THE KING'S THEATRE.

NZ Truth, Issue 571, 27 May 1916, Page 2

THE KING'S THEATRE.

Hayward'a Pictures.

■-, The big jlncis-Trian^le, feature film. "The Coward,"" screening this week at the above theatre; has proved a photoplay entirely out of the ordinary. The acting of Frank Keenan is original, never failing toehold the onlooker's attention. Also,/ the work of Charles Ray, who playsythe coward m the story, is powerful und gripping. The photography is" brilliant and effective, and the story holds interest and admiration from first to last scene; and the sensational horse-riding stunts performed by the various players produce a thrill all the way through. Next week the management announce the screening of Hall Caine's Immortal story "The Christian." The author personally supervised the production, which occupies the whole evening. The author's talented son Derwent Hall-Came, plays the part of John; Storm, religious enthusiast and inspired apostle, who carries the white cross of humanity through London's slums, fighting down the opposition raised against him by those whose vices he wishes to suppress; and he finds that the girl wh6 had been entrusted to him when, full of hope, they both left their little rustic home to conquer London, has fallen victim to the wiles of his greatest enemies. With them^he starts the conflict, far-reach-ing m Its effects, dramatic m its intensity—they for her body; he for her soul. The production is by the London Film Company. Special music will be rendered by the theatre'a supreme orchestra, conducted by Mr. A. H. Jerome.