ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. Last night a large assemblage witnessed "Love versus Duty," A.K.E. production. ■ Dan Kelly, who is the leader of a gang of thieves, keeps his daughter, Mary, in a convent and in ignorance of his real life. He is taken ill and unable to make his regular visit to Mary, writing a letter to the Mother Superior, telling her that although he is very ill, she I must under no circumstances allow Mary to come and see him as she has never been in a city, and may get lost. Mary is so anxious about her father, that she runs away from the convent to go in search of him. She is rescued from a gang of toughs by Detective Callahan, who takes her to the address given her by her father and is much surprised to find that he is a saloon-keeper and living in the rear of bis saloon. Although Kelly is angry at his daughter for finding him, he decides to keep her home. He rents a better house, and establishes Mary in her new home with a housekeeper. The wagon thieves have become more bold, and Callahan is close on their track. He calls on Mary and finds a bolt of silk that has been recently stolen. Mary tells him that a friend of her father's had sold it to. The police, headed by Callahan, make a raid on the thieves' 'rendezvous. Callahan corners a man in the cellar, and is surprised to find that his man is Kelly. Kelly does not kill Callahan because lie knows that his daughter loves him, so he handcues him, throws him on the floor, and makes his escape. Callahan is taken to the hospital, while Kelly makes his escape. He leaves a note for Mary, telling her that he has been called away on business. The supporting films are very good.