AMUSEMENTS.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14515, 19 September 1917, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

HAYWARD'S PICTURES.

An instalment of bright fun which rapidly "becomes turned into what could have been awful tragedy Is brought down in "Prudence the Pirate," the Pathe Gold Rooster drama shown last night at the Empire Theatre. Prudence, daintily delineated by Gladys Hulette, leaves Miss Mincem's Academy "finished," and goes home to all' fhe family she owns, a prim aunt and an uncle who has nearly been nagged to death. Prudence upsets the eaizn of this household iii double quick time, and after much manoeuvring is actually afloat in. "The Bucket of Blood," a schooner she has managed to hire-'and man with a scratch crew. .She declines to fall in with her society-struck aunt's plans of marrying her to wealthy young Astorbilt, but she finds later on, when in danger of her life, that his effeminacy conceals some fine pluck. "The film is full of good photography, and the cast is a strong one. Flora Finch is excellent as the old aunt, and Gladys Hulette, an old favourite, is an adorable heroine. The supporting films.are of a very high standard, and include a wide range of subjects. This programme receives its final screening tonight.