ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 30, 25 June 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRH KOYAL PICTURES. ' - Tw o dramas,. three' scenfcs, three oo- -3 ttcdies, and a Topical Budget make uo ,' ,l the Theatre Royal's new collection to* ; 'a night. This main attraction is a 2000 f t' ; special Irish drama, "For tie Wearing of the Green," a patriotic play in two ■ .1 axits. Tig Topital Budget includes a /'j picture of General Huerta's troops ,"-S| marching through Mexico City, and en- -fj training. Thiß collection should meet the requiromets for the weekly half- - N holiday night. Popular'prices, 1b and 6d» <-'f i

EMHRE PICTURES.

The new programme at the Empire Theatre, which was screened there fqjr the first time last night, js -an unitiuaUv attractive selection from'every point of view. The programme opens with a magnificent scenic picture featuring th* beautiful valtfey of the Danube. Th* whole ■of its 800 feet it resplendent with the beauties of-Nature. The % star offering in the dramatic line is 4 . 1000 ft Domino drama, entitled, "The In- ' former," This picture deals with on* of the fascinating phases in the subjugation of Ireland, interwoven with a toVo > story of unusual interest. A Irishman incurs the hatred of a rival for the hand of one of the, splleens of f his village, and his rival inforttfton himp as a leader of the Irish party..' By a maze of intrigue and erassKrpos«r' the young man's mother is sentenced to' - i death by the English, and is only ssve4 by her son's submission. The last seen# - ' sees him hanged in his mother's place. The picture iB well staged, and the Irisk . scenery in which it is realistically set goes a long way in its recommendation, "Her First Offence" is the touching • story of childish wrongdoing an'd its' consequences. The excellent work by ' v juvenile artists is jt special feature ol . the film. The great topical pioture ol the selection is that snowing the'big garden fete at Oamaru. An industrial v film of more than usual interest is "Pot-tery-making in America," which gives #h« inner, details of a great industry in ani illustrative manner. Comedies and dramas by rtij the beat producers mak* up an Excellent which will be screened again to-nightand ta-mon row night. ', * '