AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, 25 September 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES.

Lar-ee and appreciative audiences attended both matinee and ewmnj; performances at the Lmpire Im-atre on To-night a new pmsrammt be ccreen-d and as an extra the great Yitagraph railway drama,. -Tiie naatf" will be shown again ior the las»t rroe. This is a picture well worth see- ( in- as it contains one of the most expensive and most realistic s.enes ever attempted bv maker.- of cinema pictures, reflecting Veal -redit on the tamous Yitagraph Company. The cast is au i:nusuallv strong one, Earle AVi.liams and \rrta" Stewait playing the two leading parts. '.Another picture on to-mu-at s nst which is worihv of special mention _;s a Lubin drama entitled "It was to oe, rathe Gazette will be found most —. - 5000 feet. A Gaumout. Graphic and a Pat He Gazette, will be found most acceptance additions, showing as they do tne latent and most important happenings ot the dav. The whole wall form a very strong "holidav programme. The box plan ss now open at, the Empire Theatre.

PEOPLE'S PICTURES. The Theatre Royal was packed to the doors at both sessions on Saturday. ■when a programme of outstanding .nrirt was screened. The leading attraction was a "Blue Bird" Exclusive entitled "Tangled Hearts/", ana leatured Louise Lovelv, an appropriate if not an accidental name for so charming a screen artiste. Others who help to carry the plav to success are Hayward MaJt. Agnes* Yernon. Lon -Chaney, May Alison.. and Jav Behvsco. But the cleverest actress in the cast has to be content to make a hameless appearance, for there is no mention of her on the screen. He re-~ fer to the delightful child—she cannot be more than three years old at most—who.'plavs the part of the little one who ■was the "innocent cause cf all the trouble. Never iiave we seen more natural actin* in a mite of such tender years. The part, she has to play is by no means small or easv. and the little one comes through the" ordeal with flying colours. The film would be quite worth seeing for this remarkable example of juvenue abilitv alone. But this is only one out of manv incidents which help to make "Tangled Hearts" a highly attractive and excelientlv produced subject. The fifth episode of "The Broken Com," War Topicals, comedie?. and the latest "Hazards of Helen" (Helen Holmes) ! eeries, entitled "The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children." which is indescribably sensational, will complete an "excellent programme. To-morrow a complete change of programme will 'be screened. The series wife' include the de-liorht-fui romance,. "Eosemary." in which Miss •Margneriie Snow andi 'Mr Paul Gilmore take" the leadi.ig parts. The work of these two artists .in this latest Metro play is said to be very fine. There are several thrilling episodes', including a fire from ■which the heroine, -Dorothy Craicksnank. is rescued ; and the humorous passages afford excellent, relief to the purely sentimental principal theme of the story. The •whole production is, according to reliable "notices, quite up to the very high standard set bv the Metro people, and should •fee welcomed -by all those who appreciate a good, wholesome play. An adequate .programme of supports is promised, and "'the; Orchestra, which adds so much to the enjoyment of patrons, will play appropriate selections throughout the whole evening.