AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 163, 8 July 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PEOPLE'S PICTURES. 1 . Tliers was a full house at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when the big M'etro melodrama., "LiiVs Whirlpool." was Initially screened. This photoplay was written and produced by Lionel Bar-ry especially for his talented' sister, Kthel Barry inform. It can at once be said he has given, her a role which calls- -into p'av all the emotional power? she h.v &.» CFt-en demonstrated on '-stage and screen. In "Life's Whirlpool" Miss Ram-more plays the part of Esther Carey. Ah" kinocent victim of circumstance*. Left alone a i the death of her fait her, shi marries a man unworthy of her. whi is forced to >pay th£ penalty - n Esther is -suspected of the crime- that L> committed, and :s rlrivei: from shelter with her infant, son. At the climax of the story she :s about to be punished for a crime of which she is innocent. She is i traced Ito a hut in the woods, where ishe ha'-, bee.ii in •veigled bv two men she has a ked tc help her." She is rescued after, shooting one of the men who attempted to at- ' tack her. A friend of the family ob tains a confession from the mm-dtHei X>r Gray, and old sweetheart. returnss from France. ariid he and Esther renew the affection of their childhood'. Hie supporting pictures are well .->• chosen., and include another of the popiila. Co.-Qp. Weekly {.Jrr/ettes ami a sidesplitting comedy. The programme wall be repeated to-night. HAY WARD'S PICTU RES.

3Je.n who re in eh er their pasts only toe. painfullv are common in dramas, but in "The Man Who Forgot .''.-/ the hero a man who is only too tenibl.v unable to recall his past. In. this picture, which attracted a crowded attendance to Hay ward's on Saturday, •ten thousand members of the- National Prohibition Alliance of America- are seen- in procession. Tins World rilij l drama, whiiih will be repeated! thus •evercin". deals with the drmk problem. °JR'obert .Warwick's make-up as the" derelict, ck-ink-stricken ami hope less " was good, that when he cairn nuieb;y into the studio, the manage, ordered him out. A lonely street m Shanghai is the opening scene ot the story,, where the victfm of opium suddenly shakes off the habit on:;y to tal a. victim "to the craving tor alcohol In fancv the spectator is then quick!} taken, to a great American city, wher. the victim is enabled to make a new start in life. His experiences make u.-n hale'the drink evil with his whole soui and he be.-omes a leader of the '-• tional prohibition movement :n Amer ca He incurs the enmity of those \vhc aire encaged in defending the trade and thev set about to procure his clow fall He loves the daughter of a senator ' opposed to him on tho question, and is forbidden the house. can only look hack five years r ' /< r '' member his pait- he is m a hopeless position, and faces a, black c.utl >oK. il> is- suddenly denounced by a. woniar •wlio claims to be his wife, ami he ut unable to deny it. Howeyer, tin cause he is. labouring for is victorious. and all comes right eventual-.y. Itie drama is splendidly produced ard* Doru Kenkon is an adorable heroine A roaring Keystone comedy and the latest bazettes and industrial films complete the programme.