ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 72, 12 August 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE. The Empire Theatre was crowded on Saturday evening on the occasion of the hi-weeklv change of programme. Til# series, which are a diversified lot. included a novel film, entitled "The Romance of the Cliff Dwellers," a unique creation by the Edison Company, photographed in "The Cliff Dwellers' Canyon," Manitou. Colorado. To supply the necessary ingredients of a romance, and a love story at that, of the stony age, when men's sartorial encumbrances were picturesque, even if scanty, and when stone axes and clubs dispensed justice and performed the role of various implements, the film-makers have had to draw upon a powerful imagination, but the picture is none the less interesting on that account. Some of the ancient rites and mystic ceremonies, which were resurrected for the occasion, are of intense interest, while the caves themselves, hewn out of rock and stone, are worthy of close attention. In contrast to the society of primitive man, a sterling modern dramatic subject, "The Brotherhood of Man," was screened, to the accompaniment of rounds of applause. It depicts the helping-hand lent to an old athletic instructor, who has fallen on evil days, by the hero, a fine specimen of manhood. In order to provide the necessary dollar* for sending his old master to a sanitorium, the hero takes up the challenge of a leading professional wrestler to secure two falls and 500 dollars. After an exciting contest the ex-pupil triumphs. Of course there is a love story in the piece, but that is only incidental. A charming film, "A Visit to Senegal," shows all that is to be admired from a scenic viewpoint in French London, and also portrays the manners and customs of the 1 native inhabitants of that country. The Gaumont Graphic is, as usual, replete with new-found sensations, and include* topical events all over the continent. A quartette of hilarious comics are als» included in the programme.