AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 162, 6 July 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

HAYWARD'S PICTURES. Ten thousand members of the National Prohibition Alliance in America are shown in proce-sion in "The Man Who Forgot," the big World Film drama dealing with the drink problem, to l>e - shown at Hayward's Pictures tonight. Robert Warwick's make-up a* the derelict, drink-.si.rickciT ajvcl hopeless, was to good, that when he came quietly into'" the studio, the manager ordered him out. A lonely street in is the opening scene of the story," where the victim of opium suddenly shades off the habit only to f a victim to the craving for alcohol In fancy the; spectator i& then quiekiv takea to a git.it American city, where the -victim is enabled' to make a r.cw start in life. H'.s experiences make ium h-ato the drink evil with whole soul, and he becomes a- leader cf the national prohibition movement :i America. He incurs the enmity of those who are .engaged in defending the trade, and they yet about to procure hid flow" fall. He loves the daughter of a senator opposed to him on the question, and is forbidden the house. b'.iies he can only look back, five years '■ ''l re member his pa-t he is in a hopeless position, and faces a black outl >oK. rlt i?s suddenly denounced by a woman who claims to be his'wife, and he is unable to deny it. However, the cause he is labouring for is victorious, and all' comes right eventually. The drama is- splendidly produced and. Doris Kenkon is au adorable heroine. A roaring Keystone t.omedy and the la.test Gazettes and industrial films complete the programme.

PEOPLE'S PICTURES. • ' In "Life's Whirlpool," the melodrama to be shown at the Theatre fioyal to-night, Lionel Barrymore directs his blister—the celebrated Metro star, Ethel Barrymore. hr the play he lias writiten for her. He has given her a role which calls -unto play all the emotional powers she has so often demonstrated on stage and screen. In "Life's Whirlpool" Miss Barrymore plays the part of Esther Carey, ithe* innocent victim of circumstances. Left alone at the death of her4falt-her, she marries a man unworthy of her, wlio is forced to ipay the penalty of life misdeeds. Esther is suspected of the crimed 'that is committed.,* and is driven from shelter with her infant toil At the climax of the story she is about to be punished for a crime of which she is .innocent. She i» traced Ito a hut in the 'woods, where she hate been- inveigled by two men she has a ked tc Help her. She is rescued after shooting one of the men who attempted to attack her. A friend of the family ob tains a confession from the murdtever Dr Gray, and old sweetheart, returnss | from Fiance, and he and .'Esther renew ] the affection of their childhood'. The supporting pictures are well chosen, and include another of the popular Co.-Op. .Weekly Gazettes and a -sidesplitting comedy. •