AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 32, 6 February 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

BERNARD’S PICTURES. To-night should prove a great attraction to the theatre-going people of Stratford, as the change at His Majesty’s includes no less than two star pictures of over 2000 feet in length. The first of these, “The Power of Love” is a magnificentlystaged drama of intense, interest. The picture is a Continental one, and the Scenery is of unusual splendour. The scenario of “The Harvest of Sin” reads:—“Richard Thorne, cashier of the local Bank, loses very heavily at his club over cards. In order to avoid suspicion concerning a robbery, he places a letter in the pocket and removes a button from the coat of Frank Hinton, a fellow clerk, who is engaged to the manager’s daughter. Frank Hinton is suspected and arrested, but the smile of satisfaction on Richard Thorne’s face is.not unnoticed by the detective, who follows him to the thieves’ den where the money is to be divided. The robbers disagree over the money, and Richard is fatally wounded, but has time to make a confession.” Another drama, entitled “The Bargee’s Revenge” includes a scene which shows the risk taken by the photo-players to get a good effect. This is where the young lover is tied to the lock gates, and the water gradually rising, leaves him in what must bo a dangerous position. The Balkan War, in one of its most interesting stages, is a feature picture of the evening, and with the Gaumont Graphic, which is an exceptionally good number, the , topical films are in great evidence. The comics are well up to standard.