The Empress Pictures.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 21 August 1914, Page 3

The Empress Pictures.

KING’S HALL. FRIDAY. SATURDAY AND MONDAY. For his re-opening nights Mr Briton has secured programmee of unexceptional and unrivalled merit, surpassing most that have been screened, and arriving in Huntly with a great reputation. For Friday the position du luxe is occupied by that powerful, gripping and exciting drama, 4500 feet in length, “In the Clutch of the Ku Klux Klan,” which portrays with historical accuracy the last days of that mysterious and weird organisation. Elaborate in detail and sensational in episode, this is one of the greatest films ever produced, and on account of its historical value should ’bo seen by young and old. “An equal Chance ” and “ The Bondage of Fear ” are dramas of power and interest, while comedy, high class and amusing, is worthily represented by “A Present from Auntie,” and “ The Lucky Day,” “ Earthquakes in Sicily” being as educative . as it is interesting. For Saturday night the bill of fare is still more generous and profuse. All the pictures are Stars of. the first magnitude, and in “ The Lie ” and “ The War on the Cattle Range ” patrons will thrill with the excitement engendered. The former yields a dramatic answer to an ethical question by justifying the lie told by a religious Scotchman of the “ Auld Licht ” type to save his daughter from a false charge of murder. The latter an unprecedented Cow - boy production illustrates the truth of Kipling's dictum, “East is East and West is West,” and pictorially shows in the stirring deeds of the new plainsman how the conventional sentimentof the East clashes with the unbridled usage of the new West, and engenders deeds of daring violence and courage. “Views of Bali” is a very fine scenic ; “ Heaven will protect the Working Girl,” and “ The Cynic ” are very fine dramas: while comedy has an excellent feature in “ That’s Torn It.” Monday night’s programme is on the same lavish scale, an additional film of absorbing interest at the present time being the departure of the Auckland Expeditionary force to the front. That programmes such as these appeal to the public, whose interests are being carefully studied and catered for, will no doubt be proved by the packed houses an- ; icipated at the show which lives up toils motto “The Latest, Brightest and Best.”,

The hatchet has been used on prices with such effect that Green and Oolebrook will practically give goods away to those who buy during the continuance of the cash sile which begins to-morrow.