ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 4, 5 June 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. Two Cines creations, of widely different character, yet both alike in ex* • • cellence, were screened to an appreciative house, at the Empire Pictures last night. The bigger of the two, a 8000 . feet film, magnificent in its stately! - scenery, and thrilling in its romantic " story, is a faithful picture of Egyptian history, recording the unroquited love of ' King ltamses for the damsel. Seline, known as the "Rose of Thebes." Seline ' loves a shepherd, and, when Ramseft'' persuasive powers have failed to change that love, the maiden and the damsel are cast into prison. Ramses relents, and his genuine love for the peasant girl prompts liim to allow the lovers to marry. As a v wedding gift, he sends the shepherd and his wife a scroll and a casket. When the latter is opened, it is found to contain a blood-stained dagger. Ramses' wedding-gift was his life's blood. The other big drama, "TJ»e Smart Lady Detective," is remarkable . for the high quality of the acting of the principals. Prom title to trademark it rs a thrilling picture, and the interest of .everyone is sustained, thrpughout the whole length of the film. "The Cowboy's Adopted Cljild," (a Sclig drama), "Bloomer ijs a Detective," (a Cine's comic), and "Bar 'K' Foreman" (Lubin " ; drama), are a trio of gpod films. Menlion should also be made of a spleqdid industrial, film, "With the Norwegian Whalers at Jervis Bav,"

To-night this programme will again be screened.

"THE MONK AND THE WOMAN."

To-night, at the Theatre Royifcl, George Marlow's combination of draxta* atic artists will commence a short sea* son. The play to be produced is the sensational drama, "The Monk and' the Woman." The management state that this play in Sydney ran for ten weeks, the firm's Adelphi Theatre being nightly crowded to overflowing. In commenting 011 the piece, the Sydney Morning Herald said:—"Excited tremendous enthusiasm. ... A volcano spouting flames and red-hot cinders. . . The curtain had / to be raised several times on the wellmanaged earthquake scene, with the ruined chateau in flames." In this play the management promises something entirely novel and thrilling; in snort, a series of wonderful spectacles, including the earthquake scene. The box plan is open at Collier's.