AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17326, 28 May 1918, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

Charles Chaplin in his latest piece of funrruikmgj The Adventurer, 1 ' Marjory "Wil--1 son, the brown-eyed heroine of " intolerf nc °>' i n . " Flames of Chance," and the twelfth instalment of " The Neglected Wife, aro the principal attractions at the Queen s Theatre just now. The leading picture at Everybody's •Lneatre just now is a powerful drama entitled "Gates of Gladness," which is the cuun factor in attracting large attendances. . It J 3 well supported by an excellent "Fatty" Arbucklo oomedy and several other good pictures. ~i .J? 0 a change of programme at 1 the Empire Theatre to-day, when the Now ■ Paramount, " Double Crossed," featuring > Pauline Frederick, will be screened- The • story is as follows Whilst visiting at tho home of Laurence Worthington, Eleanor Stratton learns that her husband is being blackmailed. Worthington, she hears, is in possession of a paper incriminating this political leader, and her husband is comroanded to steal it under p&in of exposure • of a petty theft committed in his boyhood, and of which the detective has a signed confession. ' To save her liusbond from further incriminating himself, Eleanor herself steals the papers, taking them the following day to Foley, tho detective. There she is : tricked into giving them up before she has received the signed confession. That is only a part of,the story. The end is a surprise. The supporting pictures we of the usual high standard.