AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

people’s pictures

“THE SLACKER.” Th© Theatre Royal is noted for the excellence of the teatures shown there, and “The Slacker.” which will be (Widened to-night, will prove no exception. There are many kinds of slackers other than war slackers, and this picture deals with the bitter experience of ft woman faced with a man’s cowardice Nh woman likes to know that the man ehe loves, the man she marries, is a ifioral and physical coward, and Margaret Christy,, the heroine of this sixT&ri Metro special, faces such an ox.pOTiohco. It m a patriotic film, but it .ns even greater than that—it i© hutinan. Emily Stevens, in the opinion ot a i ontic, gives the best and most appealing characterisation of her career before the camera. When she smiles, you ©mile; when she points to the cartridge belt worn, by her slacker husband and asks, “Are those bullets?” and looks up into his ©roiling face, you weep You have to weep, unless- your heait is of stone and your emotions are of a minus quantity. The final adventure of ‘.‘The Scarlet Runner” and interest and comedy subjects are included in the bill, whkhisan exceptionally strong one.

HAYWARD’S PICTURES,

“THE PATRIOT.”

11l the Triangle film. “The Patriot,” which headgi the bill at the. Empire tonight, the central figure is that of a,. American who is an ex-soldier from the Philippines-, and at the opening of the otory is a gold digger iu Western America. William S. Hart plays the part, and'Kas never had a more congenial one. There are some poignant passages, aim needless to say a cumulative interest until the last breathless -scene. The pidt/ore shows la 'passionately loyal American. Unscrupulous agents rob bipi of hi© mining claim, and while he is away - unsuccessfully trying to right the "Wrong, his little son, who is motherless, dies. Embittered, ho begins to hate his country, and goes to Mexico, where he join© an insurgept band which is going to attack the United States. He traitorously gives information to the Ainerican Army which will cause the iriojor part of it to be absent when the insurgents attack the camp, But a tthatiefl meeting with a little child suddtoihly causes him to see the enormity ol hia action. The question, of comae, is ’ whether h© will be able to get the main American force back in time to save the camp and its helpless refugees. Tim fir e t chapter of the new serial, “The ■Fatal King,” will also be shown. It features the popular Pearl White. Those Who were charmed by her work in “the Iron Claw” will welcome her back u the serial screen.