ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1621, 7 October 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“OUR PICTURES.” “THE FLASH OF AN EMERALD.” The change of programme screened at the Town Hall last night included a 5,000 ft. World Film drama of exceptional merit, “The Flash ,of an Emerald,” featuring Robert Warwick. In this story Robert Warwick, in the character of Lucius Waldeck, commences his career of gentlemanly crime by robbing a safe of itsvaluable contents. Then he sees a very valuable emerald in the possession of a lady who is going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Et. Anne de Beaupre with her sick child. He chloroforms the woman, the maid, and the child, and secures the emerald. He poses as a Russian revolutionary; falls in love with a girl to whom he presents the emerald. But the girl is the daughter of the woman from whom be stole the emerald, and this discovery leads to his undoing. Ultimately he commits suicide.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY. On Monday there will be introduced to picture patrons another charming actress in Miss Hazel Dawn, appearing in “Niobe,” a humorous blending of the ancient, and modern, a comedy that begins 3,000 years ago and ends to-day. The humour of the play is derived from the fact that Peter Dunn ,president of an insurance company, brings to his own house, for safekeeping, the precious statue of Niobe, which his company has heavily insured. Electricians wiring the house at the time, wrap the electric coils about the feet of the statue. Dunn falls asleep, and dreams that the current passes through the wires, bringing the statue to life. The perfectly moral president finds himself in a delicate and amusing position in trying to explain to his shocked wife and other members of his household the ..presence of the scantily-clad maid running wildly through his home. At the crucial moment of his misery he awakes, however, and finds Niobe in her ancient and peaceful condition. As the incarnated statue (hat raises havoc with the insurance company president, Miss Dawn has numerous and unequalled opportunities for the display of the captivating powers that made “One of Our Girls” such a bewitching, characterisation. Hazel Dawn is the prettiest girl in Hlmdom. In addition to “Niobe” several other excellent photo-plays are included in this programme.