ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 March 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. *f| _ The brilliant change programme de'-jslS lighted a large and appreciative'and! cncftgß at the cosy Empire Theatre on SaturdaT*l|| evening. A wonder of present graphy is shown in an educational ture "From Egg to Chick," a film cli showing the possibilties and uses oi moving picture camera. "English La)»£B,?3« showing a series of charming countryvgH views, "will not fail- to prove a item wherever shown. .Edison has conquered in a stirring melc-drama, Strike at the Mines," wherein the' fluaSaW manager rescues a lad from a biuni&gjSH death at the mine. The lad in turawH changes the course of a eerious strikeJjjjlß and eaves the< manager's, life, at th%Bf« same ■ time winning, the respect of. thsjyfl rough miners, and eventually becomegJH assistant manager at* the mine. De Ribbon Counter" is the title given &3m a screaming Lubin comedy, in whHi JaBB young cleric visits a holiday resort anmfifl poses as "the Duke." His final 19 calculated to raise a smile from '-othH Sphinx. Good dramatic subject wen[i§9[ shown .in "The Flag oi Ms "Only al Sisteri" and an ,1A.8.' fltyfcJfl "Bobby the Coward." An interesting in-&9 dustrial film shows "The Manufactui o «ft,ffH Cotton Stuffs," and the .comic section iawfifl well supplied with "Bill takes CinentataJgß graph Pictures," "Kelly in ag&iSffl "Great Scott on Wheels." The full gramme will be on view again and to-morrow night, and on Weclnefestaflaai the great star film, "The Mystery of Jffiaß Hansom Cab," will be screened to thKjj9 accompaniment of a graphic recital 'byfaß Australia's leading elocutionist, Mr. Alfvam Boothman. *3B MISS MARIE. BATNES. :J« There has been brisk booking alroaojisM for the opening of Miss Marie Bainqaß comedy season m the Theatre Royal onraH Wednesday and Thursday next, and thft„M popular little comedienne bids fair tojß| continue in New Plymouth the unbrnkeffiM series of successes that she has sooreSfflH during her New Zealand tour. There two philosophies that pertain to theiiWfl'-JSB going, one holding that it is the of the theatre to educate and instruotigH and the other advocating flint it snoulffSM be a place of amusement and relaxatioDTreH Miss Raines is an unqualified devotee the latter gospel, and while she a JSJSH not grown fat herself or died of hmtySjfl]| laughter, those who go and hear her d4.jH so at their own risk, if the theory tb*9M "laught and grow fat" has a Bubstratum«H of truth in it. "Our Mary Ellen" is sup&H ported by a strong English comedy. of whom are new to the Dominion. Thajaß play has been musically strengthened hfefln the inclusion of several vocalists of wJdMpj experience and high standing. ApartJH from any managerial eulogy, it, is Bufls3Hj cient to quote the Dunedin Star, yhleh!W|| tersely advises its readers: "If you don)p9 want to laugh stop away." , 'The |, hojtal plan is now open at Collier'u. - '%9J