The Empress Pictures.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 31 July 1914, Page 3

The Empress Pictures.

KING’S HALL TO-NIGHT. For to-night, Saturday and Monday nights Mr Briton will again screen programmes of unsupassed merit —not the worn out films that have been projected all over the Dominion, hut new, fresh and delightful pictures that have anly been seen once or twice at most, on this side of the Tasman Sea. The management knows [hat Huntly patrons expect the latest and the best, and his enleavour is to supply the demand, ind to cater for the ever increasing number of patrons with the /ery newest, the very freshest, md the very best pictures procurable. “ Barnscombe’s Pal,” .lie story of one mans regenera;ion through another’s sacrifice, Is the piece <le rcxistmicu, depicting die fast life of the club man, his legeneration on account of cardday ing, his exposure through die use of marked cards, and his expulsion from the haunts of the gilded youths, a good and ortholox conclusion illustrating the ild Saw, “ Alls well that ends well. ” The fashionable waierug place, Torquay, is depicted n a very fine scenic ; comedy, in die celebrated Keystone film, ‘The Tell-tale Light” and in ‘ Willie plays a Part; ’’the drama n “ His Better Self, ” a vivid port•ayal of Western life, and “ A Real Mother, ” a human heartreaching story of everyday existence. Saturday’s “ Eclair Journal ncludes the launch of Sir Thonas Lipton’s new yacht, Shamrock IV. which will, it is hoped, wrest the blue ribbon of the sailing world from its American defenders. “The Genues of Evil ” ind “Justice of the Wilds” which have enthralled Auckland iiidiences during the present week will captivate Huntly patrons who will bo more than satsfied with the strong, long and splendid supporting programme. That stirring drama “Under False circumstances” the great feature for Monday night shows bow circumstantial evidence may lead to an injust verdict. Its telling situations, including mountain climbing and itsattendint dangers, will appeal to all lovers of sensation and cause a series of thrills, exciting enough bo be remembered for a longtime. A keystone comedy and other magnificent pictures go to comprise a programme whose equal lias never been shown in the provinces. The three programmes are well worth seeing, and Mr Briton anticipates that reciprocity which enterprise, careful selection, and attention to the comfort and .imusement of his patrons cannot 'ail to bring in t iu-ir l rain.