AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 20 September 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE. Alice .Brady can he been to advantage in “A Woman Alone,” which will be shown at the King’s to-night. The second episode of “The Neglected Wife” will also be shown. Tomorrow night Douglas Fairbanks will appear in one of his latest comedies, “Flirting with. Fate.” An artist who could draw anything but a salary ss the hero of this picture . Some proof of his ability to draw is supplied when finding that his two pet dogs are hungry, he draws a picture of bones on canvas, and the dogs are completely deceived

EVERYBODY’S. During recent years there have been many classics of English literature adapted for screen exhibition, but never has there been ■ one with such power and force as the picturisation of Hall Caine’s “The Eternal City..” in which the Famous Players have achieved the greatest triumph in the blending of the spectacular with the dramatic that has’ never been known in the history of the modern picture. The value- of the picture is greatly enhanced by the presence of Pauline Frederick, who, with her great wistful eyes and outstanding dramatic talent has won a place foremost in the constellation of dramatic stars of to-day. In “The Eternal City” she takes the part of Donna Roma, and makes the character live and breathe in a manner that called forth the warmest praise from the author himself. The principal male parts are taken by Thomas Holding, Fuller Mollish, Frank Lessee, and George Majorca!. “Are Waitresses Safer’ is the unusual title of the Mack Sennett comedy that has been aptly described a: a whirlwind of funny slapstick situations. Anyone taking seriously the title of this comic would be forced to say that waitresses are not as safe in Mack Sennett comedies as they might be elsewhere. Louise Fazenda, who play the waitress concerned in this number, has weathered many difficult predicaments of the knockabout type, but here experiences “in this two reel offering are about as complicated and funny as could be devised. The subject is laughable from start to finish, and an excellent example of this sort of comedy at its best.