GRAND THEATRE.
.V ni'W programme was presented at the Grand Theatre yesterday. "A Dash for Liberty" was tho. star film. Two men lived together in the same household, and were attended to by the *«'mie young woman, who was tbe cousin uf one of thorn. Both men fell in Jove with her, and one passionately declared his love. The girl, however,-.-.tuted that she was in-love with her f-ousin, and swore to be faithful to him. lie shortly went abroad, but business did not prosper with him, and he was induced to throw in his lot with an international gang of jewel thieves. He wrote, however, to his cousin, and to nHay her anxiety, said that he was in a new position of trust. After some time a messenger arrived from him, nringiiiß her a letter and a handbag, which she was to keep for him until his arrival. Her curiosity overcame her, and she opened the bag, to find it filled with jewels. Sho had read the report of a big robbery, and the description of the nii.«sini; jewellery* tallied with the contents of the bag. She succeeded in extracting a confession from her lover, and promised to stand by him. A great detective was on his track, howover, but with the aid of the girl the jewel robber evaded his clutches, and turned tho tables on the detective cfiarjrins him with being one of a great international jewel gang. The respite was only temporary, and the chase was continued. and when he found he could not escape the jewel thief jumped from the top of a building, where he had been discovered, to the pavement below, and was killed. Other films were: — •'Eclair Journal. No. 41 (toni<-al), "Made a Coward"' (drama). ""Dick Turnin's Ride to York" (comedy), "A fXish for Liberty (star drama), and "The Hansom Driver" (comedy).
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14832, 25 November 1913, Page 10
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309GRAND THEATRE. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14832, 25 November 1913, Page 10
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