FULLERS’ PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1533, 8 April 1916, Page 2

FULLERS’ PICTURES.

“THE ESCAPE.”

A programme of exceptional merit will be screened at the Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday, featuring D. W. Griffiths’ sensational drama, “The Escape.” founded on Paul Armstrong’s play of that name. May Joyce, a child of the slums, longed for a better life. She continually besought her father to better the condition of his children. With the exception of May, these children were in a bad way. Jennie was a pitiful example of the visitation of the sins of the father upon the children. Larry was fast becoming a crook. “Bull” McGee, a power for evil in the neighbourhood, wanted to marry May. Dr von Elden, an ambulance surgeon, is here introduced into the drama. Von Eiden was impressed with the character of May. “At all costs,” he told her, “escape from these surroundings,” Partly because there seemed no escape, May passively agreed to the marriage with McGee. On the morning of the wedding, however, a message from von Eiden proved the deciding factor, and she left by the fire escape. Jennie subsequently married McGee. May found work in an office, from which she was later discharged. In the meantime she had met the Senator, who, in admiration of her beauty, gave her his card, reading “If you ever need a friend come to me.” In the buttetings of life subsequently, May was again influenced to take the right path by Dr von Eiden. Many exciting and pathetic incidents occur in the continuation of the life of May and the rest of the Joyce family, and the conclusion of the story sees von Eiden rewarded for his perseverance with May’s love, and the other members of the Joyce family happily situated. May’s escape to a better life was complete.