AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, 5 August 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

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At. the Empire Theatre to-night there i ■will >be the usual Saturday's complete J change of programme, and the star feature of the entertainment will be an "exceptionallv attractive one, namely the Famous Players' great dramatic; production. "The O.ucioSc." Th:s piVtr.iv features Marguerite Clarke, who :s considered- by many to rival Mary Pick ford- j She h&s a charin:ifg style of acting thai ! it, quite her own, aud will 110 doulv delight- all present. "The Crucible * •is the story of Jean Fanshawe, a lov j able little girl brought up by hor tathrr ; like a- boy." -She is constantly in trouble j for her .-tomboy tricks; and is the hoir >. i of her sedate sister Amelia and tii" j -despair -of her mother. Her s'ster -mveis with. an /accident-, and Jean is blame d j for it. handed over to the police,, an-! j ■sent to a home for incon-igibles. Hc.v | she makes an enemy of Stella Wilkes, j a notoriously bad characted, aud cs capes from the institution. She- mect.a young artist," iCraig At wood, whpersuades her to return. She saves tno matron's life, and is sot at- liberty. < tries to -get- work, -but- fails, and again met" by At wood, who marries h<r. ■but his people treat her coldly, "so sue leaves h£n>. Into her life again comes her sister Amelia, and- she heaps coals of fire on her sister's head by restoring her t-o happiness. There will be several supporting items of interest. Motucka will be visited to-night. THjEATRE ROYAIi. PEOPLE'S PICTURES. "CORAL." The Theatre Royal was again liberally patronised last night to witness the vor fine prosramme submitted. To-nis-it aV is usual, there will be_ a- completi change of bill, when "Coraa," one the most'delightful pictures yet screened, ■will be the star attraction. In "Coral/-" 4000 ft. Walturdaw exclusive, the man . agemeat have secured a picture that : likely to exercise a wide human appec It contains- practically all the element: ■which go to the making of a popub " subject, and is exceedingly we'.l actt and beautifully produced. The heart in terest of "Ooral" is perhaps what w: endear it to the largest number of people, but it contains also a soupcon o •mystery to give it a flavour and encu'j exciting adventures and escapades to pr< serve it from the charce of mere maw'-, ishness. The fact that all the character are old friends aoes not detract from ii value—rather adds to it, in fact, in th case of a story which could not be actceut with haif *as much sincerity bvi pec pie who were unfamiliar with their er. vironment. Everybody in "Coral" is a" home with -the kind cf thing he or she i required' to do, and one never feels fo & moment that any scene will be let dowt by unconvincing acting. The producer'; part, too, as we have said, has been_weL and- truly performed —though one of th< surest elements that will contribute U the popularity- of the picture is the pari plaved -bv mother nature in the mam rock and wild countryside. Other good dramas. war films, and -comedies will complete a real good programme. MOTUEKA-

. Total 8.66 Maximum fail, 4.9U, on 22nd. Days with rain. 15.

RAINFALL FOR- JULY, 1916Total fall Date. in inches. 1 .. 0.72 9 .. .. . 0.30 10 .. . ... 0.15 11--0.37 lo .. . 0.CT7. 16 .. 0.6! 17 .. 0.18 1'3 .. .. 0.13 20 -- 0.03 21 .. 0.31 22 .. 4.90 .. 0.72 26 .. ... 0.05 jo .. 0.22 il .. 0.56