AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 114, 18 May 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

HAYWARD'S PICTURES.

TWO-STAR PROGRAMME.

A secret service story with a fresh J turn of plot 'is seen in ' T'ic Stolen I Treaty," the original Cheater Vitagfiraph masterpiece now Icing screened'.'at'Havward's Pictures. Earle Wil- / Jiams piavs the lead, and with him is a damtv'iiew Vitagraph star. Lonnne Griffith.' She earn* high honours by her exceedintfiv clever portrayal of the role of the society girl who longs for adventures and gets a long way moiv than her share. The story gets go:i;u at once, a»d almost straightaway a tie mendniw scheme of international thef. and blackmail is unfolded. Thrilling escapes come thick and fast, and there i« an air of reality over the. whole drama, as the scenes are set. in modern New York. At a brilliant society function a 'society fop makes the acquaintance of a lovely girl All unknown to the world at large the fop 5* one of the cleverest of the United States Secret Service men. and is ■watching a well-known prince who is at the head of a. band of dangerous men whose operations are world-wide. The girl's assistauce is called for, and after many stormy- and risky times there is the usual happy enulng. In addition to the feature* mentioned above, the latest (Mutual Chaplin filmdepicting the world-famous comedian as a policeman, will be shown. PEOPLES PICTURES. At the Theatre Royal to-night F'rai. Cis X. Bushman and Beverley Tiayn? Tv-ill-be. seen in their first Metro superfeature, iw parts which suit ,them admirably. Tb«> play, which M-.e"titled '.'Their Compact," is full of actio?, and there is romance, adventure, . excitement, suspense, and a. strong, eh max. It is a mining story, and the life of Silverville is graphically shown Mr Bushman plays James Van Dyke Moore, the New Yorker who goes VVe*t to take care of his mining properties. There are some wonderful fights with the miners—and who can put up a better fight than Bushman? There is ad-S-eirture. excitement, peril, and fsnally the sun shining after the storm. "The Compact" is a gripping story- of manIv courage and the West —of a man who kept his word, even though the ■whole world misjudged him, .until events proved his honesty. James Van 3)j-ke .Moore has pat his trust in a woman who has proved worthless. He "goes West to forgef her, and meets •wincome Mollie Anderson. To the West comes his friend, Robert Forrest, on his honeymoon. His bride if the false creature Moore has unmasked. She begs him to keep her secret. Forrest goes away, leaving his wife in Moore's care for safe keeping.- Worthless as she is, he must protect her—it is "their compact." Dramatic moments come quickly until the tremendous climax, in which right and jus-tic* -winl In addition Charlie Chaplin will be seen in his greatest fun riot, "Easy StreetT"