ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 51, 18 July 1912, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE BALLET DANCER/' A sterling kineraatograph production in the shape of a Nordisk drama, '"The Ballet Dancer," evoked most favorabla comment at the Empire Theatre jast night. The picture, which Tims to 8000 feet of film, is the last word iri phpto plays. From all points of view—its length, the acting, and the extremely cleverly workedrout' plot—"The Ballet Dancer" is unquestionably'a star of'£he first magnitude,'. The . stjory concerns the sudden rise of a ballet dancer to the position of leading lady in an important dramatic production and her love for the author of the piece. The man proves faithless, becoming fascinated with a banker's wife. His true love is befriended by his friend, an artist of rising fortunes. The erstwhile ballet dancer apprises the banker of his wife's infidelity, whereon the enraged husband determines to shoot both his wife and her equally unscrupulous lover. He lies in wait for the pair, but, love triumphing over jealousy, the leading lady warns her former lover just in time to save his life.' The banker's wife is less fortunate, being shot by her unhappy husband. Lover No 2 being no longer in the land of the living, the play-wright resumes his attentions to the ballet dancer, and his suit prospers until, by an odd turn in fate, the artist appears on the scene. The sequel is at once apparent. The play is noteworthy for its terse dramatic situations and the excellent manner in which it is staged. Pathe'a have a smart photographer in Paris. He is, in fact, at once the most daring and enterprising man in his profession, having cinematographed in its entirety the sensational besieging and ultimate capture of the Apache motorcar bandits, with which the cables recently acquainted us. His picture is included in Pathe's Gazette (Home edition), and it shows part of Paris in a veritable state of siege. The most sensational episode is comprised in the dynamiting of the garage in which the murderous gang had secreted themselves. The change of programme is brimful of other interesting and novel attractions, including "The Hypnotic Detective" and a string of eomics.