AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 53, 2 March 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

; ; ; .hayward's pictures. "THE. TWINKLER." A five-reel , Alutual star production, ''The Twinkler," with William Russell in'the lead, will head the programme at Hayward's Pictures to-night. This story was' written by a convict in Sing Sing,'the big American prison. It is of the underworld, "The Twinkler'' being the nickname of a light-fingered thief, and it is said to be a real record of a '.'dip's" life and his heroic sacrifice, marvellous in its realism, and appealing to.the hearts of viewers. William Russell handles his role excellently, and Charlotte Burton also does good work. Another exciting instalment of "The My .-Varies of Myra" will be shown, in addii on to an Australian Gazette and scenic at. 1 c. Jit—K films. $ PEOPLE'S PICTURES." ' "THE SECRET OF EVE." To-night's programme at the Theatre Rovai promises to be one of variety qrid quality. Comedy, drama, scenic, nature study, and science, are all prorented in the most artistic manner possible, "The Secret of Eve" starring the beautiful Olga Petrova. who heads the cast. li] this beautiful production Jlme. Petrova has four characters n.l- , loted to her. I none and all she looks superb, as she naturally has no difficulty In doing. The plav opens with an a'.- • legorical scene. showing the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden. It is a pretty picture, and Petrova * fine figure makes the serpent s triumph the more notable. In the next scene the star as Hagar. a gipsy woman, who abandons her child. Eve, 011 the doorsteo of a Quaker home, in the • belief that a better chance for happiness may -come to it that way. Eighteen vears nass, and Madame Petrova takes -lip the Tole of a' sweet and simple Quaker girl—yet not so simple, for de- ■ spite the strict supervision of her fos- - tier parents she has read stories of life -in the outer world and a longing for happiness possesses her. Peering through the window of a wealthy millowner's house during a convivial dinner party she is seen by Brandon. the owner,* "who oer-uades her to join the gathering. An evening gown is substu tnted for her Quaker costume, and Eve gets her first- taste of Bohemian life. Disillusionment follows quickly on her marriage with Brandon, who drinks heavily and has a bad reputation as an employer of child labour. Robert Blair, a young philanthropist, calls to induce Brandon to do-the right thing bv a little girl blinded by an acident in the factory. Brandon makes an unjust accusation against his wife, and is knocked. down by Blair. Eye .promptly offers to go away with Blair, who. however, has more regard for the "conventions than to accept. Eve thereupon goes to the city alone, and after straggling some time for^-existence, determines on suicide. Hesitating on the brink of a cliff overlooking a lake, f=he see -; a blind "girl walking towards the water. She savp*. the girl, lakes her back to the children's institute, and finds there a heme herself.