AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 19, 14 September 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S

The popularity of the new series ot pictures at Bernard's was evinced l>\ me good house iasG ev'euing at Alauame Bernard's, the audience ue:ng ;. very enthusiastic one. For Mondaj evening AiaHame Bernard Has securer an exceptionally hue drama, entmec

"A Ueast at .bay," the pu aire bern fc one of trie tinost of its kind >ec screen ed here. A dangerous convict has efc taped from prison, and is skijlkin., through/the woods, pursued by priso, officers. The officers separate, and g> in different directions in the hope o. heading him off. This works wen) to. tiio convict, who surprises one of th. guards, and, overpowering him, make mm change clothes with. him. Abou. this time Edith is accompanying he. sweetheart Jack to the railroad sta tion in her auto., and leaves in a huff calling him a coward for not having entered into a street brawl with ; drunken tramp, who insulted them oi the way down. Jack has some time t-. wait before train time, and, upoi. looking after the departing auto., surprised to see it held up by the dis guised convict, who forces tne gill U aid him in his escape. Two of the guards, arriving at the station, in lonn Jack of the true condition, am the three, knowing the railroad tract to run parallel with the road, induce the train despateher to let them have an engine to pursue the fugitive am the gill. Here follows the most thrill ing pursuit ever witnessed—a race be tvveen an engine and a racing auto Jack now has an opportunity io prov* his mettle, and takes advantage oi it. Another film in Alonday's collection is a line representation of tii Paris motor bandits, who recently ere aced such a sensation.