AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 166, 11 July 1918, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

-&AYWAJRT>'S PICTTJ'RiES.

Melbourne McDowell, who wa3 "Black Jack" in "The Flame, of the "Yukon." was the 'central' figure in' "The Bond of. Fear." which was warmly received by the large attendance a'b the Empire 'theatre last• -night. His role is .the "judge, who mercile.-isly :i man. to twenty .years' hard labour, and then'the same night findsi himself a fugitive, from the law. McDowell gives a wonderful piece of powerful and intensely dramatic acting. To the heioiiie special atention muft be pa-id, :is she is the new star \vho=-e accession- to the Triangle forces has created such interest in .American film circles. This is

BeGe Bennett, a beauty who possesres. quite unusual, charm and', emotional force. .With her is also Hoy Stewart. the actor chosen by Triangle to play an important role. In addition- to the above drama, 'was shown, amid an uproar'of laughter, ''The Cure," the latest and best Mutual -(Chaplin comedy, /two thousand feet uf the ose'.i-ce of this-, extraordinary personality's fastest fun-making. His nerve* wrerked owing to dissipation, he gofe? to a sanatorium .to get cured. H« takes with him his-trunk, which as a woefully popular article very promptly in the home.' It is packed with bottles of every comforting brand, and their discovery is wo of the finest "screams" ever '-'perpetrated. Charlie's efforts to -wrap himself round a glass or two of the na*ly health waters arc well worth ■watching, ami his adventures in the Turkish bath chambers are a series ■■■ r laugh-extracters. The programme will be repeated this evening. PEOPLE'S PICTURES. La-ri night the usual big Wednesday crowd assembled outside the Theatre Boyial before the doors were opened, and. numbers eventually were unable to gain admittance. The new programme proved, to be a top-noteher, and was repeatedly applauded. The gaol-wdlcling s*?ene in' "The World Against Him" is weird and strangely dramatic. The bridegroom has been chosen solely because he is under the sentence of death, and because the marriage will give the bridi a fortune. The story is as follows: "Mark West falls* in love with a society belle, Alice .'Ridgway. •who flirts with him, and then becomes engaged to a famous surgeon, Xbr Welsh." .Mark West has a young and crippled sister, and he saves no enough money to take her toUr Welsh. The latter tries an operation that he knows will probably, kill the little girl. She dies, and Mark, finding out the truth and blind with fury, rushes to the doctor's office and kills the assistant. He is' tried and condemned to death. Alice Ridgway has been left a fortune on " the condition that she marries .■within three days, and, her fiancee having gone West, Mark is approached. He consents, the marriage is perform•ed, and the bridegroom escapes. It cam be imagined from the foregoing how- thrilling the remainder of the etprT,""which ends well, must be. . The acting of E. K. "Lincoln i s superb, and nothing too good can be -said of June Elvidge. That great serial "The Iron Glw*ri-* is now in its final episode. This ifeatnre has now run' for five months, without a-dull chapter, 'and at- kyt the mystery of "Who i 9 the Xaughing Mask," which has been responsible for so much argument, is 'satisfactorily settled. An interesting To~pical is " included inl the programme., which wil be shown again tonight.