ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1635, 9 November 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“OUR PICTURES.”

A particularly strong programme has been arranged for Saturday nflernoon and evening at the Town Hall, an outstanding feature being a thrilling detective story, “The Grey Mask.” This is a play with an engrossing theme, whieh for five acts keeps you keyed up to a. pitch of tense excitement, as you witness

a series of startling adventures and sensational situations, whieh reach a climax as a motor car with its occupants dashes over the brink into the depths below. Kdwin Arden appears as Jim Garth, a detective, who breaks up the Ilennion (lane; of criminals. Tire Ilennion gang of crooks Inning killed Joe Kridcl. a police inspector, and, fearing discovery, accept t'ne aid of Simmons, who wears a gray mask that covers wounds caused hy an explosion. Jim Grain, another inspector, is placed on the trail of the gang, of which he becomes n member. Nora, the daughter of. Garth’s inspect!))-, is beloved hy Garth. She appears to he one of the gang. Although Jim loves her deeply, she is cold to him. She bus sworn to avenge tins murder of Kriciol, and believes the murderer to be one of the gang. The ITennions attempt to steal a valuable explosive, and penetrate to a, steel room in whieh (he chemical is placed. Nora learns the name of Kildefs murderer. When the gang Ims gathered in the steel rmim, Garth reveals himself and calls in iiu' aid of the police. The gang is arrested; the murderer secured, and out of gratitude Norn accepts Jim Garth us her lover.

Wmvther feature iilni is a “Bronciio Billy” production, “Suppressed Bvidence.” In this production G. .M. Anderson, discarding his famous Broncho Billy role, plays the part of a husband, who is eonvicted of murder, and nobly retrains from vindicating himselt, because to do so would ruin his wife’s honour and thus blight I lie life of their little child. The wife, in love with the music professor, writes a note*, asking him to get rid of her husband, and places the Idler, together with a revolver, in her lover’s coat pocket. The Professor discovers the note, and invites (he husband round to his house to carry out the fell suggestion. While Ids intended victim has his hack turned, the musician stealthily draws the revolver, but, the husband secs (he action in a small mi mm, and, wheeling round on his treacherous host, struggles with him to obtain possession ol the weapon, ’file pistol goes oil, and the professor drops to the ground mortally wounded. Before he expires he tells the husband of his wife’s note, and hands him the fatal slip of paper. The man returns home, intending to denounce his wife for perlidy, but linds she has left the house, lie hides the note in a secret draw in his desk', and gives himself up to the police. At the trial, for the sake of his baby birl, he does not divulge Ids wife’s part in the murder, and she imagines that he knowns nothing of the note. He is found guilty and sentenced to prison for life. Fifteen years afterwards, however, he is pardoned, and visits liis old home again. His wife orders him out of the house, but when ho shows her the old note, she realises the full extent of his splendid devotion, and brokenly begs for forgiveness. Their daughter, now grown up into a beautiful young woman, is the means of a happy reconciliation between husband and wife, and the man realises that his sacrifice was not in vain. Other supporting pictures are; “Their First Quarrel,” “Topical Budget,” ete.