ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 20 June 1914, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KUPJHE PICTURE PALACE. This afteriroon, at 2.30, will ,aee the initial screening of the sensational Oriental pbiy, "A Prisoner, of the Harem," a stirring drama w'hicli is staid to boast .o powerful plot and an appealing love story, during ttie unravelling of which the hero and the heroine pass through a, number lof exciting* (situations. The narrative runs as follows:—The ilirst scene, laid in India, shows the grief of an Indian girl -who has been told by her father into the harem of the reigning monarch. She throws a note from her window to her lover, Akbar, imploring his aid. Akbar ha.s succored a wounded tiger, which has hecomo attached to him. >By the aid of ililie tiger .Akbar effects his sweetheart's eiicajie. They aire 'recaptured and the man is placed in a cage with a. hungry tijer. The Sultan tortures the gill by compelling'her to view her lover's suffering. To' the astonishment of the Sultan the tiger refuses to touch Akbar. The iS«iltan thereunon enters the cage and .rushes upon Akhar with drawn sword. The ■tiger attacks and kill* the Sultan. Akbar is released, but the new Sultan declares the girl to be the widow of his predecessor, and according to the custom of the eounIrv, she is doomed to he burned alive. .Tii.it as the flames of the funeral pyre burst forth the pipes of the. Gordon Highlanders are hea'd and tfliey appear on" the scene, guided by Akbar. The trirl is released ami united to her lover. The plav is slid to ibe really mounted and the ihero and heroine are n'ayert by played bv profe-iiional lion tamers. The supporting lilm.- include, 'iTVo Ans- , toeratic Penitents" (drama), -riagry" (a, gorgeous ciucmaeolor scenic), ''A day in a Sailor's life" (educational) "llulibv's Poilv" (comedy) and the latest "Pathe flazettn". (world's news). Reals may be reserve*! at the Empire, or ring phone uCo.