ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 65, 3 August 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. MATINEE—TO-DAY. Another splendid house greeted the performance of the Empire Pictures last night, whi\n the celebrated picture "Mani'zelle Mtoudic" was-Screened. This film, a 3000 ft production from the Ambrosio Studio., is a magnificent creatio.il, and well worth seeing. It is a whimsical extravanganza adapted from th® French comic opera, and is full of spirit and real humour. It fairly bristles with, fun, and there w quite a unique succession of laughable situations a cited with vim, staged with skill, and photographed t" perfection. "Mam'zella Nitouclw" will ]>n shown at the matinee this afternoon and again to-night for the last time. Among the other new films for this programme are "A Siren of Impulse," an American Biog'raph story of tire impetuosity of Spanish blood, "Br. Jekyll and' Mr. Hyde" (Tann'houser), taken fncurt the celebrated novel by Robert Louis Stevenson; 'Mlis Daughter" and 'Alma's Champion," ' both 1000 ft. productions by Edison and Vita graph respectively. "Patlie's London Gazette" and "Gaiimount Graphic" will depict the very latest an topical happenings, and for lovers of foreign travel scenic films will be included. The comic items a-re of the best, these being entitled "A Voice from the Deep" (A.8.), "A Modern Ananias" (Selig), "The Mystic Ring" (Edison) and "Willie the Hunter" (Lubin). -MRS. McSWEEXEY." "Laugh, and the world laughs with you," is a saying that was never more proved, more truthfully-accurate than in the case of "Mrs. McSvrceney," the new Irish-Australian farcical comedy that is to be staged at the Theatre Boyal on Monday night, August 5. It is said when Miss Maggie Moore ("Mrs. McSweencv") laughs, the whole house laughs with her. They can't help it. Sydney and .Melbourne people ■went into ecstasies of delight over the production, and it is said that the Criterion and Princess Theatres were packed night after night. For to see Miss Maggie Moore in a. rolo of this nature is like taking years off a person's life. Many people said so in Sydney and Melbourne. Many people will be saying so here when they have been to see "Mrs. McSweeney." The plan is now on view at Collier's.