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'THE LIGHTS OF LONDON;'
G. R. SIMS'S MELODRAMA, FILMED.
Lovers of ripe melodrama have a treat*
in store for them,. in. the Gaumont film
adaptation of George R. Sims's 'The
Lights of London,' ^whieh.was- originally
produced ' at the 'old Princess Theatre,
London, with Wilson Barrett and Miss
Eastlake in the cast. It will be screened
at West's Wintergarden on Saturday next.
The film version has been modernised,
but retains many of the 'characteristics
of .mid-Victorian melodrama.; It -has motor
cars, and motor boats in plara o£ therPld
?caravaiis, 'and London's :ligHts . are .scin
tillating electric signs instead' of! gad :jeis,
tnt the villain Is as'' deep^dyed'as 'ever,
and whote stock of bad coiidnct includes
everything from /perjury and arson- to
'doping' and murder.. He is-_ the main
spring of a whirl of. swiftly, movioff events,
tense situations, and dramatic thrills. ? By
the' end of the first reel the villain has
succeeded in getting the Hero ' disowned
and- -disinherited' and sent' on his way to
many- the girl' of his choice and fsce
starvation in London. By the end of tKe'
second reel he has contrived to get the
hero arrested on ar murder charge. By the
end of .the third reeLthe hero has escaped
from Dartmoor, and the villain ' is at
last on the run, with the hero in hot
pursuit. Despite the tremendous -pace
of the: action; the -acting ia of the .highest
order— compelling, powerful, and magnetic
through every movement. The principal
players . are Wanda.- Hawley and 'Nigel;
Barrie, 'supported by- other. ..well-known
.artists. . ' ?- -.-.' ..;.
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~ 7 THE PAVltlOdf. '?
A most dramatic tekimbne conversation)
is one of the many- features.; in 'Daughters]
of the Night,' the sensational William Vox
photo-p!ay visualizing the telephone service,
and the heroism of a telephone girL which
is being shown at the Pavilion Theatre..,
The scenes woven around a beautiful tele- '
phone girl culminates in a/thrilling sensa- J
tion. Alyce Mills, as Pretty Betty Blair,
is directing the midnight pursuit of motor
bandits by long-distance telephone, when
fire breaks out in the telephone building.
'The Rip Tide,' a. remarkable drama of
love, hate, and mystery, is 'also screened.
The cast includes such well-known players
as Stuart Holmes, J.; Frank Glendon, and
Russell Simpson, while the sets are lavish
and works. of artistic1 perfection.

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