ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 80, 21 August 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. "LOVE IX THE TROPICS." Among the many linns that the "exclusive" film has brought prominently to the front, none have been more successful with this class of subject than the Xordisk Company, and their latest release, "Love in the Tropics." which is to be shown at the Kmpire Theatre tonight, will considerably enhance their reputation, ft is a thoroughly human story, with a very clear insight into the inner phases of life; and although revelling in domesticity, possess?? so many elements of interest that any audience, is bound to be absorbed in it. It does not depend upon any unlikely happenings or morbid and harrowing incidents for its success, but enthralls with its very naturalness, and the clever way in which it is rendered. The principals are Cecil Brown (a young English manager of an Indian tea plantation), Troiula (his Indian maid), and Violet Barry (a charming young English woman in love with Cecil). Brown lives in an isolated portion of India, where he longs for a glimpse of England. Profula waits upon him and does her utmost to make Brown forget his loneliness. Brown is granted six months' holiday, and he weds Profula before taking her to England. On mixing with society, Brown realises that he has made a mistake in wedding Profula. He falls in love with Violet Barry, and while a mixed bathing party are enjoying themselves Violet is in danger of drowning. Brown saves her life. Profula perceives that her marriage was a blunder, and in her mad jealousy attempts to poison Violet, but the latter is saved by Cecil. The poor Hindoo girl flees from the vengeance of her husband, but in her flight stumbles over the metals of a railway line, beneath the wheels of a passing train, and her soul finds rest in everlasting sleep. The. whole series is produced on Xordisk's lavish scale of magnificence, and is hand-colored throughout. "Love in the Tropics" will be supported by a full programme of well-chosen subjects, including " The Round-up on Bar 'A Ranch. Oregon." depicting life on the Western plains of America. The cowboys and cowgirls are shown at work and at play, rounding up over 40.000 head of cattle, roping anil taming wild horses, riding bucking bronchos, driving wild buffalo, roping and bull-dogging steers, and fun. fast and furious, as happens in the daily life of the cowboy on a 300.000-aere ranch. Other notable features of this big prosrramme will include "The English Derby, 1012." "Modern Fire Engines." "Gaumont Graphic." and the latest A.ii. Company's drama, with little Miss Pickford in the principal role.