ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE PICTURES. •'-., The fine new-programme of Empire'.. Pictures screened at the Empire Picture ' Palace on Saturday night drew a, , crowded house. A' steidy improvement. ,;' 'is going on, and as each, new programme is presented it leaves an impression of ,-n' excellence that is retained until a later jj production seems to supersede it in j quality. Every new series at the Empire) |_ has special features that strongly appeal to some section of the audience without offending the tastes of others. Saturday night's series opened with an industrial picture entitled "The Making 0f...a Book," showing in detail the whole process of the work from the arrival of the r huge rolls of paper to the finished article. • ■■ This is a splendid ifilm, being at once.;., both instructive and interesting. Bui 'j* the spice of the whole evening was in' the-'ji ' dramaß. "Life on the Border," by beau- Vi tiful scenery, powerful acting and unexcelled photography, is lifted tfo the very mj' summit of motion picture art, depicting' 1 Indian warfare at its worst, and as im truth the finest effort to date of popular Selig Company. This Selig story is most vivid, making it one of the most intensely thrilling, as well as consistent productions.yet issued. It is well worth ' a visit to the theatre to see. "A Tale of the Sea" is the title- of another magnifi—« cent drama shown, also by the Selig Com-..... pany, and the favorite American Biograph aotors were seen to much advantage in "The stuff horses are.made of," the company's latest release. Other no£ able items were "Bunco Game at Liyardhead," an Essanay comedy; "The Two Jumping Brothers," a clever vaudeville turn; "Cockatoos," showing a team of remarkably trained birds; and several hilarious comics. The Empire management will repeal & (by special request) their local films of ,the Taranaki Cup and "East End Bath-"? ing Season" to-night. This is the last op- b portunity of seeing these two films, as they will be sent from New Plymouth on Tuesday morning on a trip round New Zealand. y'