AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 160, 4 July 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PEOPLE'S PICTURES.

'Wednesday is always a big night at the popular Theatre Royal, amid la.st ■'.cveiuug the crowd outside the. Theatre before Die doors opened was bigger than ever, and the fiiral result was dhat, the ti kel office had to delist from '•selling. The new programme ds an «xceptiona.".ly powerful one. and was received with marked enthusiasm. Plenty .of child' star® are able to express cheerful and gay moods, but it is seldom that a small girl i s able to h? /convincing in the delineation of <lhi stronger emotion?. This? latter is the n markable gift of little Madge Evans the World star who is seen in "Th Little Dnche s," the star drama Geraldine is a little orphan who had lived with her English mother in a New York tenement. Wfith a Intftle bo^ friend, she runs away and join® a circus, and this escapade iis made the means of introducing some vivad and original touches into the story. She is traced by .the agents of Earl Carnimore, ami goes ito Live with him, as she is proved to be his grandchild. The morose o'd man learns a new view of life from his lovable little new relation, and incidentally the dark tragedy that had overshadowed the Garnimare family "s brought to an end through a surprise discovery made by Geraldine. The supporting cast includes Pinna. Nesbit and James Davis., the latter making a most satisfactory villain. Some excellent English set* tings and rernai-kablie photography make the film stand out. The" IStjepisode of '/The Iron Claw," the big serial, in on the bill, which will be re peated tonight.

HAYWARD'S PICTURES. Bessie Love, always a great, favourite,' made a triumphant return to the screen in the latest Triangle drama. "The Sawdust Ring," successfu'.ly pre sented befoi'e a big attendance a' . Hayward's Pictures last n-ight. She if charming in every scene, a:id full of s quaint and clever humour*. The story is unique. Bessie's mother was the "wife_of the owner of the greatest cir cus in America, and) she had discovered) him in what thought was infidelity. Disgusted and broken-hearted she had left him and had struggled' on. earning her own living. '-' In, the little girl's heart there was always the- love of the circus, and when a mammoth show comes to the town «he and a boy companion run away with an old horse, and set about touring America with their own little circus. < The boy oyv the way, is wonderful. They hai-c together a most amazing series of adventures, and always manage to pay their way. Eventually, through an accidental meeting the little girl if' the means of reconciling her parents There are many peeps at the strange: lives of those who follow the Hareer of ' the . ring, and Isome splendid' interior] cus.°*ce- T, ev. An old grey hor.se With a! most Im'man intelligence talces a leading role in 'The Sawdust Ring, and mammoth elephatns and other "animal a r e» introduced hi l the variou* scenes. The Pathe_ Gazette shows the arriva l of A the Italian military aeroplane, which witli two officers and two passenger?, flew from Turin to London in one day non-stop run. A racy Keyston is listed, and the whole programme wi'l be shown agaim this evening.