PICTURE SHOWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1493, 16 July 1912, Page 6

PICTURE SHOWS.

I'ULLEHS* I'ICTUHES. The first of (lie bi-woeklv changes of programme at the Skating Kink took'place la-st night, and a refreshing set of new items replaced last week's series. Commencing with sunn! artistic and excellent photographic views of the Italian lakes, the prograiiiim; was made up with earetully chosen items of a varied nature. "Iho Old Silver Watch" is one of the foremost items. Two small/children, a boy and a girl, aro left orphan* b.- the death of their mother. The girl is adopted by a kind-hearted doctor, and the bov; who runs away rather than go to the orphanage, finds shelter with a studious old man and his wife. Years roll by, the girl has.grown up, as the doctor's daughter, to a hamUomc woman, and tho bin. seizing the clmu'ce offered bv his newfound parents, enters the legal profession. J no young man meets the girl bv chance, ond is able to render her assistance as she is being assaulted by a hooligan. On he information c,f the young lawyer the hooligan is sent to prison, but swear.-; that he will be avenged. The two Young people thus thrown together fall in'love, and. become engaged. The wedding day is hxed, and not knowing their trno relations they are about to be-married. On tho day of the wedding the hooligan escapes from prison, and, intent on revenge, he hunts down the young man. Just as the ceremony begins, the escaped prisoner breaks into the house and shoots at the lawyer. The bullet, 'however, ,-trikes his watch, and does no damage. The lawyer pulls out his watch, and shows where the bullet has struck. The .watch is an .old silver one given him by his; mother' on her death-bed, and is at once recognised by the girl. Explanations follow, and the. brother and sister rejoice in tlieir new-found relationship. "Won by a'Fish" is. an amusing farce telling of a trick played'by two lovers of' live girl's father, who is an ardent though .somewhat unlucky and unsportsmanlike' fisherman. "The Adventures of American .loe" is also a good tilm, and should appeal to the younger section of.picture enthusiasts., Other good pictures are "Indian Mail' Robbery" (dramatic), "The English. 1912 Derby,"-,vfine racing 'photograph,' and "Forgotten Dancing Films" .'(comic). This programme will be rescrcened to-night.

THE NEW THEATRE. ■ .: ''The Redemption" was screened at Messrs. M'Mahon and Donnelly's picture' theatre'in Manners Street yesterday and last evening. As the storytells of much that is true there is consequently much th'at is sad. ■ The.heroine of the niece is intensely human, and forcod to the wall by relentless Fate, she sinks tj, degradation. T.rawn over lly her own class sho falls into the hands of an adventurer who, haying robbed her, leaves her in a penniless condition to pay hotel expenses. The hotel authorities give her into custody and thus she continues on the downward track. She learns to live by her, wits and'by dancing in low cafes" -In.volved in u police raid she is onco more thrown into prison mid is shaken with remorse. Jeered at by the other women in prison her anger gets the better- of Iter and she fights. The fight is stopped by the visit of a Sister Of Mercy who re.pronchos the girl for her behaviour. Still blazing with-anger she strikes Hie nun, but no sooner has she done so than she collapses and prays forgiveness. The nuns take caro of her and nurse her through a dangerous illness. She leaves the con-vent-a reformed being, and with the help of the Sister Superior- sho becomes a hospital nurse. As a nurse she gain? o •reputation'for devotion and when cholera breaks out in the city she is the first to volunteer. Sho repays the Sister Superior' who helped her in time of need by nursing her .through the dread disease until,weak 'in'health, she'hrrsslf falls ill ond dies,- having atoned for her hapless i>ast. Just .before her death' the doiitor in charge of the hospital recommends Jier for the Legion of Honour, but it is granted too late. "The Redemption" is being supported by a number of new photo-plavs which will bo shown for the first time to-day and to-night.

