ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 41, 9 July 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE MOTOR® PALACE. Last night the new programme presented at the Empire tlheatre was screened to a large and enthusiastic iuid-ienee. The star film, '"The BuVcra, i S a story 0 f life in the wilds of tlie Kentucky mountain*, where a gun.' of 'moonlighters" ale engaged in "work.ing- a whisky siill. The play, which occupies over half an hour in the wtn ing, is brimful of exciting incident-',. Mary fcvans, the daughter of the lea-.1, r ot the gang, i« to marry J lK >k K,.. ln . a "moonlighter." The latter has a da igerous rival in Bill « a le, wiio is wit',tul when Mary weds Keane. In or,l tc be revenged on Kean e the villainous bale turns informer and receives £"> ■ from the authorities. He lead* them to the vicinity of the still, hut the "moon- , lighters are ready for tliem and mm-. : [ smart shooting takes plai.'e between th,° two parties. In the confusion Gale escapes, but a ''moonlighter" wounds him wlneh forces him to take refuge >, - v s She waits) until the officers arrivo and hands fiale over, sayi,he is a "moonlighter." Ho again c" capes -but this time the traitor is shot down m Ins tracks. I n the Vitwranh's HiiT-mg drama "His Last Fight," jiri.liiig an,l exciting situations arowii-' iwssed. The is woven, around „n ex-pugilist .who fights f or ,i,; 9 against overwhelming pdds. The "importing items _ include an exception,l '•tow Bersemer Steel'' What the (,'i'vstal Told," a strilciue story of a girl's frailty and a woman's ie\onge. The comic section is well represented by Tkliaon's "Uncanny m" v bumble This programme will -be'sbown I S,p! r t'" s Sra " «H

THEATRE ROYAL HCTUKEB. To-night's change at the Theatre rinT . P "f "r? 8 a,On S "Wothw now lot of hlms, including an A.K. star feature entitled "Moonshiners'' Last aOOOft, in two .parts. The sto-y runs: Tile Meax-h family, father, son tfi l ' imf S n n "' e ' , W ° rk 1U) i]licit Still,,.mrt sell their whisky to the In- • , ])tivis . the Indian aewit, ™llh upon tile authorities for «* thoy send him "Dove ' a dS ' Iron, this the story wok/J t i.vcitiiin; manner. The supporting lilnis oontam much variety in other dnuna* secm-s, and a Topical Bud-' f ■ P°l>ular prices, Is and 6d.