AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 21 December 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THE KINGS. There will be shown to-night a particularly interesting picture entitled “Empty Pockets” which is a screen version of the celebrated novel by Rupert Hughes, and it is doubtful if ever a picture has moved off at such express speed and succeeded in maintaining it to: the end. It is alsci'doubt" ful if such an unsolvable mystery tangle has ever before been devised. The plot retains a remarkable clarity, in spite of amazing complicfitions, and all sorts of cross currents which go to increase the mystification. The ending is very dramatic and unexpected. The cast is an all-star one, including Ketty Galata'; "Barbara Castleton, Bert Lytell, and Malcolm Williams. The supporting pictures are also very good.

EVERYBODY’S. Red-haired women are reputed to have brought more trouble into the world fham their dark-haired sisters'.Nobody knows why, but there have been many guesses. In the film version of "Empty Pockets,” Rupert Hughes’s novel, red-haired women are the prime factors in the seething mass of trouble, spelled with a capital “T.” Perry Merifhew loved red-haired wo'wen, and there were only four of his loved ones known to the police, and when Merithew was found dead his hand clutched several strands of cop-per-coloured hair. The solution showing whose hair it was, and how came it there, is found in the art film, starring Bert Lytell and Barbara Castleton. showing at the Town Hall tonight. A Gazette and a Mack Sennelt comedy support the star picture.

INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCE

U.S. WANTS TO TAKE SHARE., NEW YORK, December 18. Speaking at Annaplois, Mr. Daniels (Secretary of the Navy), said it would be two years before the United States would return to normal conditions. The Navy must be increased in order to enable the United States to contribute as many units to the international police force as any other country. He looked to see the Peace Conference end naval rivalry. Mr. Daniels said that the United States had lost loss by the war than any other nation. She was now the richest nation in the world. Therefore she ought to be cable to contribute heavily to the League of Nations’ police force.