AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 29 April 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

One who had lost his nieniory completely through the abuse of alcohol is the central figure of "The Man Who Forgot," the World Film drama at the King's to-night. 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 enable 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. Ho 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 the house. Since he can of!Ty 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 labouring for is victorious, and all comes right in the end. The other pictures include Graphic, Keystone comedy, "Transporting Wild Animals" etc.