AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, 2 October 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES.

The programme presented at the Empire Theatre on Saturday can rightly 'te termed a first-class one. Such a splendid collection of pictures could hardly fail to satisfy the most critical. Tlie star feature is a Famous Players' star drama entitled "Her Triumph," presenting the popular dancer. Gaby Deslys, on the screen for the first time. , "Her Triumph" has 'been written specially for iier, and might be a real story of .her life, so graphic and) convincing do©» it appear. Commencing as a baih.-t dancer, she overcomes every-obstacle every tempta-| tion before she i:H reaches the pinnacle of her ambition. The actress gives many fine sentimental 'touches in I the course "of her storv. kut e he remains natural throughout. S&g is equally convincing as the little ohoruS girl at the outset, lovingly tending har "bed-ridden (mother and blind sister, and as the successful artist, who seoJA-es f&ffie, when her greatest in the additional comforts she t!L*R give her loved ones. There are no dull i-ioniefiis ) every scene possesses, some inci»J*!ii that engrosses attention and grip* >h e Gabv Deslvs receives great ' \ixs9<&t from Harry Piker, who also ;hi s delbut as a film actor. As a dai, cer i n conjunction with Deslys, Mr has gained worlds-wire celebrity. of the other characters is and the stage setting a gjeat musicihall scene. A addition to the prolamine is a -film taken by t the Permanent Pictures r<roprietary y I>»ff?dil Day in Nelso-y (September Uth). This programme will, be screened tonight for the last time v The box plan is at the Empire Theatre, and; there is noadvance in- prices..

PEOPLE'S PICTURE^ ■* •Continuity of good programmes screen-■ ■Bd at the Theatre Royal drew fullfcouses all the week, and Saturday provd no exertion to the rule when a full .house ■was recorded at the matinee, and it the aio-hfc session hundreds were unal|e to sraxn admission. The star attraction jwas I "Red Feather" photoplay enttled "Autumn", which features the ddnty - screen heroine, Violet Mersereau. • Nliss Mersereau is one of the really •women: of the screen. Her face is expressive, her figure is shapely and rounded; she is as active as a hare. Moreo-fcr, she shows in this play that, alifUMgn she is supreme in representing: ">; d nntamed innocence, her ability -.:s iot limited to such characters. There,is action and to spare. There are scenesin ■'.'the'gambling den, pun fights, galloping horses, the killing of a had man, and a lynching.only-averted by the timely ar~ inval of a. contingent of the mounted po-' lice, who swim a flooded river." In addition to this delightful picture the sixth episode-of the "Broken Coin," with comedies, cartoons, etc., completed a fine evening's'entertainment, which will V.repeated to-night for the last time. Tomorrow: there will be the usual change of programme, at the Theatre Royal, and the management will screen the intensely human storv entitled "Pennington's : Choice." This..is.a story full of "red * blood," a virile storv of adventure in the wilds of Canada. " Pennington (which character is nlayed by Francis X. Bushroan, ah eminent American screen actor) . is a .wealthy "young citizen, given to the social round rather than to manly pursuits. Eugenie Blonde3U, a fresh young girl from tlie Canadian backwoods, conies into his life. > Eugenie, however, does not appreciate Pennington's social successes, and declines to marry him until he .has proved' himself a man. Pennington : agrees to go to the Canadian fastnesses for the test; and here take -place the thrilling adventures that make the picture so. absorbingly fascinating. One of the big/features'is a high dive, which Miss Beverley Bayne (who revels in. the part of Eugenie) makes from some rocks ihtoZicy cold water. Another exciting r _episode is a stirring fight, in -which J. J. Jeffries, the famous 'boxer, takes, part. The. People's Orchestra will play delishtfpirmusical items each evening, which ' hay* been.' specially selected for this picture, particulars of which will be found in the advertising columns.