THEATRE ROYAL PERMANENT PICTURES.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13647, 12 February 1913, Page 7

THEATRE ROYAL PERMANENT PICTURES.

,: At. tho- theatre Royal .this evening the usual bi-weekly change/ of pro- , gramme will be presented. The star 'subject, "The Adventure of a- Thumb Print" is a detective story of absorbing by the Vitugraph Company, in which Mr. Maurice Costello agam appears as the. noted detective Lambert Cliaoe. It is the story of a theft of jewels from the bedroom of ii . wealthy American. The thief enters the room by way of a window over:a.porch, takes the jewels from the drawer.of a dresser, and departs the sanwi Way^ dropping to the ground: Mr. Harrison when he discovers the theft, sends, for the famous detective,. Lambert ; Cha^. who examines tho room' "and finds" a thumb print on the dresser. He then examines the ground under th© porch, and finds that the intruder, wore a pair of new shoes and limped. Disguised as a labouring man Chace visits a saloon frequented by 'toughs' and sees a young fellow wearing new shoes and limbing; Chace shadows him to his lodgings, but the young man makes his .exit down a fire escape- and boards a'freight"-train. Chace swings, on tho same train, catches his man on the top of one of the cars and a terrific struggle ensues. Chao© captures his man, who is taken to the police station, where his thumb impression is taken, and on being compared w^th the thumb print on the dresser esr tablishes th© thief's identity. The jewels are recovered and the detective congratulated upon his ability. The supporting subjects are.strong in subject and variety. To-morrow night, in addition to the above, "The Gilded Cage" an interesting story of Bohemian life, 3,000 feet in length, will be screened for one night only, v