ON THE SCREEN.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 81, 9 May 1918, Page 2

ON THE SCREEN.

“ The Man Who Forgot.” One who had lost his memory completely through the abuse of alcohol, is the central figure of “The Man Who Forgot” the World Film Drama to be shown at Matamata on Saturday. Robert Warwick portrays the hero, and his work is superb. The story opens in a Shanghai opium den, and flashes quickly to a great American city, where the victim is enabled to make a new start in life. His experiences make him hate the drink evil with his whole soul, and he becomes the leader of the American National Prohibition movement. He naturally incurs the enmity of those who are engaged in defending the trade, and they set about procuring his downfall. He loves the daughter of a senator who is opposed to him on the question, and the father forbids him to the house. Since he can only look back five years and remember his past, he is in a hopeless position, and faces a black outlook. Then he is suddenly denounced by a woman who claims to be his wife, and he is unable to deny it. However, the cause he is laboring for is victorious, and all comes right in the end. The drama is splendidly produced, and Doris Kenyon is an adorable heroine. The programme includes a 1000 feet Keystone comedy, a Graphic and an educational film, concluding with the seventh instalment of the “ The Black Box.”