thi.trap, Norton turns spy himself, and follows the gang. They -discover his pi ui =. and again succeed in luring him to thei: stronghold. All his strength is here of no avail, and he is thrown into the torture chamber. Fate sends Jones ;.>

avenger and rescuer. In. conjunct!, r with this picture will be screened another 4000 f- star drama. "Out of the Depths." and other it-ems of intercut. To-morrow night a special attraction will be presented in the Famous Players' great production, "The Crucible." fc.ii uring Marguerite Clark. Motueka- wii' be visited to-morrow as usual. THZATBE ROYAL. PEOPLE'S PICTURES. Another large audience found ple;i-i:. in the list of new subjects screened athe Theatre Royal last night. The ser-i:--which contains two stars —"Stol.n Voice ana "The Red Lie," will be fin rh.\ screened to-night. On Saturday, at hot; matinee and night sessions, "Coral." one of the most- delightful pictures w. screened, will 'be shown. In "Coral." 4000 ft. Walturdaw exclusive, the ni;u; agement have secured a picture tlv.it \r likely to exercise a wide human appev •It- contains practically all the cierr.e:'' which go to the making of a popuLi. subject, and is exceedingly well acleand beautifully produced. The heart in terest of "Coral" is perhaps what w!' endear it to the largest number of pc pie, but it contains also a- soupcon <■ mystery to give it a flavour and eaoir: exciting adventures and escapades to pn serve it from the charge of mere imw-' ishness. The fact that all the charade are old friends does not detract from :' value —rather adds to it, in fact, in th ca-se of a story which could not be acl; out with half as much sincerity by; pc-. pie who were unfamiliar with their c. vironment. Everybody in "Coral" is . home with the kind of thing he or she i.required- to do, and one never fa moment that any scene will be let dov • by unconvincing acting. The produce ' part, too, as we have said, has been w« ' and truly performed—though one of t. surest elements that will contribute 1 the popularity of -the picture is the paplayed -by mother nature in the mar luxurious visions afforded us of oct?: rock; and wild' countryside.