ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 237, 16 March 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE ROUNDERS." '•The Rounders" is the name of the latest Keystone comedy, the star feature <m tiie new bill to be screened at the Empire Picture Palace to-night. "The Rounders" means having a. good time ili>in;*tlie roiwls of cafes music-halls and generally having a night on'. In this instance" Charles Chaplin, the gnat "drunk" comedian, anil Uoscoe Arbuckle. the fat. mail, set out together "to paint the town red." Arriving home, their wives cxprc-s (heir opinions in no unmeasured terms, and Die argument ends in the tv.*o departing for "fresh (ichls and pastures new." pursued by their irate wives. The fun and humor generated ill this Keystone joke is indescribable. and wherever shown has convulsed audiences with laughter, Iho Ucinders." it is slated, comes more than favorably as a fun-producer with the same company's "The Property Man," "Caught in a Cabaret," etc. Oilier pictures include a. dramatic gem, featuring Alice .lovce, entitled, "Fates Midnight Hour," "The Last Shot," a fine. Western story, "Bulldog Puppies at War,' "The Caumont War Oraphie," and "Battle Hound Dixniude" are the special war topics to be screened, while "Sonny Jim at the North Pole" is a charming child story.

NELLIE STEWART. DOROTHY O; THE HALL. There are manj 7 exciting incidents in " Dorothy 0' the Hall," the great historical costume play, in which Miss Nellie Stewart will appear at the Theatre Royal next Saturday evening. _ The spectacular and realistic effects introduced into the play are vividjy presented. The storm of thunder and lightning in the watch-tower scene, is particularly well done, and realism is surely presented to the full in the breaking of huge panes of glass in the windows of Dorothy's room bv the wilful young lady in one of her tantrums, and again by the bursting open of the really solid door by the soldiery in quest-of Mary Queen of Scots; howDorothy saves tlie life of the Queen by changing clothes with her, and how she actually fights a duel witii her owii cousin, Sir Malcolm, and eventually escapes in boy's dollies arc a, series of scenes that hold the audience breathless. Dorothy Vernon is a part after Miss Stewart's own heart. Coquettish, gay and alluring, she is yet the strong and dominating figure of a, story of absorbing interest. The play is rich in comedy, in which Mi<s Stewart, reminds one of her delightfully humorous touches in " Sweet Nell." The company is numerically one of the strongest that has yet toured Ihe 'Dominion. Nearly seventy persons are travelling with a huge quantity of scenery and costumes. The box plans will be opened at Collier's next jrimrsda.v morning.