AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 164, 9 July 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

HAYWARD'S PICTURES. , Men who remember their pasts only too painfully are common in dramas, but in "The Man "Wiho Forgot." the hei-p is a man who is only too ierribly unable to recall his past. In this picture, which wO be presented ait Hayivard'k for the laot time to-night, ten thousand members of the National Prohibition ..Alliance of America arc see» in procession. This World Film drama, wliHi .will be repeatedl thisevening, deals with the drink problem. Robert Warwick's make-up as the derelict, . drink-stricken and Jk.(jc less, was so good, that when he came qu-ieb'y into the studio, the manageordered him out. A lonely street in Shanghai is the opening scene ol the story, where the "victim of opium suddenly, shakes off the habit only to fall a victim to the craving for alcohol. In fancy the spectator is. then quickly taken, to a great American city, where the victim is enabled to make a new start in life. His experiences, make Km Irate the drink evil with his whole soul, and he be.omes a leader of the national prohibition movement :n America. He incurs the enmity of those who are engaged in defending the trade, and tliey set about to procure hip c!ow» fall. He loves the daughter of a senator oppo-ed to him on the question, and is forbidden the house. iv.nci can only look back five years r *-3 remember his part he is in a hopeless position, and faces a black outl to 1 ;. He is,.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 ar.d Doris Kenyon is an adorable heroine. !A ■Keystone. "Caught f\V>th the and a splendid batch of 'Gazettes, complete the programme. PEOPLE'S PICTURES. The big Metro melodrama, "Life's Whirlpool,"' has attracted large crowds during the two evenings it has been. shown'-at the popular Thea,tre Royal, and to-wight will be it© final This photoplay was written and produced by Lionel Barry especially for His talented sister, Ethel Barry more. It can at once be said he has given her a'role which calls into play all the emotional powers she has so often demonstrated on stage and screen. In "Life's Whirlpool" Miss Barry more plays the part of Esther Carey, ithe innocent victim of circumstance*. alone at the death of her farther, she marries a man unworthy of her, who is forced to <pay the penalty of his misdeeds. Esther is suspected of the crime that is committed;, and is driven from shelter with her infant son. At the climax of the etory she is about to I*3 punished for a crime of which she is innocent. She ie traced; Ito a hut in the woods, where she hate been inveigled by two men she has asked to help her: She is rescued after shooting piie -of the men who attempted To attack her. A friend of the family ob tains a confession from the rourdterer Dt Gray, and old sweetheart, returass from France. - and he and Esther renew the affection of their childhood'. The supporting pictures arc well chosen, and- include another of the popular Co.-Qp. Weekly Gazettes and a sideaplititng comedy. •