AMUSEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 253, 25 April 1912, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

EMPIRE PICTURES.

THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES.

It was a crowded audience that assembled at the Empire Picture Palacn last evening to view the present chang» of programme, which comprises among a selection of gems that magnificent masterpiece of moving picture production "The Adventures of Ulysses." Jt was a delighted audience that left the building at the close, for words cannot do justice to this picture, which must surely represent the limit in cinematography. The story is a fascinating one to read. Still more fascinating does it become when one is able to follow the hero i» his marvellous adventures, and the unwinding of the spool was last night followed with breathless interest. To some the theme was new, to others it was old, and as they sat placidly watching situation after situation evolve they could not but recall their arduous struggles to unravel it from th« Greek in which it was immortalised bv Homer 2500 years ago. This gem is supported by a series none of which suffer much by comparison. The Christmas Carol adapted from Dickens compels attention. Other powerful dramas are "The Brahma Diamond" and "A Tale of the Wilderness." The topical series are as usual brimful of interest, and the comic films are distinctly humorous. Th« Shelling of St. Marcus'is an entertaining novelty. It should be safe to predict crowded houses to-night and tomorrow, when the same programme will be exhibited.

"BREACH OF PROMISE CASE."

The breach of promise case. Bardell v. Pickwick, immortalised by Dickens, is the piece de resistance at' a grand dramatic entertainment which is being given by the pupils of the Xew Plymouth High School at the Theatre Royal to-night in aid of the funds of the s'chool magazine. Over thirty performers take part in this comedietta, the cast of which appears on another page, and needless to say they comprise the best histrion'ii talent in the school, and who knows but that there may be some budding Irvingn among them. One thing certain is that each will be letter perfect in his part. The comedietta, however, comprises only the second portion of the entertainment. In the first part a gymnastic display by the boys is sure to prove an attraction, and there will be songs by Mr. E. Clarke, plantation melodies, and'part singing by the girls of the school.