ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 322, 11 July 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. There is something to please all tastes i* the bi-weekly change of programme screened at the Empire Picture Theatre last night. The entertainment is bright and wholesome throughout, and, as usual, the music is of the best. "Lieut. Rose, R.X., and the Moorish Raiders" provides some excellent cinematography. The theatre-going public have acquired quite a taste for films in which the "Lieutenant" figures, and his latest escapade is brimful of exciting incident. The plot involves the besieging of the British Residency, and the timely rescue iof 'the besieged by a squad of Bluejackets. Added realism is lent to the picture by a view of the shelling of a Moorish stronghold by a British cruiser. A bully may be feared, but he is never loved, and some interesting sidelights •m a gentleman of that ilk were afforded in a dramatic picture, "The Bully of Bingo Gulch." The manner in which he meets his ultimate "Waterloo" is interestingly depicted. The programme includes so many really good films that it is hard to pick and choose, but "The Root of Evil" is distinct from the rest. There is something about it which commends it to all. The story is clearly but dramatically set out, and is noteworthy for the feature acting of the "Biograph Baby." "The Outlaw Deputy" is, as the title suggests, -of a strongly Western flavor, and has as much romance to a foot of film as it is possible to squeeze in. Many have a close acquaintance with the liquid Burgundy, but not with the picturesque vintage of that name in the South of France. The picking, and, finally, the pressing of the grapes makes an admirable picture, allowing scope for some charming scenery. The picture is a Pathe colored film, and the whole countryside is beautifully portrayed. Of special interest on account of the two New Zealand subjects-in-cluded, "Pathe's Gazette" (ITome edition) is brimful of topical events. Comedy figures to advantage in "Capt. Barnacle's Messmates" (a cleverly contrived sketch), "Elevator Romance," and "Toto as Doorkeeper," a screamingly funny farce.