ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 76, 16 August 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"Tilie Tide of Battle" now showing at the Empire, together with a brilliant array of specially selected films, drew another large house last night. "The Tide of Battle": is a fine picture by the famous Kalem Company. The story opens with a reception "given in honor of the Confederate volunteers. Hardee, a sturdy young lieutenant, bids goodbye to his sweetheart, Alisia, who is the elder daughter of a representative southern gentleman. Alisia is inclined to be coquettish and does not take the young suitor seriously. As -the officer leaves for the front he little realises that Mystic, the younger sister of Alisia, is deeply in love with him. How Mystic saves the object of her secret love'and how the intrepid girl brings victory to the Confederates by her daring and strategy make thrilling incidents in this strikingly original dramatic story. A drama of quite another class, hut equally as meritorious, is "Just Like a Woman." Famous as Ihe American Biograph Co. is for the breathless interest of its plays, it has never produced a story which was more convincing, more realistic, or more gripping than this. The leading role is taken by that great favorite, Miss Mary Piekford, more popularly (but mistakenly) known to all picture-goers as little Dolly Nicholson. Miss Piekford, after an absence of two years, is back again with her old company, and all true picture lovers will anxiously await her future productions. The audience last night was also taken on an awe-inspiring journey to the summit of the Matterhorn, was given an insight into the workings of the Berlin Automobile Fire Brigade and the quaint customs of the Arabs were pictorially unfolded in an interesting manner. Plenty of comic films, notably a "Cure for .Jealousy," kept the onlookers in splendid humor, and the delightful rendering of sweet music by the Empire Orchestra was much appreciated. The same programme will be repeated tonight for the last time.