ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 132, 22 October 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. To-night is the last opportunity there, will hi; of viewing the present superb biograph selection, including the great '•star" picture "Rose Kate" or "A Race for Life." To-morrow night there will be the usual mid-week change of latest motion picture releases, when the management will show one of the greatest comedy hits yet released, entitled "7Agoto to the Rescue."

THEATRE ROYAL. Variety was the keynote of the programme screened at the Theatre Roral last night. "The Cylinder's Secret," <\vhk a powerful dramatic subject, involving some unusual situations. Employed as a secretary to Howard Abele, Marjorie attracted the attention of Carl, her employer's son, who fell desperately in love with her. Marjorie had a half-brother, an inventor. Mr. Abele becomes interested in the young man, and tried to promote a mechanical device which he had confided to him. The young man supposed that Abele was trying to .steal his invention, and in his passion killed him. Carl entered at that moment, and was arrested on suspicion of-killing his father. Marjorie who had read the record of the dictating machine, brought it into Court, attached it to the electric chandelier, and gave evidence which freed Carl. Remorse got the better of Marjorie's brother and, aftor confessing, he dropped dead in Court. A bold Western story, "The Outlaw," quite took the fancy of the audience. It told of the early good digging days, and fairly bristled with incident. Pathe's Cazette included an extra, showing the collision of the Helvetia and the Empress of Britain. ■ The whole of the accident was photographed, and it made a very Tealiatio picture, depicting the foundering <ot the - Helvetia, and the sensational rescue of , her cr&w. A magnificently coloured ■-': film (Pathe's) was released in the shape of "Marriage in the Reign of Louis XV. portraying all the pomp and splendour of court life of the old time Parisian mon- • archy. The comics were again a feature of the programme. -John Bunny in. "Who's to Win," was inimitable. "Studies of Kittens" also proved both enjoyable and instructive. Owing to the Theatre Royal being engaged to-morrow night for the Operatic Society's rehearsal, the programme will be screened tonight for the last time.