AMUSEMENTS.
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "SOXS OF SATAN." A stirring melodrama abounding in sensational surprises, entitled ''Sons of Satan," by the London Film Company, is the "star" iteni.on .the pro-, gramme at His Majesty's; ; Theatre'/"' The central figure isafi, ai-pn-criminal of almost ; superhumajh .'propensities,,' Henry Xormand, who" is'*chief of ■■: a gang of thieves and murderers,""who assume the title of "Sohs'of Satan." Xormand has a suite. Of rooms, cunningly built so that he can gain access to each compartment through ingenious mechanical slip-panels. This scheme enables him to simultaneously conduct a private detective agency. edit a newspaper, and carry on other kindred operations, and withal there is a powerful lesson to be lea int. The picture is wonderfully well produced and acted, ami the mechanical devices manipulated in the den of criminals are most cleverly arranged. The picture is easily one of the best of its type shown locally. The films associated with the "feature" are "Yellowstone Geysers of North America," "John Bull's Sketch Book" (comedy cartoons). "Pathe Gazette," and "Beppo the Barber" (komic comedy).
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 97, 30 March 1916, Page 3
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173AMUSEMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 97, 30 March 1916, Page 3
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