ROUND THE PICTURE SHOWS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1262, 25 June 1914, Page 34

ROUND THE PICTURE SHOWS.

GLOBE THEATRE.

A particularly attractive film has been secured by the Globe proprietary this week in “Orders Under Seal,” and the sessions day and night have been crowded. The story is one of military intrigue. War is in .the air. Rear-Admiral Van Houven arranges the order of attack and hands over the sealed orders referring to it to his son, Lieutenant Van Houven. Count Spinelli, the secret agent of a foreign power, who has gained access to the Lieutenant’s house, obtains the documents, copies the orders, and sends them by carrier pig-

eon to his chief. The pigeon is shot by a Government officer. The RearAdmiral learns of the treachery, and suspicion falls on .his son. Duty is stronger than affection, and he orders his son’s arrest. The latter is court-martialled, found guilty, and ordered to be shot. The wife makes an attempt to prove her husband’s innocence, but all in vain. Then fate intervenes. The Count is trapped in an old mill. In his dying moments he confesses his theft. The wife able to exonerate her husband, and pieces the incidents together and is all ends happily. The story is worked out with a mastery of detail that holds one enthralled, while the photographic results are of a most ingenious character. This thrilling war film is supported by a number of other good pictures.