AMUSEMENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 26 October 1917, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

PEOPLE'S PICTURES. t "Dulcie's Adventure," starring the popular little star, Mary Miles Minter, will-be finally screened at the Theatre Royal to-night. The picture is charmingly developed in the earlier stages", and rises to strong dramatic heights as the story develops, concluding with a sulendid and striking climax. Miss Minter is delightful throughout, being •verv sweet and lovable as well as giving, a finished and intelligent rendering' .of a fine cart. The photography of this- uicture" is extremely beautiful, the production altogether excellent. "'"The Submarine Secret,' a Metro-Drew comedy, and other good pictures aie also included.

MADAM PETROVA. The change of programme at the [ Theatre Roval to-morrow is headed by { a Metro wonderplay entitled '"Bridges! Burned," in which M<me. Petrova- as Mary O'Brien has one of the most interesting and entertaining roles of heT career. the time that she enters the play as the daughter of an Irish gentleman in straitened circumstances, until the interesting conclusion of this remarkable story Madame Petrova holds attention •by ber remarkable acting. Her vast knowledge of European social life and customs- serves her iin good stead in "Bridges Burned." and iii the different phases of life that are shown she fits with a perfection that makes the play a living story and not an acted one, Madame Petrova wrote "(Bridges Burned," and iu so doing created an ideal picture play for herself.

' r HATWARD'S PICTURES. . The Snappy Stories Magazine has earned a reputation for high grade literary gems, ai:d "The M-:n She Married," "of .which a screen version will hea.d the programme at the Empire Theatre to-night, is one of its very best tales. A -scheming adventurer and his wife are posing at a fashionable weekend resort- as brother and sister, and he manages to entrap into, a bogus marriage a rjretty heiress, well portrayed by "Gail Kane. Instead of the usual result of euch a trick, the plot takes an unexpected twist, and the villain "takes down" his bride promptly for ten thousand dollars, and moves off to Central America. The end is quite a surprise, and the whole dTama is full of strange turns. The- photography is /remarkable, and the dressing superb. I -TO-MOREOW'S ATTRACTIONS. \" stronger in the way of contrasts can be imagined than the two leading, characters of the clever Triangle ..dri-ina "The Crab," to be -shown at "Eotb: the afternoon and evening session. Thelma Salter is a dimpled, smiling, delicious little girl actress, and she is the "heroine. Frank Keenao is naturally ■well suited in the o-rim rpie of '•"Borum" the village "Old- Ugly," who" has terrorised the neighbourhood for years. The photography is particularly beautiful, tile: settings and staging are superb, the whole forming one ox the best offering t«v dafe.