THE KING'S THEATRE.' Besides a .'number of licvy supporting items, the King's Theatre I ''screened -for tho first time "Tho Traitress," a drnnintic war story of unusual merit and interest. The photography is of a high order, -and it is pleasr.iig, to nolo how exactly the various uniforms of the soldiers have been depicted. I'Tequentiy such pictures are deplorably' lacking in such detail, and thereby spoil, the Whole effect of tho piece. In this tnso, however, tho regard paid to. the minutest details is a tribute to the controlling firm. Tho story concerns the Franco- ■ Prussian'war, and the hero is a young German lieutenant of the line, who has been ordered to take up an outpost position, in the castle of an old French nobleman who lives alone with his daughter. The lieutenant occupies the castle, and is treated with that old-fashioned courtesy ' peculiar to tho French nobility. The daughter falls in love with the goodlooking German officer, but he, foreseeing the.futility of love between them, does all in his power to withstand her. One day tho girl wishes to pass one of tho German sentries who. attentive to Iks orders, stops her. Woman-like, sho appeals to the lieutenant to have the man reprimanded. This the officer refuses to do, and so they quarrel, and the girl smarts for vengeance. Sho then goes to some French soldiers in the village and others to betray the Germans quartered in t the castle. A signal is agreed upon, and while the lieutenant is quietly smoking a cigar with her father after dinner,, the girl lets in tho French soldiers. The Germans, off their guard.'are '/verpowcrcd, and the lieutenant is confined in a disused cellar. Then repenting of hc-r act, the girl sets about to release her lover. First sho lilies to move the French officer," but, failing'.Hint,, she once more turns traitor, and making her way to the nearest German .outpost, gets help from her country's enemies. A detachment of hussars set out with her for the castle, and arrive just in time to save the lieutenant from b?ing shot by the French. Tho lovers are clasped in each other's arms, when the French officer, mortally wounded, raises' himself from the ground and fires his' last/ shot point-blank at the girl who has betrayed him and her countrymen lo save the man she loves. Tho girl dies in the lieutenant's arms, and he (a soldier) sets put once more on his duty. The acting of Miss Neilsen throughput is faultless, 1 * and this, no doubt, "adds-'considerable to the general char.in of the pf.et.ure. Other items aro "Her Forgotten Dancing Shoos, 1 ' "A New Beginning," "Paris," and the "Pathe. Gazette." This programme will bo re-, penteel to-night.

' THE'ADELPHf. Interesting, excitin?. and poetical ore the three headings under which the new programme of pictures presented at the Adelphi Theatre last evenin,? may be classified. "Radiography in Practice" is a scientific picture with a distinctly popular interest, which must be seen, to. he appreciated. "The Convict's Generosity"' is p-jckcd with incident of a decidedly exciting character. It.tells the story of Bird,seye's (convict) escape from prison. He dashes towards a cliff and ascends n tree, where ho lianas by a branch until it breaks, and he is precipitated into the milch. There he is succoured by the Hjirrisojis and hidden from the sheriff's eagle eye. One day the Widow Harrison is being bullied so brutally by a creditor tint Birdseyo makes his 'appearance, and defends her.' Just then the sheriff's posse i;id<es up. and in order that voting Harrison shall get the reward offered for his , capture the convict =lips a revolver into ] his hands and backs into the aiiprnaching posse with liis hands up. Harrison is siveri the reward, with which money hr is able to salisfv the importunate creditor. In "The Miracle of Flowers" lldlle. Xapierkowska, a charming actress, • is clever and artistic, in a f.ai/ifu! romance. As Pierrot she has fallen in love with Columbine, v;ho is also, being wcacd by a wealthy and gouty old Martinis. Youth wins out, and away the twain wander anions the wild flowers and golden irr-iin to vevel in the simple life. Columbine, the fickle, swears lo be true as lone as the flowers Pierrot gives her remain fresh, but they soon fad?,' and Pierrot is forced into the expedient of replacing them. But Pierrot's les.'.urrrs run low, and with mivcrtv facing them she decrts him at I In; MiliciUilion of Hi* Ihrrink and Pierrot resolves lo end ln's life in (be li"hl of Hi? menu, but before he can ifecl his nnrpn-o Columbine returns and joy .-mil happincM rc.siinie their sway. Other ireod pictures are "The Heir Apparent," "The Old Lcvp." "The I'E.'-.-.iiifs llrcain of Mtcow, I'll? Hobo." and "The I.itlle Sister." Tlio management announce that the price? are now: Front teats, 6d.; back Kat£ and dxws circle, l&>